PROSTITUTION

Las Vegas Municipal Code tit. 10, div. IV, ch. 10.36

in effect

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 10.36.010 Definitions.

10.36.010 - Definitions. For the purpose of this Chapter, the words set out in this Section mean as follows: "Fee," whether or not quantified, means anything of monetary value, service, consideration, trade, barter, exchange, accommodation, or other compensation, whether agreed to, received, offered, solicited, promised, suggested, or expected by any party to a transaction. "Prostitution" means an act, by any person, for a fee, of engaging in an act of lewdness, sexual intercourse, oral-genital contact or any touching of the sexual organs or other intimate parts of another person, clothed or unclothed, for the purpose of arousing or gratifying the sexual desire of either person or a third person. "Public place" means: (1) Any place to which the public is invited, including any private property into or upon which the public is admitted by easement or license; (2) Any street, sidewalk, bridge, overpass, alley or alleyway, plaza, park, driveway, parking lot or transportation facility; (3) The alcoves, doorways and entrance ways to any such places; or (4) A motor vehicle in or on any such place. (Ord. No. 6853, § 2, 11-15-23; Ord. 5846 § 1, 2006; Ord. 5271 § 1, 2000: Ord. 5098 § 1, 1998: Ord. 3948 § 1 (part), 1996: Ord. 2025 § 1 (part), 1979: Ord. 1784 § 1 (part), 1975: prior code § 6-1-17 (part))

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 10.36.020 Acts of prostitution or pandering.

10.36.020 - 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)

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 10.36.030 Loitering for prostitution.

10.36.030 - Loitering for prostitution. It is unlawful for anyone, other than a Peace Officer acting within the scope of his or her employment, to: (A) Remain or wander about in a public place and repeatedly beckon to, or repeatedly stop, or repeatedly attempt to stop, or repeatedly attempt to engage passers-by in conversation, or repeatedly stop or attempt to stop motor vehicles, or repeatedly interfere with the free passage of other persons, for the purpose of committing a violation of Section 10.36.020; or (B) Remain or wander about in or upon private property after having been warned against trespassing on such property and repeatedly beckon to, or repeatedly stop, or repeatedly attempt to stop, or repeatedly attempt to engage passers-by in conversation, or repeatedly stop or attempt to stop motor vehicles, or repeatedly interfere with the free passage of other persons, for the purpose of committing a violation of Section 10.36.020. (Ord. 5846 § 3 (part), 2006)

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 10.36.040 Room register of lodging places.

10.36.040 - Room register of lodging places. (A) Every person within the limits of the City, who keeps, maintains or controls any hotel, roominghouse or lodginghouse, shall provide, keep and maintain a public register, and shall require every person who rents or occupies a room in such hotel, roominghouse or lodginghouse to write in such register his name and place of residence. Such registration shall be made on a page of the register properly dated with reference to the day of the year, month and week, and the time of day the person rents or arranges to occupy a room shall also be entered. (B) Such hotel, roominghouse, or lodginghouse register so kept shall be open to the public at any and all reasonable hours, and the pages thereof shall, upon demand, be open for inspection or investigation by any member of the Police Force or other Peace Officer of the City, immediately upon demand having been made by any such member of the Police Force or other Peace Officer. (Ord. 3948 § 1 (part), 1996: Ord. 2025 § 1 (part), 1979: Ord. 1784 § 1 (part), 1975: Ord. 855 § 1 (part), 1960: Ord. 194 §§ 4, 5, 1932 prior code § 6-1-17 (part))

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 10.36.050 Violation—Penalty.

10.36.050 - Violation—Penalty. Any person violating any of the provisions of this Chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and for more than one violation in any three-year period shall be punished as follows: (A) For a second violation within a three-year period, by imprisonment for not less than thirty days and by a fine of not less than two hundred fifty dollars; (B) For any violation subsequent to the second violation within a three-year period, by imprisonment for not less than six months and by a fine of not less than two hundred fifty dollars. (Ord. No. 6853, § 3, 11-15-23; Ord. 5098 § 2, 1998: Ord. 3948 § 1 (part), 1996: Ord. 2025 § 1 (part), 1979: Ord. 1784 § 1 (part), 1975: Ord. 855 § 1 (part), 1960: Ord. 194 § 6, 1932: prior code § 6-1-17 (part))

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