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Arkansas Code Title 5. Criminal Offenses § 5-70-107. Sexual solicitation of a minor

Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) A person commits the offense of sexual solicitation of a minor if he or she:

(1) Offers or agrees to pay a fee or provide a thing of value to a person who he or she knows or reasonably should know is a minor to engage in sexual activity with the person who he or she knows or reasonably should know is a minor;

(2) Offers or agrees to pay a fee or provide a thing of value to another person for the purpose of engaging in sexual activity with a person who he or she knows or reasonably should know is a minor;

(3) Solicits, offers, or agrees to accept a fee or a thing of value from another person for the purpose of allowing the other person to engage in sexual activity with a person who he or she knows or reasonably should know is a minor; or

(4) Pays a fee or provides a thing of value to a person who he or she knows or reasonably should know is a minor or another person for the purpose of engaging in sexual activity with the person who he or she knows or reasonably should know is a minor.

(b) It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution under this section that the actor in good faith reasonably believed that the minor was eighteen (18) years of age or older.

(c) It is not a defense to a prosecution under this section that the minor consented to the sexual activity.

(d) Sexual solicitation of a minor is a Class B felony.

(e)(1) In addition to any other sentence authorized by this section, a person who violates this section by offering to pay, agreeing to pay, or paying a fee to engage in sexual activity upon conviction shall be ordered to pay a fine of not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000) nor more than fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000).

(2) Fine payments received under subdivision (e)(1) of this section shall be deposited as follows:

(A) Fifty percent (50%) into the Safe Harbor Fund for Sexually Exploited Children; and

(B) Fifty percent (50%) into the Human Trafficking Victim Support Fund.

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