§ 2637 - Appropriating or levying upon earnings of prostitute - Vermont Statutes

§ 2637. Appropriating or levying upon earnings of prostitute

(a) A person shall not:

(1) Hold, detain or restrain a person in a house of prostitution for the purpose of compelling such person, directly or indirectly, by the person's voluntary or involuntary service or labor, to pay, liquidate, or cancel a debt, dues or obligations incurred or claimed to have been incurred in such house of prostitution; or

(2) Accept, receive, levy or appropriate money or other valuable thing from the proceeds or earnings of a person engaged in prostitution.

(b) An acceptance, receipt, levy or appropriation of such money or valuable thing shall be presumptive evidence of lack of consideration.

(c) A person who violates a provision of this section shall be punished as provided in section 2635 of this title. (Amended 2001, No. 49, § 17, eff. June 12, 2001.)