(1) A person commits the crime of promoting prostitution if, with intent to promote prostitution, the person knowingly:

Attorney's Note

Under the Oregon Statutes, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class C felonyup to 5 yearsup to $125,000
For details, see Or. Rev. Stat.161.605

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Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 167.012

  • Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100

(a) Owns, controls, manages, supervises or otherwise maintains a place of prostitution or a prostitution enterprise;

(b) Induces or causes a person to engage in prostitution or to remain in a place of prostitution;

(c) Receives or agrees to receive money, goods, property, services or something else of value, other than as a prostitute being compensated for personally rendered prostitution services, pursuant to an agreement or understanding that the money, goods, property, services or something else of value is derived from a prostitution activity; or

(d) Engages in any conduct that institutes, aids or facilitates an act or enterprise of prostitution.

(2) Promoting prostitution is a Class C felony. [1971 c.743 § 251; 2016 c.10 § 1]

 

[Repealed by 1971 c.743 § 432]