Maine · Maine Revised Statutes — Title 17-A, Maine Criminal Code
Me. Rev. Stat. (Criminal Code) § 851: Definitions
What this law says, in plain English
This statute defines prostitution as exchanging sexual acts for money, and defines promoting prostitution as activities like soliciting customers, operating brothels, transporting people for prostitution, or profiting from prostitution.
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