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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Miss. Code 97-29-49: Prostitution: offence",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Miss. Code 97-29-49(1): a person 18 or older who knowingly or intentionally performs, or offers or agrees to perform, sexual intercourse or sexual conduct for money or other property commits the misdemeanor of prostitution.",
      "body": "Miss. Code 97-29-49(1): a person 18 or older who knowingly or intentionally performs, or offers or agrees to perform, sexual intercourse or sexual conduct for money or other property commits the misdemeanor of prostitution.\n\nWhat Mississippi Legislature (bill text) actually says:\n\n“A person who is eighteen (18) years of age or older commits the misdemeanor of prostitution if the person knowingly or intentionally performs, or offers or agrees to perform, sexual intercourse or sexual conduct for money or other property.”\n\nNote: Text comes from the Legislature's own bill document, which prints the Code section; check the Code for later amendments.",
      "source_type": "official",
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      "last_verified": "2026-10-18",
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      "evidence_quote": "A person who is eighteen (18) years of age or older commits the misdemeanor of prostitution if the person knowingly or intentionally performs, or offers or agrees to perform, sexual intercourse or sexual conduct for money or other property.",
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Miss. Code 97-29-49: Prostitution: penalty",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Miss. Code 97-29-49(2): prostitution is punished by a fine up to $200, up to six months in county jail, or both.",
      "body": "Miss. Code 97-29-49(2): prostitution is punished by a fine up to $200, up to six months in county jail, or both.\n\nWhat Mississippi Legislature (bill text) actually says:\n\n“Any person violating the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine not exceeding Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) or by confinement in the county jail for not more than six (6) months, or both.”\n\nNote: Penalty as printed in the 2019 bill (HB 571, as passed); check the Code for later increases.",
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      "evidence_quote": "Any person violating the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine not exceeding Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) or by confinement in the county jail for not more than six (6) months, or both.",
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Miss. Code 97-29-49: Prostitution: immunity for trafficked persons",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Miss. Code 97-29-49(4): a person who engages in prostitution as a direct result of being a trafficked person (Section 97-3-54.4) is immune from prosecution for prostitution.",
      "body": "Miss. Code 97-29-49(4): a person who engages in prostitution as a direct result of being a trafficked person (Section 97-3-54.4) is immune from prosecution for prostitution.\n\nWhat Mississippi Legislature (bill text) actually says:\n\n“If it is determined that a person suspected of or charged with engaging in prostitution is engaging in those acts as a direct result of being a trafficked person, as defined by Section 97-3-54.4, that person shall be immune from prosecution for prostitution”\n\nNote: Text comes from the Legislature's own bill document, which prints the Code section; check the Code for later amendments.",
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      "evidence_quote": "If it is determined that a person suspected of or charged with engaging in prostitution is engaging in those acts as a direct result of being a trafficked person, as defined by Section 97-3-54.4, that person shall be immune from prosecution for prostitution",
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Miss. Code 97-29-51: Procuring the services of a prostitute (buyer side)",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Miss. Code 97-29-51(1)(a): knowingly or intentionally paying, or offering or agreeing to pay, money or other property for sexual intercourse or sexual conduct is the misdemeanor of procuring the services of a prostitute.",
      "body": "Miss. Code 97-29-51(1)(a): knowingly or intentionally paying, or offering or agreeing to pay, money or other property for sexual intercourse or sexual conduct is the misdemeanor of procuring the services of a prostitute.\n\nWhat Mississippi Legislature (bill text) actually says:\n\n“A person commits the misdemeanor of procuring the services of a prostitute if the person knowingly or intentionally pays, or offers or agrees to pay, money or other property to another person for having engaged in, or on the understanding that the other person will engage in, sexual intercourse or sexual conduct with the person or with any other person.”\n\nNote: Relevant to a creator who pays a co-performer for sex on camera: the payer side is its own offence. Text comes from the Legislature's own bill document, which prints the Code section; check the Code for later amendments.",
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      "evidence_quote": "A person commits the misdemeanor of procuring the services of a prostitute if the person knowingly or intentionally pays, or offers or agrees to pay, money or other property to another person for having engaged in, or on the understanding that the other person will engage in, sexual intercourse or sexual conduct with the person or with any other person.",
