{ "batch": "329-connecticut-prostitution-statute-every-section", "articles": [ { "id": "learn_r329_connecticut_prostitution_statute_every_section_329_connecticut_prostitution_statute_every_section_anchor", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Connecticut General Statutes: Chapter 952 index (anchor)", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Title 53a (Penal Code), chapter 952 'Penal Code: Offenses', is published on the General Assembly's statute site under the heading quoted. The prostitution offences are sections 53a-82 to 53a-89.", "body": "Title 53a (Penal Code), chapter 952 'Penal Code: Offenses', is published on the General Assembly's statute site under the heading quoted. The prostitution offences are sections 53a-82 to 53a-89.\n\nWhat Connecticut General Assembly (Connecticut General Statutes) actually says:\n\n“Chapter 952 Secs. 53a-24 to 53a-323 Penal Code: Offenses”\n\nNote: Anchor record: the General Assembly's own statute site (cga.ct.gov/current/pub), state .gov domain.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/title_53a.htm", "last_verified": "2026-10-17", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Connecticut General Assembly (Connecticut General Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "Chapter 952 Secs. 53a-24 to 53a-323 Penal Code: Offenses", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "329-connecticut-prostitution-statute-every-section", "subject": "Connecticut General Statutes", "topic": "Chapter 952 index (anchor)", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "CT", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-ct" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap", "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-ct" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r329_connecticut_prostitution_statute_every_section_329_connecticut_prostitution_statute_every_section_idx", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] CGS 53a-82 to 53a-89: Chapter 952 table of contents (prostitution block)", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] In chapter 952 the prostitution block runs from 53a-82 (Prostitution) to 53a-89 (Permitting prostitution); 53a-83a (patronizing from a motor vehicle) is repealed and 53a-83 is now titled 'Soliciting sexual acts'.", "body": "In chapter 952 the prostitution block runs from 53a-82 (Prostitution) to 53a-89 (Permitting prostitution); 53a-83a (patronizing from a motor vehicle) is repealed and 53a-83 is now titled 'Soliciting sexual acts'.\n\nWhat Connecticut General Assembly (Connecticut General Statutes) actually says:\n\n“Sec. 53a-82. Prostitution: Class A misdemeanor. Sec. 53a-83. Soliciting sexual acts: Class A misdemeanor. Sec. 53a-83a. Patronizing a prostitute from a motor vehicle: Class A misdemeanor. Sec. 53a-83b. Commercial sexual abuse of a minor: Class B felony. Sec. 53a-84. Defenses barred. Sec. 53a-85. Promoting prostitution: Definitions. Sec. 53a-86. Promoting prostitution in the first degree: Class B felony. Sec. 53a-87. Promoting prostitution in the second degree: Class C felony. Sec. 53a-88. Promoting prostitution in the third degree: Class D felony. Sec. 53a-89. Permitting prostitution: Class A misdemeanor.”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_952.htm", "last_verified": "2026-10-17", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Connecticut General Assembly (Connecticut General Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "Sec. 53a-82. Prostitution: Class A misdemeanor. Sec. 53a-83. Soliciting sexual acts: Class A misdemeanor. Sec. 53a-83a. Patronizing a prostitute from a motor vehicle: Class A misdemeanor. Sec. 53a-83b. Commercial sexual abuse of a minor: Class B felony. Sec. 53a-84. Defenses barred. Sec. 53a-85. Promoting prostitution: Definitions. Sec. 53a-86. Promoting prostitution in the first degree: Class B felony. Sec. 53a-87. Promoting prostitution in the second degree: Class C felony. Sec. 53a-88. Promoting prostitution in the third degree: Class D felony. Sec. 53a-89. Permitting prostitution: Class A misdemeanor.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "329-connecticut-prostitution-statute-every-section", "subject": "CGS 53a-82 to 53a-89", "topic": "Chapter 952 table of contents (prostitution block)", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "CT", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-ct" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "hollow_body", "strong_label_on_weak_content" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r329_connecticut_prostitution_statute_every_section_329_connecticut_prostitution_statute_every_section_s82", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] CGS 53a-82: Prostitution: offence", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Prostitution (the seller side) is engaging, or agreeing or offering to engage, in sexual conduct with another person in return for a fee, by a person 18 or older; the offence turns on a fee, not on contact alone.", "body": "Prostitution (the seller side) is engaging, or agreeing or offering to engage, in sexual conduct with another person in return for a fee, by a person 18 or older; the offence turns on a fee, not on contact alone.\n\nWhat Connecticut General Assembly (Connecticut General Statutes) actually says:\n\n“A person eighteen years of age or older is guilty of prostitution when such person engages or agrees or offers to engage in sexual conduct with another person in return for a fee.”