Penal Law § 230.08 · Article 230. Prostitution Offenses
Patronizing a person for prostitution in a school zone
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§ 230.08 Patronizing a person for prostitution in a school zone.
1. A person is guilty of patronizing a person for prostitution in a school zone when, being twenty-one years old or more, he or she patronizes a person for prostitution and the person patronized is less than eighteen years old at a place that he or she knows, or reasonably should know, is in a school zone.
2. For purposes of this section, "school zone" shall mean "school zone" as defined in subdivision two of section 230.03 of this article.
Patronizing a person for prostitution in a school zone is a class E felony.
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