California Penal Code §266

Enticing a Child to Prostitution

In California, it is a crime to entice a minor under 18 years old into a home of prostitution by fraudulent means to procure a minor to have sexual intercourse with a person.

California Code, Penal Code – PEN § 266

A person who inveigles or entices a person under 18 years of age into a house of ill fame, or of assignation, or elsewhere, for the purpose of prostitution, or to have illicit carnal connection with another person, and a person who aids or assists in that inveiglement or enticement, and a person who, by any false pretenses, false representation, or other fraudulent means, procures a person to have illicit carnal connection with another person, is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison, or by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment.