Acts of prostitution or pandering.
Las Vegas Municipal Code § 10.36.020
in effect10.36.020 - Acts of prostitution or pandering.
(A) It is unlawful for anyone, other than a Peace Officer acting within the scope of his or her employment, to:
(1) Commit, engage in, institute, solicit, offer or agree to commit an act of prostitution;
(2) Attempt to commit, engage in, or institute an act of prostitution; or
(3) Intentionally facilitate, allow, permit, encourage, procure, negotiate or provide a fee for an act of prostitution.
(B) It is unlawful for anyone, other than a Peace Officer acting within the scope of his or her employment, to:
(1) Secure or offer to secure another person for the purpose of committing a violation of Subsection (A) of this Section;
(2) Knowingly transport, offer to transport, or seek transport for a person into or within the City for the purpose of committing a violation of Subsection (A) of this Section, or to procure or pay for transportation for that purpose;
(3) Knowingly receive, offer or agree to receive another into any motor vehicle, place or building for the purpose of committing a violation of Subsection (A) of this Section;
(4) Direct another to any motor vehicle or place for the purpose of committing a violation of Subsection (A) of this Section;
(5) Attempt to detect the presence or identity of a Police Officer, Peace Officer, or other law enforcement officer for the purpose of attempting to avoid or escape criminal liability for violating, or attempting to violate this Chapter, by:
(a) Exposing or touching or seeking to expose or touch an intimate body part of another or one's self, or asking, soliciting, encouraging or attempting to procure another to do the same; or
(b) Inquiring, in any manner, as to whether another person is a Peace Officer, Police Officer, or other law enforcement officer;
(6) Possess or acquire a prescription or non-prescription controlled substance for the purposes of facilitating a violation of this Chapter or a benefit therefrom, including acquiring or possessing such substance to:
(a) Complete a barter, trade or exchange;
(b) Enhance sexual performance or sexual gratification; or
(c) Incapacitate another so as to steal a thing of value from such other person; or
(7) Knowingly, in any other way, aid, abet or participate in an act of prostitution or pandering.
(C) It is not a defense to a charge of offering or agreeing to an act of prostitution that there was an absence of an intent to institute, commit, engage in, procure, facilitate or carry through with an act of prostitution.
(Ord. 5846 § 3 (part), 2006)
Source: City of Las Vegas, Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/nv/las_vegas/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT10PUPEMOWE_DIVIVOFAGPUDE_CH10.36PR_10.36.020ACPRPAFetched: 10/28/2026