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Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 13-3208 (2026)

Keeping or residing in house of prostitution; employment in prostitution; classification

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A. A person who knowingly is an employee at a house of prostitution or prostitution enterprise is guilty of a class 1 misdemeanor.

B. A person who knowingly operates or maintains a house of prostitution or prostitution enterprise is guilty of a class 5 felony.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1990–2021 · leading case: State v. McDonald, 952 P.2d 1188 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1998).
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State v. McDonald, 952 P.2d 1188 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1998). · cites it 11× “”) section 13-3208(B) (1989), Keeping a House of Prostitution.”
State v. Rowan, 848 P.2d 864 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1992). · cites it 6× “Appellant was convicted by a jury of violating A.R.S. § 13-3208(B), keeping or maintaining a house of prostitution, and A.”
State v. Taylor, 808 P.2d 314 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1990). · cites it 2× “A.R.S. § 13-3208(B) (1989) provides, "A person who knowingly operates or maintains a house of prostitution or prostitution enterprise is guilty of a class 5 felony.”
Familia Rosario v. Holder, 655 F.3d 739 (7th Cir. 2011). “” Ariz. Rev.Stat. § 13-3208(B). We cannot find that the “importation into the United States of any alien for the purpose of prostitution,” under 8 U.”
State v. Schwartz, 935 P.2d 891 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 2× “Maintaining a House of Prostitution Defendant next argues that the evidence was insufficient to convict him under A.R.S. § 13-3208(B), which provides: “A person who knowingly operates or maintains a house of prostitution or prostitution enterprise is guilty of a class 5 felony.”
State v. Rowan, 859 P.2d 737 (Ariz. 1993). · cites it 4× “STATEMENT OF THE CASE A jury convicted Louis Arnold Rowan (defendant) of keeping or maintaining a house of prostitution in violation of A.R.S. § 13-3208(B), and of transporting a person for purposes of prostitution in violation of A.”
Duenas v. Oro Valley, Town of (D. Ariz. 2021). · cites it 8× “20 A.R.S. § 13-3208(B) makes it a crime to keep or reside in a house of prostitution.”
State v. Lacy (Ariz. Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 2× “A house of prostitution is any building where prostitution—“engaging in or agreeing or offering to engage in sexual conduct under a fee arrangement with any person for money or any other valuable consideration”—occurs.”
— Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 13-3208(B) — 8 cases
State v. McDonald, 952 P.2d 1188 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1998). “”) section 13-3208(B) (1989), Keeping a House of Prostitution.”
State v. Rowan, 848 P.2d 864 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1992). “Appellant was convicted by a jury of violating A.R.S. § 13-3208(B), keeping or maintaining a house of prostitution, and A.”
State v. Taylor, 808 P.2d 314 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1990). “A.R.S. § 13-3208(B) (1989) provides, "A person who knowingly operates or maintains a house of prostitution or prostitution enterprise is guilty of a class 5 felony.”
Familia Rosario v. Holder, 655 F.3d 739 (7th Cir. 2011). “” Ariz. Rev.Stat. § 13-3208(B). We cannot find that the “importation into the United States of any alien for the purpose of prostitution,” under 8 U.”
State v. Schwartz, 935 P.2d 891 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1996). “Maintaining a House of Prostitution Defendant next argues that the evidence was insufficient to convict him under A.R.S. § 13-3208(B), which provides: “A person who knowingly operates or maintains a house of prostitution or prostitution enterprise is guilty of a class 5 felony.”
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