\n\nNote: A paid co-performer on camera falls inside the words 'sexual conduct ... in return for a fee'; the statute does not mention filming.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_952.htm", "last_verified": "2026-10-17", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Connecticut General Assembly (Connecticut General Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "A person eighteen years of age or older is guilty of prostitution when such person engages or agrees or offers to engage in sexual conduct with another person in return for a fee.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "329-connecticut-prostitution-statute-every-section", "subject": "CGS 53a-82", "topic": "Prostitution: offence", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "CT", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-ct" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap", "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-ct" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r329_connecticut_prostitution_statute_every_section_329_connecticut_prostitution_statute_every_section_s82_pen", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] CGS 53a-82: Prostitution: penalty and defenses", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Prostitution is a class A misdemeanor; it is an affirmative defense that the actor was a victim of trafficking (53a-192a or 18 USC ch. 77).", "body": "Prostitution is a class A misdemeanor; it is an affirmative defense that the actor was a victim of trafficking (53a-192a or 18 USC ch. 77).\n\nWhat Connecticut General Assembly (Connecticut General Statutes) actually says:\n\n“(b) In any prosecution for an offense under this section, it shall be an affirmative defense that the actor was a victim of conduct by another person that constitutes (1) a violation of section 53a-192a, or (2) a criminal violation of 18 USC Chapter 77, as amended from time to time. (c) Nothing in this section shall limit a person's right to assert the defense of duress pursuant to section 53a-14 in any prosecution for an offense under this section. (d) Prostitution is a class A misdemeanor.”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_952.htm", "last_verified": "2026-10-17", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Connecticut General Assembly (Connecticut General Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "(b) In any prosecution for an offense under this section, it shall be an affirmative defense that the actor was a victim of conduct by another person that constitutes (1) a violation of section 53a-192a, or (2) a criminal violation of 18 USC Chapter 77, as amended from time to time. (c) Nothing in this section shall limit a person's right to assert the defense of duress pursuant to section 53a-14 in any prosecution for an offense under this section. (d) Prostitution is a class A misdemeanor.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "329-connecticut-prostitution-statute-every-section", "subject": "CGS 53a-82", "topic": "Prostitution: penalty and defenses", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "CT", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-ct" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "thin_body", "source_unverifiable:fetch_failed:budget" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r329_connecticut_prostitution_statute_every_section_329_connecticut_prostitution_statute_every_section_s83", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] CGS 53a-83: Soliciting sexual acts (the paying side)", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Soliciting sexual acts is exchanging, agreeing to exchange, or soliciting, anything of value for sexual conduct; since P.A. 21-103 the test is 'anything of value', not only a fee.", "body": "Soliciting sexual acts is exchanging, agreeing to exchange, or soliciting, anything of value for sexual conduct; since P.A. 21-103 the test is 'anything of value', not only a fee.\n\nWhat Connecticut General Assembly (Connecticut General Statutes) actually says:\n\n“A person is guilty of soliciting sexual acts when: (1) Pursuant to a prior understanding, such person exchanges anything of value with another person as compensation for such person or a third person having engaged in sexual conduct with such person; (2) such person exchanges or agrees to exchange anything of value with another person pursuant to an understanding that such other person or a third person will engage in sexual conduct with such person; or (3) such person solicits or requests another person to engage in sexual conduct with such person in exchange for anything of value.”\n\nNote: Applies to a creator who pays a co-performer for sexual conduct.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_952.htm", "last_verified": "2026-10-17", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Connecticut General Assembly (Connecticut General Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "A person is guilty of soliciting sexual acts when: (1) Pursuant to a prior understanding, such person exchanges anything of value with another person as compensation for such person or a third person having engaged in sexual conduct with such person; (2) such person exchanges or agrees to exchange anything of value with another person pursuant to an understanding that such other person or a third person will engage in sexual conduct with such person; or (3) such person solicits or requests another person to engage in sexual conduct with such person in exchange for anything of value.