Sec. 1.4. (a) A person who knowingly or intentionally:

(1) pays, or offers or agrees to pay, money or other property; or

Attorney's Note

Under the Indiana Code, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Level 4 felonybetween 2 and 12 yearsup to $10,000
For details, see Ind. Code § 35-50-2-5.5

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 35-42-3.5-1.4

(2) offers a benefit;

to or for a human trafficking victim with the specific intent to induce or obtain the product or act for which the human trafficking victim was trafficked commits human trafficking, a Level 4 felony.

     (b) It is not a defense to a prosecution under this section that the human trafficking victim consented.

As added by P.L.144-2018, SEC.24. Amended by P.L.153-2022, SEC.2; P.L.3-2023, SEC.2.