Compelling prostitution · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 230.33 Compelling prostitution.
A person is guilty of compelling prostitution when, being eighteen years old or more, he or she knowingly advances prostitution by compelling a person less than eighteen years old, by force or intimidation, to engage in prostitution.
Compelling prostitution is a class B felony.
A person 18 years old or older who knowingly advances prostitution by using force or intimidation to compel a person younger than 18 years to engage in prostitution commits compelling prostitution, a class B felony. ★
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 4 — The Court Clerk: Penal Law; Volume 1 — The Court Officer in Plain English; Volume 3 — The Court Officer: Penal Law; Volume 3 — Your Career: Penal Law in Plain English.