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "329-connecticut-prostitution-statute-every-section", "subject": "CGS 53a-83", "topic": "Soliciting sexual acts (the paying side)", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "CT", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-ct" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap", "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-ct" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r329_connecticut_prostitution_statute_every_section_329_connecticut_prostitution_statute_every_section_s83_pen", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] CGS 53a-83: Soliciting sexual acts: penalty", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Soliciting sexual acts is a class A misdemeanor and a person found guilty shall be fined $2,000.", "body": "Soliciting sexual acts is a class A misdemeanor and a person found guilty shall be fined $2,000.\n\nWhat Connecticut General Assembly (Connecticut General Statutes) actually says:\n\n“Soliciting sexual acts is a class A misdemeanor and any person found guilty shall be fined two thousand dollars.”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_952.htm", "last_verified": "2026-10-17", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Connecticut General Assembly (Connecticut General Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "Soliciting sexual acts is a class A misdemeanor and any person found guilty shall be fined two thousand dollars.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "329-connecticut-prostitution-statute-every-section", "subject": "CGS 53a-83", "topic": "Soliciting sexual acts: penalty", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "CT", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-ct" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "hollow_body", "strong_label_on_weak_content" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r329_connecticut_prostitution_statute_every_section_329_connecticut_prostitution_statute_every_section_s83a", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] CGS 53a-83a: Repealed section", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Section 53a-83a (patronizing a prostitute from a motor vehicle) is repealed, effective October 1, 2017.", "body": "Section 53a-83a (patronizing a prostitute from a motor vehicle) is repealed, effective October 1, 2017.\n\nWhat Connecticut General Assembly (Connecticut General Statutes) actually says:\n\n“Section 53a-83a is repealed, effective October 1, 2017.”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_952.htm", "last_verified": "2026-10-17", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Connecticut General Assembly (Connecticut General Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "Section 53a-83a is repealed, effective October 1, 2017.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "329-connecticut-prostitution-statute-every-section", "subject": "CGS 53a-83a", "topic": "Repealed section", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "CT", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-ct" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "thin_body", "source_unverifiable:fetch_failed:budget" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r329_connecticut_prostitution_statute_every_section_329_connecticut_prostitution_statute_every_section_s83b", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] CGS 53a-83b: Commercial sexual abuse of a minor", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Exchanging or soliciting anything of value for sexual conduct with a minor (under 18), or a person reasonably believed to be a minor, is a class B felony, class A if the minor is under 15.", "body": "Exchanging or soliciting anything of value for sexual conduct with a minor (under 18), or a person reasonably believed to be a minor, is a class B felony, class A if the minor is under 15.\n\nWhat Connecticut General Assembly (Connecticut General Statutes) actually says:\n\n“(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, commercial sexual abuse of a minor is a class B felony. (c) Commercial sexual abuse of a minor is a class A felony if the minor has not attained fifteen years of age.”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_952.htm", "last_verified": "2026-10-17", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Connecticut General Assembly (Connecticut General Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, commercial sexual abuse of a minor is a class B felony. (c) Commercial sexual abuse of a minor is a class A felony if the minor has not attained fifteen years of age.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "329-connecticut-prostitution-statute-every-section", "subject": "CGS 53a-83b", "topic": "Commercial sexual abuse of a minor", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "CT", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-ct" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "hollow_body", "strong_label_on_weak_content" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r329_connecticut_prostitution_statute_every_section_329_connecticut_prostitution_statute_every_section_s84", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] CGS 53a-84: Defenses barred", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] The sex of the parties is no defense to prostitution or soliciting sexual acts, and a minor seller's lack of prosecutability is no defense to soliciting or promoting.", "body": "The sex of the parties is no defense to prostitution or soliciting sexual acts, and a minor seller's lack of prosecutability is no defense to soliciting or promoting.