Title 11
Criminal Offenses

Chapter 67.1
Uniform Act on Prevention of and Remedies for Human Trafficking

R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-67.1-7

§ 11-67.1-7. Patronizing a minor for commercial sexual activity.

(a) A person commits the offense of patronizing a minor for commercial sexual activity if:

(1) With the intent that an individual engage in commercial sexual activity with a minor, the person gives, agrees to give, or offers to give anything of value to a minor or another person so that the individual may engage in commercial sexual activity with a minor; or

(2) The person gives, agrees to give, or offers to give anything of value to a minor or another person so that an individual may engage in commercial sexual activity with a minor.

(b) Every person who shall patronize a minor for purposes of commercial sexual activity with a minor shall be guilty of a felony, subject to not more than ten (10) years imprisonment, a fine of up to twenty thousand dollars ($20,000), or both.

History of Section.
P.L. 2017, ch. 232, § 2; P.L. 2017, ch. 260, § 2.