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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Chapter anchor - prostitution offenses in Chapter 609",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Chapter 609 of Minnesota Statutes is titled \"CRIMES; EXPUNGEMENT; VICTIMS\" and contains prostitution, solicitation and related offenses",
      "body": "Chapter 609 of Minnesota Statutes is titled \"CRIMES; EXPUNGEMENT; VICTIMS\" and contains prostitution, solicitation and related offenses\n\nWhat Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes actually says:\n\n“Ch. 609 MN Statutes\n\nMinnesota Legislature\n\nOffice of the Revisor of Statutes\n\n2025 Minnesota Statutes\n\nCRIMES; EXPUNGEMENT; VICTIMS\n\nChapter 609\n\n2025 Minnesota Statutes\n\nAuthenticate\n\nPDF\n\nResources\n\nSearch Minnesota Statutes\n\nAbout Minnesota Statutes\n\n2025 Statutes New, Amended or Repealed\n\n2025 Table of Chapters\n\n2025 Statutes Topics (Index)\n\nChapter 609\n\nTable of Sections\n\nFull Chapter Text\n\nVersion List\n\nThis chapter has been affected by law enacted during the 2026 Regular Session. More info...\n\n609.099 has been added by Chapter 97, Article 6, Section 2\n\n609.101 subd. 2 has been amended by Chapter 97, Article 1, Section 21\n\n609.133 subd. 4 has been amended by Chapter 97, Article 1, Section 22\n\n609.19 subd. 2 has been amended by Chapter 97, Article 6, Section 3\n\n609.2231 subd. 2 has been amended by Chapter 118, Article 5, Section 1\n\n609.2242 subd. 3 has been amended by Chapter 75, Section 7\n\n609.232 subd. 11 has been amended by Chapter 88, Article 1, Section 220\n\n609.2334 subd. 11 has been amended by Chapter 70, Section 4\n\n609.27 subd. 2 has been amended by Chapter 76, Section 1\n\n609.3471 has been amended by Chapter 97, Article 1, Section 23\n\n609.352 subd. 1 has been amended by Chapter 108, Section 5\n\n609.352 subd. 2c has been added by Chapter 108, Section 6\n\n609.352 subd. 2d has been added by Chapter 108, Section 7\n\n609.352 subd. 2e has been added by Chapter 108, Section 8\n\n609.352 subd. 4 has been amended by Chapter 108, Section 9\n\n609.456 subd. 2 has been amended by Chapter 92, Article 1, Section 16\n\n609.466 has been repealed by Chapter 127, Article 7, Section 7\n\n609.467 has been added by Chapter 127, Article 7, Section 3\n\n609.4751 has been amended by Chapter 98, Section 1\n\n609.52 subd. 2 has been amended by Chapter 127, Article 7, Section 4\n\n6”\n\nNote: Anchor record establishing Chapter 609 as the main statute chapter containing prostitution offenses in Minnesota",
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      "evidence_quote": "Ch. 609 MN Statutes\n\nMinnesota Legislature\n\nOffice of the Revisor of Statutes\n\n2025 Minnesota Statutes\n\nCRIMES; EXPUNGEMENT; VICTIMS\n\nChapter 609\n\n2025 Minnesota Statutes\n\nAuthenticate\n\nPDF\n\nResources\n\nSearch Minnesota Statutes\n\nAbout Minnesota Statutes\n\n2025 Statutes New, Amended or Repealed\n\n2025 Table of Chapters\n\n2025 Statutes Topics (Index)\n\nChapter 609\n\nTable of Sections\n\nFull Chapter Text\n\nVersion List\n\nThis chapter has been affected by law enacted during the 2026 Regular Session. More info...\n\n609.099 has been added by Chapter 97, Article 6, Section 2\n\n609.101 subd. 2 has been amended by Chapter 97, Article 1, Section 21\n\n609.133 subd. 4 has been amended by Chapter 97, Article 1, Section 22\n\n609.19 subd. 2 has been amended by Chapter 97, Article 6, Section 3\n\n609.2231 subd. 2 has been amended by Chapter 118, Article 5, Section 1\n\n609.2242 subd. 3 has been amended by Chapter 75, Section 7\n\n609.232 subd. 11 has been amended by Chapter 88, Article 1, Section 220\n\n609.2334 subd. 11 has been amended by Chapter 70, Section 4\n\n609.27 subd. 2 has been amended by Chapter 76, Section 1\n\n609.3471 has been amended by Chapter 97, Article 1, Section 23\n\n609.352 subd. 1 has been amended by Chapter 108, Section 5\n\n609.352 subd. 2c has been added by Chapter 108, Section 6\n\n609.352 subd. 2d has been added by Chapter 108, Section 7\n\n609.352 subd. 2e has been added by Chapter 108, Section 8\n\n609.352 subd. 4 has been amended by Chapter 108, Section 9\n\n609.456 subd. 2 has been amended by Chapter 92, Article 1, Section 16\n\n609.466 has been repealed by Chapter 127, Article 7, Section 7\n\n609.467 has been added by Chapter 127, Article 7, Section 3\n\n609.4751 has been amended by Chapter 98, Section 1\n\n609.52 subd. 2 has been amended by Chapter 127, Article 7, Section 4\n\n6",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Section 609.321 - prostitution and sex trafficking definitions",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Section 609.321 of Minnesota Statutes is titled \"PROSTITUTION AND SEX TRAFFICKING; DEFINITIONS\"",