\n\nWhat Connecticut General Assembly (Connecticut General Statutes) actually says:\n\n“the sex of the two parties or prospective parties to the sexual conduct engaged in, contemplated or solicited is immaterial, and it shall be no defense that: (1) Such persons were of the same sex; or (2) the person who received, agreed to receive or solicited a fee was a male and the person who paid or agreed or offered to pay such fee was a female.”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_952.htm", "last_verified": "2026-10-17", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Connecticut General Assembly (Connecticut General Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "the sex of the two parties or prospective parties to the sexual conduct engaged in, contemplated or solicited is immaterial, and it shall be no defense that: (1) Such persons were of the same sex; or (2) the person who received, agreed to receive or solicited a fee was a male and the person who paid or agreed or offered to pay such fee was a female.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "329-connecticut-prostitution-statute-every-section", "subject": "CGS 53a-84", "topic": "Defenses barred", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "CT", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-ct" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "thin_body", "source_unverifiable:fetch_failed:budget" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r329_connecticut_prostitution_statute_every_section_329_connecticut_prostitution_statute_every_section_s85_adv", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] CGS 53a-85: Definition: advances prostitution", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] A person 'advances prostitution' (acting other than as a prostitute or patron) by causing or aiding prostitution, procuring or soliciting patrons, providing persons or premises, or running a prostitution enterprise.", "body": "A person 'advances prostitution' (acting other than as a prostitute or patron) by causing or aiding prostitution, procuring or soliciting patrons, providing persons or premises, or running a prostitution enterprise.\n\nWhat Connecticut General Assembly (Connecticut General Statutes) actually says:\n\n“acting other than as a prostitute or as a patron thereof, he knowingly causes or aids a person to commit or engage in prostitution, procures or solicits patrons for prostitution, provides persons or premises for prostitution purposes, operates or assists in the operation of a house of prostitution or a prostitution enterprise, or engages in any other conduct designed to institute, aid or facilitate an act or enterprise of prostitution.”\n\nNote: Definitions section, its own record. Relevant to a third party who books or hosts a paid sexual shoot.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_952.htm", "last_verified": "2026-10-17", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Connecticut General Assembly (Connecticut General Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "acting other than as a prostitute or as a patron thereof, he knowingly causes or aids a person to commit or engage in prostitution, procures or solicits patrons for prostitution, provides persons or premises for prostitution purposes, operates or assists in the operation of a house of prostitution or a prostitution enterprise, or engages in any other conduct designed to institute, aid or facilitate an act or enterprise of prostitution.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "329-connecticut-prostitution-statute-every-section", "subject": "CGS 53a-85", "topic": "Definition: advances prostitution", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "CT", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-ct" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap", "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-ct" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r329_connecticut_prostitution_statute_every_section_329_connecticut_prostitution_statute_every_section_s85_prof", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] CGS 53a-85: Definition: profits from prostitution", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] A person 'profits from prostitution' by accepting money or property under an agreement to share in the proceeds of prostitution activity, other than a prostitute receiving compensation for personally rendered services.", "body": "A person 'profits from prostitution' by accepting money or property under an agreement to share in the proceeds of prostitution activity, other than a prostitute receiving compensation for personally rendered services.\n\nWhat Connecticut General Assembly (Connecticut General Statutes) actually says:\n\n“he accepts or receives money or other property pursuant to an agreement or understanding with any person whereby he participates or is to participate in the proceeds of prostitution activity.”