1997 Minnesota Statutes

     609.323 Receiving profit derived from prostitution. 

    Subdivision 1.    Crime defined.  Whoever, while acting 
 other than as a prostitute or patron, intentionally receives 
 profit, knowing or having reason to know that it is derived from 
 the prostitution, or the promotion of the prostitution, of an 
 individual under the age of 16 years, may be sentenced to 
 imprisonment for not more than 15 years or to payment of a fine 
 of not more than $30,000, or both. 

    Subd. 1a.    Special circumstances; force.  Whoever, 
 while acting other than as a prostitute or patron, intentionally 
 receives profit, knowing or having reason to know that it is 
 derived from the prostitution, or the promotion of the 
 prostitution, of an individual in circumstances described in 
 section 609.322, subdivision 1a, clause (4), may be sentenced to 
 imprisonment for not more than five years or to payment of a 
 fine of not more than $10,000, or both.  

    Subd. 2.    Special circumstances; position of authority. 
  Whoever, while acting other than as a prostitute or patron, 
 intentionally receives profit, knowing or having reason to know 
 that it is derived from the prostitution, or the promotion of 
 the prostitution, of an individual in circumstances described in 
 section 609.322, subdivision 2, clause (3), may be sentenced to 
 not more than three years imprisonment or to payment of a fine 
 of not more than $5,000, or both.  

    Subd. 3.    Profit derived from adult prostitute.  
 Whoever, while acting other than as a prostitute or patron, 
 intentionally receives profit, knowing or having reason to know 
 that it is derived from the prostitution, or the promotion of 
 the prostitution of an individual 18 years of age or above may 
 be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than one year or to 
 payment of a fine of not more than $3,000, or both.  

    Subd. 3a.    Exceptions.  Subdivisions 1a, 2, and 3 do 
 not apply to a minor who is dependent on an individual acting as 
 a prostitute and who may have benefited from or been supported 
 by the individual's earnings derived from prostitution. 

    Subd. 4.    Section inapplicable.  This section does not 
 apply to the sale of goods or services to a prostitute in the 
 ordinary course of a lawful business.  

    HIST: 1979 c 255 s 3; 1984 c 628 art 3 s 11; 1986 c 448 s 3; 
 1989 c 290 art 6 s 15; 1992 c 571 art 4 s 10; 1995 c 244 s 15-17