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Miss. Code 97-29-51: Promoting prostitution: taking money earned from prostitution",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Miss. Code 97-29-51(2)(a)(v): accepting or receiving money or property from a prostitute, without lawful consideration, with knowledge or reasonable cause to know it was earned in whole or part from prostitution, is the felony of promoting prostitution.",
      "body": "Miss. Code 97-29-51(2)(a)(v): accepting or receiving money or property from a prostitute, without lawful consideration, with knowledge or reasonable cause to know it was earned in whole or part from prostitution, is the felony of promoting prostitution.\n\nWhat Mississippi Legislature (bill text) actually says:\n\n“Accepts, receives, levies or appropriates money or other property of value from a prostitute, without lawful consideration, with knowledge or reasonable cause to know it was earned, in whole or in part, from prostitution”\n\nNote: A manager, booker or platform operator taking a cut of paid sex is the target. Text comes from the Legislature's own bill document, which prints the Code section; check the Code for later amendments.",
      "source_type": "official",
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      "evidence_quote": "Accepts, receives, levies or appropriates money or other property of value from a prostitute, without lawful consideration, with knowledge or reasonable cause to know it was earned, in whole or in part, from prostitution",
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Miss. Code 97-29-51: Promoting prostitution: letting a place be used",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Miss. Code 97-29-51(2)(a)(iv): a person with control over a place or vehicle who knowingly or intentionally permits another to use it for prostitution commits promoting prostitution.",
      "body": "Miss. Code 97-29-51(2)(a)(iv): a person with control over a place or vehicle who knowingly or intentionally permits another to use it for prostitution commits promoting prostitution.\n\nWhat Mississippi Legislature (bill text) actually says:\n\n“Having control over the use of a place or vehicle, knowingly or intentionally permits another person to use the place or vehicle for prostitution”\n\nNote: A studio or home-shoot host is within this paragraph if the shoot is paid sex. Text comes from the Legislature's own bill document, which prints the Code section; check the Code for later amendments.",
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      "evidence_quote": "Having control over the use of a place or vehicle, knowingly or intentionally permits another person to use the place or vehicle for prostitution",
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Miss. Code 97-29-51: Promoting prostitution: penalty",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Miss. Code 97-29-51(2)(b): promoting prostitution is punished by a fine up to $5,000, up to ten years in the Department of Corrections, or both.",
      "body": "Miss. Code 97-29-51(2)(b): promoting prostitution is punished by a fine up to $5,000, up to ten years in the Department of Corrections, or both.\n\nWhat Mississippi Legislature (bill text) actually says:\n\n“Upon conviction, a person shall be punished by a fine not exceeding Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) or by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for not more than ten (10) years, or both.”\n\nNote: Text comes from the Legislature's own bill document, which prints the Code section; check the Code for later amendments.",
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Miss. Code 97-29-51: Promoting prostitution: entity liability",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Miss. Code 97-29-51(4): a partnership, association, corporation or other entity that violates the promoting subsection is fined up to $50,000.",
      "body": "Miss. Code 97-29-51(4): a partnership, association, corporation or other entity that violates the promoting subsection is fined up to $50,000.\n\nWhat Mississippi Legislature (bill text) actually says:\n\n“Any partnership, association, corporation or other entity violating any provision of subsection (2) against the promotion of prostitution shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine not exceeding Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00).”\n\nNote: Text comes from the Legislature's own bill document, which prints the Code section; check the Code for later amendments.",
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      "evidence_quote": "Any partnership, association, corporation or other entity violating any provision of subsection (2) against the promotion of prostitution shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine not exceeding Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00).",
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Miss. Code 97-29-51: Promoting prostitution: minors, no age defence",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Miss. Code 97-29-51(2)(c): where the person promoted is under 18 there is no requirement that the defendant know the age and a minor's consent is no defense.",
      "body": "Miss. Code 97-29-51(2)(c): where the person promoted is under 18 there is no requirement that the defendant know the age and a minor's consent is no defense.\n\nWhat Mississippi Legislature (bill text) actually says:\n\n“There is no requirement that the defendant have actual knowledge of the age of the person , and consent of a minor is not a defense to prosecution under this section.”\n\nNote: Text comes from the Legislature's own bill document, which prints the Code section; check the Code for later amendments.",