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_952.htm", "last_verified": "2026-10-17", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Connecticut General Assembly (Connecticut General Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "he accepts or receives money or other property pursuant to an agreement or understanding with any person whereby he participates or is to participate in the proceeds of prostitution activity.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "329-connecticut-prostitution-statute-every-section", "subject": "CGS 53a-85", "topic": "Definition: profits from prostitution", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "CT", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-ct" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "thin_body", "source_unverifiable:fetch_failed:budget" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r329_connecticut_prostitution_statute_every_section_329_connecticut_prostitution_statute_every_section_s86", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] CGS 53a-86: Promoting prostitution, first degree", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Advancing prostitution by force or intimidation, profiting from coercion, or advancing or profiting from prostitution of a person under 18 is a class B felony (minor case: nine months non-suspendable and a $15,000 fine).", "body": "Advancing prostitution by force or intimidation, profiting from coercion, or advancing or profiting from prostitution of a person under 18 is a class B felony (minor case: nine months non-suspendable and a $15,000 fine).\n\nWhat Connecticut General Assembly (Connecticut General Statutes) actually says:\n\n“(b) Promoting prostitution in the first degree is a class B felony. Any person found guilty under subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this section shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of which nine months of the sentence imposed may not be suspended or reduced by the court and shall be fined fifteen thousand dollars.”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_952.htm", "last_verified": "2026-10-17", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Connecticut General Assembly (Connecticut General Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "(b) Promoting prostitution in the first degree is a class B felony. Any person found guilty under subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this section shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of which nine months of the sentence imposed may not be suspended or reduced by the court and shall be fined fifteen thousand dollars.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "329-connecticut-prostitution-statute-every-section", "subject": "CGS 53a-86", "topic": "Promoting prostitution, first degree", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "CT", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-ct" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "hollow_body", "strong_label_on_weak_content" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r329_connecticut_prostitution_statute_every_section_329_connecticut_prostitution_statute_every_section_s87", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] CGS 53a-87: Promoting prostitution, second degree", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Managing, supervising, controlling or owning a prostitution business involving two or more prostitutes is a class C felony with a $10,000 fine.", "body": "Managing, supervising, controlling or owning a prostitution business involving two or more prostitutes is a class C felony with a $10,000 fine.\n\nWhat Connecticut General Assembly (Connecticut General Statutes) actually says:\n\n“knowingly advances or profits from prostitution by managing, supervising, controlling or owning, either alone or in association with others, a house of prostitution or a prostitution business or enterprise involving prostitution activity by two or more prostitutes.”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_952.htm", "last_verified": "2026-10-17", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Connecticut General Assembly (Connecticut General Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "knowingly advances or profits from prostitution by managing, supervising, controlling or owning, either alone or in association with others, a house of prostitution or a prostitution business or enterprise involving prostitution activity by two or more prostitutes.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "329-connecticut-prostitution-statute-every-section", "subject": "CGS 53a-87", "topic": "Promoting prostitution, second degree", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "CT", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-ct" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "hollow_body", "strong_label_on_weak_content" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r329_connecticut_prostitution_statute_every_section_329_connecticut_prostitution_statute_every_section_s88", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] CGS 53a-88: Promoting prostitution, third degree", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Knowingly advancing or profiting from prostitution is a class D felony with a $5,000 fine.", "body": "Knowingly advancing or profiting from prostitution is a class D felony with a $5,000 fine.