      "body": "Section 609.321 of Minnesota Statutes is titled \"PROSTITUTION AND SEX TRAFFICKING; DEFINITIONS\"\n\nWhat Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes actually says:\n\n“609.321 PROSTITUTION AND SEX TRAFFICKING; DEFINITIONS.”\n\nNote: Section title is the exact heading published by Minnesota Revisor of Statutes",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Minnesota prostitution, solicitation, and related offences: Section 609.321 subdivision 1 - scope of definitions",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Section 609.321 subdivision 1 establishes that the definitions in this section apply to sections 609.321 through 609.325",
      "body": "Section 609.321 subdivision 1 establishes that the definitions in this section apply to sections 609.321 through 609.325\n\nWhat Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes actually says:\n\n“For the purposes of sections 609.321 to 609.325 , the following terms have the meanings given.”\n\nNote: This confirms sections 609.321 to 609.325 form the prostitution offenses cluster in Minnesota",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Section 609.321 subdivision 2 - definition of business of prostitution",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Section 609.321 subdivision 2 defines \"business of prostitution\" as any arrangement between or organization of two or more persons, acting other than as prostitutes or patrons, who commit acts punishable under sections 609.321 to 609.324",
      "body": "Section 609.321 subdivision 2 defines \"business of prostitution\" as any arrangement between or organization of two or more persons, acting other than as prostitutes or patrons, who commit acts punishable under sections 609.321 to 609.324\n\nWhat Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes actually says:\n\n“\"Business of prostitution\" means any arrangement between or organization of two or more persons, acting other than as prostitutes or patrons, who commit acts punishable under sections 609.321 to 609.324 .”\n\nNote: This definition targets those organizing or arranging prostitution rather than the prostitutes or patrons themselves",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Section 609.322 - solicitation, inducement and promotion of prostitution; sex trafficking",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Section 609.322 of Minnesota Statutes is titled \"SOLICITATION, INDUCEMENT, AND PROMOTION OF PROSTITUTION; SEX TRAFFICKING\"",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Minnesota prostitution, solicitation, and related offences: Section 609.323 status - repealed",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Section 609.323 of Minnesota Statutes was repealed by 1998 c 367 art 2 s 33",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Minnesota prostitution, solicitation, and related offences: Section 609.3232 - protective order authorized; procedures; penalties",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Section 609.3232 of Minnesota Statutes is titled \"PROTECTIVE ORDER AUTHORIZED; PROCEDURES; PENALTIES\" and allows parents or guardians to seek protective orders when they know a person is inducing, coercing, soliciting or promoting prostitution of their minor child",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Section 609.324 - patrons; prostitutes; housing individuals engaged in prostitution; penalties",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Section 609.324 of Minnesota Statutes is titled \"PATRONS; PROSTITUTES; HOUSING INDIVIDUALS ENGAGED IN PROSTITUTION; PENALTIES\"",
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      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Section 609.324 subdivision 1(a) provides a maximum penalty of imprisonment for not more than 20 years or payment of a fine of not more than $40,000, or both, for engaging in prostitution with an individual under age 14",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Minnesota prostitution, solicitation, and related offences: Section 609.3241 - penalty assessment authorized",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Section 609.3241 of Minnesota Statutes provides that when a court sentences an adult convicted of violating section 609.322 or 609.324 while acting other than as a prostitute, the court shall impose an assessment of not less than $500 and not more than $750 for a violation of section 609.324, subdivision 2, or not less than $750 and not more than $1,000 for other violations",