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Miss. Code 97-3-54.1: Procuring sexual servitude of a minor",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Miss. Code 97-3-54.1(1)(c): subjecting or recruiting a minor for commercial sexual activity, sexually explicit performance or production of sexually oriented material is procuring sexual servitude of a minor; consent of the minor or a belief that the minor was 18 is no defense.",
      "body": "Miss. Code 97-3-54.1(1)(c): subjecting or recruiting a minor for commercial sexual activity, sexually explicit performance or production of sexually oriented material is procuring sexual servitude of a minor; consent of the minor or a belief that the minor was 18 is no defense.\n\nWhat Mississippi Legislature (bill text) actually says:\n\n“It is not a defense in a prosecution under this section that a minor consented to engage in the commercial sexual activity, sexually explicit performance, or the production of sexually oriented material, or that the defendant reasonably believed that the minor was eighteen (18) years of age or older.”\n\nNote: Applies to a creator who films or books anyone under 18. Text comes from the Legislature's own bill document, which prints the Code section; check the Code for later amendments.",
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Miss. Code 97-3-54.1: Human trafficking: enterprise liability",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Miss. Code 97-3-54.1(3): an enterprise may be prosecuted if an agent engages in a trafficking offence within the scope of employment and for the benefit of the entity.",
      "body": "Miss. Code 97-3-54.1(3): an enterprise may be prosecuted if an agent engages in a trafficking offence within the scope of employment and for the benefit of the entity.\n\nWhat Mississippi Legislature (bill text) actually says:\n\n“An enterprise may be prosecuted for an offense under this chapter if: (a) An agent of the enterprise knowingly engages in conduct that constitutes an offense under this chapter while acting within the scope of employment and for the benefit of the entity.”\n\nNote: Text comes from the Legislature's own bill document, which prints the Code section; check the Code for later amendments.",
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      "verification": {
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        "label": "Unverified - being checked",
        "reasons": [
          "legal_fetch_over_cap",
          "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-ms"
        ],
        "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r359_mississippi_prostitution_statute_every_section_359_mississippi_prostitution_statute_every_section_carveout",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Miss. Code 97-29-49 and 97-29-51: No carve-out for filmed paid adult sex",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Neither 97-29-49 nor 97-29-51, as printed in the Legislature's bill documents, exempts paid sex that is filmed for sale; 'sexual conduct' is defined without mention of recording.",
      "body": "Neither 97-29-49 nor 97-29-51, as printed in the Legislature's bill documents, exempts paid sex that is filmed for sale; 'sexual conduct' is defined without mention of recording.\n\nWhat Mississippi Legislature (bill text) actually says:\n\n“A person commits the misdemeanor of procuring the services of a prostitute if the person knowingly or intentionally pays, or offers or agrees to pay, money or other property to another person for having engaged in, or on the understanding that the other person will engage in, sexual intercourse or sexual conduct with the person or with any other person.”\n\nNote: ABSENCE RECORD (inferred from an index/listing or page that does not mention it, not from operative text). Index searched: 97-29-49 (HB 571, 2019, as passed) and 97-29-51 (HB 1131, 2026, as sent to the Governor) read in full as printed on billstatus.ls.state.ms.us; neither mentions video, recording or performance for distribution. The LexisNexis-hosted Code was not readable.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1131SG.htm",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-18",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Mississippi Legislature (bill text)",
      "evidence_quote": "A person commits the misdemeanor of procuring the services of a prostitute if the person knowingly or intentionally pays, or offers or agrees to pay, money or other property to another person for having engaged in, or on the understanding that the other person will engage in, sexual intercourse or sexual conduct with the person or with any other person.",
      "volatility": "medium",
      "from_batch": "359-mississippi-prostitution-statute-every-section",
      "subject": "Miss. Code 97-29-49 and 97-29-51",
      "topic": "No carve-out for filmed paid adult sex",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "MS",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "setting_up",
        "region": [
          "us-ms"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      },
      "verification": {
        "status": "failed",
        "label": "Unverified - being checked",
        "reasons": [
          "legal_fetch_over_cap",
          "deferred_state_uncorroborated:us-ms"
        ],
        "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z"
      }
    }
  ]
}