trafficking, lewdness, indecent acts, etc. A. No person shall: 1. Offer, or offer to secure, a child under eighteen (18) years of age for the purpose of child sex trafficking, or for any other lewd or indecent act, or procure or offer to procure a child for, or a place for a child as an inmate in, a house of prostitution or other place where prostitution is practiced; 2. Receive or to offer or agree to receive any child under eighteen (18) years of age into any house, place, building, other structure, vehicle, trailer, or other conveyance for the purpose of child sex trafficking, lewdness, or assignation, or to permit any person to remain there for such purpose; or 3. Direct, take, or transport, or to offer or agree to take or transport, or aid or assist in transporting, any child under eighteen (18) years of age to any house, place, building, other structure, vehicle, trailer, or other conveyance, or to any other person with knowledge or having reasonable cause to believe that the purpose of such directing, taking, or transporting is child sex trafficking, lewdness, or assignation. B. 1. Any person violating the provisions of paragraph 1 of subsection A of this section shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class B4 felony offense punishable by imprisonment of not less than one (1) year nor more than ten (10) years. Any person violating the provisions of paragraph 2 or 3 of subsection A of this section shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class B1 felony offense punishable by imprisonment of not less than one (1) year nor more than ten (10) years. 2. Any owner, proprietor, keeper, manager, conductor, or other person who knowingly permits any violation of this section in any house, building, room, or other premises or any conveyances under his or her control or of which he or she has possession shall, upon conviction for the first offense, be guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not less than six (6) months nor more than one (1) year, and by a fine of not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) nor more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00). Upon conviction for a subsequent offense pursuant to this subsection, such person shall be guilty of a Class B1 felony offense and shall be punished by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for a period of not less than one (1) year nor more than ten (10) years, or by a fine of not less than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) nor more than Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment. C. Except for persons sentenced to life or life without parole, any person sentenced to imprisonment for two (2) years or more for a violation of this section shall be required to serve a term of post- imprisonment supervision pursuant to subparagraph f of paragraph 1 of subsection A of Section 991a of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes under conditions determined by the Department of Corrections. The jury shall be advised that the mandatory post-imprisonment supervision shall be in addition to the actual imprisonment. Added by Laws 1985, c. 55, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1985. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 289, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 5, § 191, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2007, c. 261, § 15, eff. Nov. 1, 2007; Laws 2024, c. 151, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2024; Laws 2025, c. 486, § 53, eff. Jan. 1, 2026.
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