Pen. Code, § 266h · Chapter 1. Rape, Abduction, Carnal Abuse of Children, and Seduction
Pen. Code, § 266h
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), any person who, knowing another person is a prostitute, lives or derives support or maintenance in whole or in part from the earnings or proceeds of the person’s prostitution, or from money loaned or advanced to or charged against that person by any keeper or manager or inmate of a house or other place where prostitution is practiced or allowed, or who solicits or receives compensation for soliciting for the person, is guilty of pimping, a felony, and shall be punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for three, four, or six years.
(b) Any person who, knowing another person is a prostitute, lives or derives support or maintenance in whole or in part from the earnings or proceeds of the person’s prostitution, or from money loaned or advanced to or charged against that person by any keeper or manager or inmate of a house or other place where prostitution is practiced or allowed, or who solicits or receives compensation for soliciting for the person, when the prostitute is a minor, is guilty of pimping a minor, a felony, and shall be punishable as follows:
(1) If the person engaged in prostitution is a minor 16 years of age or older, the offense is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for three, four, or six years.
(2) If the person engaged in prostitution is under 16 years of age, the offense is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for three, six, or eight years.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 709, Sec. 8. (SB 1062) Effective January 1, 2011.
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Cited by 11 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Pen. Code, § 266h. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Penal Code
- Pen. Code, § 136.2Printed as Section 266h
- Pen. Code, § 236.1Printed as Section 266, 266h, 266i, 266j, 267, 311.1, 311.2, 311.3, 311.4, 311.5, 311.6, or 518
- Pen. Code, § 266kPrinted as Section 266h or 266i
- Pen. Code, § 290Printed as Section 266h
- Pen. Code, § 290.005Printed as Section 266h
- Pen. Code, § 653.23Printed as Section 266h or 266i
- Pen. Code, § 784.7Printed as Section 236.1, 266h, or 266i
- Pen. Code, § 868.5Printed as Section 211, 215, 220, 236.1, 240, 242, 243.4, 245, 261, 266, 266a, 266b, 266c, 266d, 266e, 266f, 266g, 266h, 266i, 266j, 266k, 267, 269, 273a, 273d, 273.5, 273.6, 278, 278.5, 285, 286, 287, 288, 288.
- Pen. Code, § 1203.065Printed as Section 264.1, 266h, 266i, 266j, or 269
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