\n\nWhat Connecticut General Assembly (Connecticut General Statutes) actually says:\n\n“A person is guilty of promoting prostitution in the third degree when he knowingly advances or profits from prostitution. (b) Promoting prostitution in the third degree is a class D felony and any person found guilty shall be fined five thousand dollars.”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_952.htm", "last_verified": "2026-10-17", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Connecticut General Assembly (Connecticut General Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "A person is guilty of promoting prostitution in the third degree when he knowingly advances or profits from prostitution. (b) Promoting prostitution in the third degree is a class D felony and any person found guilty shall be fined five thousand dollars.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "329-connecticut-prostitution-statute-every-section", "subject": "CGS 53a-88", "topic": "Promoting prostitution, third degree", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "CT", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-ct" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "hollow_body", "strong_label_on_weak_content" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r329_connecticut_prostitution_statute_every_section_329_connecticut_prostitution_statute_every_section_s89", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] CGS 53a-89: Permitting prostitution", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Having control of premises known to be used for prostitution and failing to make reasonable effort to halt the use is a class A misdemeanor with a $2,000 fine.", "body": "Having control of premises known to be used for prostitution and failing to make reasonable effort to halt the use is a class A misdemeanor with a $2,000 fine.\n\nWhat Connecticut General Assembly (Connecticut General Statutes) actually says:\n\n“having possession or control of premises which he knows are being used for prostitution purposes, he fails to make reasonable effort to halt or abate such use. (b) Permitting prostitution is a class A misdemeanor and any person found guilty shall be fined two thousand dollars.”\n\nNote: Landlord / studio-owner angle.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_952.htm", "last_verified": "2026-10-17", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Connecticut General Assembly (Connecticut General Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "having possession or control of premises which he knows are being used for prostitution purposes, he fails to make reasonable effort to halt or abate such use. (b) Permitting prostitution is a class A misdemeanor and any person found guilty shall be fined two thousand dollars.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "329-connecticut-prostitution-statute-every-section", "subject": "CGS 53a-89", "topic": "Permitting prostitution", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "CT", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-ct" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "hollow_body", "strong_label_on_weak_content" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r329_connecticut_prostitution_statute_every_section_329_connecticut_prostitution_statute_every_section_no_online", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] CGS chapter 952: Online solicitation / separate 'assignation' offence", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Chapter 952's prostitution block contains no separate online-solicitation or assignation offence; the sections are 53a-82, 53a-83, 53a-83b and 53a-84 to 53a-89.", "body": "Chapter 952's prostitution block contains no separate online-solicitation or assignation offence; the sections are 53a-82, 53a-83, 53a-83b and 53a-84 to 53a-89.\n\nWhat Connecticut General Assembly (Connecticut General Statutes) actually says:\n\n“Sec. 53a-84. Defenses barred. Sec. 53a-85. Promoting prostitution: Definitions. Sec. 53a-86. Promoting prostitution in the first degree: Class B felony. Sec. 53a-87. Promoting prostitution in the second degree: Class C felony. Sec. 53a-88. Promoting prostitution in the third degree: Class D felony. Sec. 53a-89. Permitting prostitution: Class A misdemeanor.”\n\nNote: ABSENCE RECORD (inferred from an index/listing, not from operative text). Index searched: cga.ct.gov chapter 952 table of contents, sections 53a-82 to 53a-89.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_952.htm", "last_verified": "2026-10-17", "reliability": "CREATOR STRATEGY", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Connecticut General Assembly (Connecticut General Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "Sec. 53a-84. Defenses barred. Sec. 53a-85. Promoting prostitution: Definitions. Sec. 53a-86. Promoting prostitution in the first degree: Class B felony. Sec. 53a-87. Promoting prostitution in the second degree: Class C felony. Sec. 53a-88. Promoting prostitution in the third degree: Class D felony. Sec. 53a-89. Permitting prostitution: Class A misdemeanor.", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "329-connecticut-prostitution-statute-every-section", "subject": "CGS chapter 952", "topic": "Online solicitation / separate 'assignation' offence", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "CT", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-ct" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap", "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-ct" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } } ] }