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Tennessee Code Title 39. Criminal Offenses § 39-13-515

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) A person commits an offense under this section:

(1) Who promotes prostitution; or

(2) Who promotes prostitution where the subject of the offense is a law enforcement officer or is a law enforcement officer eighteen (18) years of age or older posing as a minor.

(b) Except as provided in subsection (c), promoting prostitution is a Class E felony.

(c) Promoting prostitution of a person more than twelve (12) years of age but less than eighteen (18) years of age or a person with an intellectual disability as defined in § 33-1-101 is a Class A felony.

(d) It is not a defense to a violation of this section that:

(1) The subject of the offense is a law enforcement officer;

(2) The victim of the offense is a minor and consented to the offense; or

(3) The solicitation was unsuccessful, the conduct solicited was not engaged in, or a law enforcement officer could not engage in the solicited offense.

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