California · Penal Code

PEN §266f: Every person who sells any person or receives any money or other valuable thing for or on account of his or her placing in custody, for immoral purposes, any person, whether with or without his or her

Felony

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A person who sells another person or accepts money for placing someone in custody for immoral purposes commits a felony punishable by 16 months to three years in state prison.

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Every person who sells any person or receives any money or other valuable thing for or on account of his or her placing in custody, for immoral purposes, any person, whether with or without his or her consent, is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for 16 months, or two or three years.

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