§ 11-04-050. Generally—Promoting prostitution.

(a)

Promoting prostitution consists of any person:

(1)

Knowingly establishing, owning, maintaining or managing a house of prostitution or participating in the establishment, ownership, maintenance or management thereof;

(2)

Knowingly permitting any place which a person partially or wholly owns or controls to be used as a house of prostitution;

(3)

Knowingly procuring a prostitute for a house of prostitution;

(4)

Knowingly inducing another to become a prostitute;

(5)

Knowingly soliciting a patron for a prostitute or for a house of prostitution;

(6)

Knowingly procuring a prostitute for a patron;

(7)

Knowingly procuring transportation for, paying for the transportation of, or transporting a person within this city with the intention of promoting that person's engaging in prostitution; or

(8)

Knowingly being employed by a house of prostitution to perform any function which constitutes promoting prostitution.

(b)

It shall be unlawful for any person to commit the offense defined in this section.

(Code 1960, § 6-4-14; Ord. No. 552, 1-11-77)

State law reference

Similar provisions, N.M.S.A. § 30-9-4.