California · Penal Code

PEN §266j: Any person who intentionally gives, transports, provides, or makes available, or who offers to give, transport, provide, or make available to another person, a child under the age of 16 for the purpos

Felony

What this law says, in plain English

A person who intentionally provides a child under 16 for lewd acts, or causes a child to engage in such acts, commits a felony punishable by 3–8 years imprisonment and up to $15,000 fine.

Read the full statutory text

Any person who intentionally gives, transports, provides, or makes available, or who offers to give, transport, provide, or make available to another person, a child under the age of 16 for the purpose of any lewd or lascivious act as defined in Section 288, or who causes, induces, or persuades a child under the age of 16 to engage in such an act with another person, is guilty of a felony and shall be imprisoned in the state prison for a term of three, six, or eight years, and by a fine not to exceed fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000).

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