Penal Law § 230.10
Prostitution and Patronizing a Person for Prostitution; No Defense

Published: 2016-01-22

§ 230.10 Prostitution and patronizing a person for prostitution; no defense.

In any prosecution for prostitution or patronizing a person for prostitution, the sex of the two parties or prospective parties to the sexual conduct engaged in, contemplated or solicited is immaterial, and it is no defense that:

1. Such persons were of the same sex; or

2. The person who received, agreed to receive or solicited a fee was a male and the person who paid or agreed or offered to pay such fee was a female.