      "body": "Section 609.3241 of Minnesota Statutes provides that when a court sentences an adult convicted of violating section 609.322 or 609.324 while acting other than as a prostitute, the court shall impose an assessment of not less than $500 and not more than $750 for a violation of section 609.324, subdivision 2, or not less than $750 and not more than $1,000 for other violations\n\nWhat Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes actually says:\n\n“When a court sentences an adult convicted of violating section 609.27 , 609.282 , 609.283 , 609.322 , 609.324 , 609.33 , 609.352 , 617.246 , 617.247 , or 617.293 , while acting other than as a prostitute, the court shall impose an assessment of not less than $500 and not more than $750 for a misdemeanor violation of section 609.27 , a violation of section 609.324, subdivision 2 , a violation of section 609.33 , or a violation of section 617.293 ; otherwise the court shall impose an assessment of not less than $750 and not more than $1,000.”\n\nNote: Mandatory financial assessments on top of imprisonment or fines",
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      "evidence_quote": "When a court sentences an adult convicted of violating section 609.27 , 609.282 , 609.283 , 609.322 , 609.324 , 609.33 , 609.352 , 617.246 , 617.247 , or 617.293 , while acting other than as a prostitute, the court shall impose an assessment of not less than $500 and not more than $750 for a misdemeanor violation of section 609.27 , a violation of section 609.324, subdivision 2 , a violation of section 609.33 , or a violation of section 617.293 ; otherwise the court shall impose an assessment of not less than $750 and not more than $1,000.",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Minnesota prostitution, solicitation, and related offences: Section 609.325 - defenses",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Section 609.325 of Minnesota Statutes is titled \"DEFENSES\"",
      "body": "Section 609.325 of Minnesota Statutes is titled \"DEFENSES\"\n\nWhat Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes actually says:\n\n“609.325 DEFENSES.”\n\nNote: Provides key defenses including: consent or mistake as to age is no defense; prior prostitution is no defense; the fact that a person solicited did not actually engage in prostitution is no defense; affirmative defense for those assisting prostitutes to leave",
      "source_type": "official",
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Minnesota prostitution, solicitation, and related offences: Section 609.325 subdivision 2 - consent is no defense",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Section 609.325 subdivision 2 states that consent or mistake as to age shall be no defense to prosecutions under sections 609.322 or 609.324",
      "body": "Section 609.325 subdivision 2 states that consent or mistake as to age shall be no defense to prosecutions under sections 609.322 or 609.324\n\nWhat Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes actually says:\n\n“Consent or mistake as to age shall be no defense to prosecutions under section 609.322 or 609.324 .”\n\nNote: Critical for content creators: consent of a co-performer is not a valid defense if the activity constitutes prostitution under these sections",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Minnesota prostitution, solicitation, and related offences: Section 609.325 subdivision 1 - no defense that solicited person did not actually engage",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Section 609.325 subdivision 1 states that it is no defense to a prosecution under section 609.322 that an individual solicited or induced to practice prostitution or whose prostitution was promoted did not actually engage in prostitution",
      "body": "Section 609.325 subdivision 1 states that it is no defense to a prosecution under section 609.322 that an individual solicited or induced to practice prostitution or whose prostitution was promoted did not actually engage in prostitution\n\nWhat Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes actually says:\n\n“It shall be no defense to a prosecution under section 609.322 that an individual solicited or induced to practice prostitution or whose prostitution was promoted, did not actually engage in prostitution.”\n\nNote: Attempted solicitation is as actionable as completed prostitution",
      "source_type": "official",
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Minnesota prostitution, solicitation, and related offences: Section 609.326 - evidence; marital privilege",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Section 609.326 of Minnesota Statutes provides that the marital privilege shall not apply in any proceeding under section 609.322",
      "body": "Section 609.326 of Minnesota Statutes provides that the marital privilege shall not apply in any proceeding under section 609.322\n\nWhat Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes actually says:\n\n“The marital privilege provided for in section 595.02 shall not apply in any proceeding under section 609.322 .”\n\nNote: The marital privilege between spouses does not protect against prosecution for prostitution-related offenses under 609.322",
      "source_type": "official",
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