(A) As used in this section, PROSTITUTION means and includes the getting or receiving of the body for sexual intercourse for hire, and includes the giving or receiving of the body for indiscriminate sexual intercourse without hire.
(B) It is unlawful:
(1) To engage in prostitution, lewdness, or assignation;
(2) To solicit, induce, entice, or procure another to commit an act of lewdness, assignation, or prostitution; or
(3) To aid, abet, or participate in the doing of any of the acts herein prohibited.
(C) No person shall in any way or manner whatever keep, harbor, or house any prostitute.
(D) No person shall entice, or attempt to entice, any female into a house of prostitution, or have illicit sexual intercourse with any female under 18 years of age.
(E) No person shall keep or maintain a house of prostitution or house of assignation.
(F) No person shall lease, let, or furnish any building, room, tent, or structure of any kind, or any conveyance used or to be used as a place of prostitution or assignation within the town, or knowingly permit the same to be so used.
(G) No person shall knowingly accept, receive, levy, or appropriate any money or other thing of value without consideration from a prostitute or from the proceeds of any women engaged in prostitution.
(H) No person shall offer, or offer to secure, another for the purpose of prostitution, or for any other lewd or indecent act.
(I) No person shall direct, take, or transport, or offer or agree to take or transport, or aid or assist in transporting, any person to any house, place, building, or 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 prostitution, lewdness, or assignation.
(J) It is unlawful for a person to be present in a public place in a manner and under circumstances manifesting the purpose of inducing, enticing, soliciting, or procuring another to commit an act of prostitution. Among the circumstances which may be considered in determining whether such a purpose is manifested are: That such person is a known prostitute or procurer; that such person repeatedly beckons to, stops, or attempts to stop or engage passersby in conversation, or repeatedly stops or attempts to stop motor vehicle operators by hailing, waving of arms, or any other bodily gesture. No arrest shall be made for a violation of this division (J) unless the arresting officer first affords such person an opportunity to explain such conduct, and no one shall be convicted of violating this division (J) if it appears at trial that the explanation given was true and disclosed a lawful purpose.
(K) For the purpose of this section, a KNOWN PROSTITUTE OR PROCURER is a person who, within one year prior to the date of the suspected violation of this section has, within the knowledge of the arresting officer, been convicted of a violation of this section or has been convicted of violating any statute or ordinance of any jurisdiction which makes prostitution or soliciting for the purpose of prostitution unlawful.
(Prior Code, § 10-513) Penalty, see § 133.99
Statutory reference:
Definitions, see 21 O.S. § 1030
Engaging in prostitution, and the like; soliciting or procuring; residing or being in place for prohibited purpose; aiding, abetting, or participating; child prostitution, see 21 O.S. § 1029
Offense; punishment; fines, see 21 O.S. § 1081