(a)Except as provided in subdivision (b), any person who does any of the following is guilty of pandering, a felony, and shall be punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for three, four, or six years:
(1)Procures another person for the purpose of prostitution.
(2)By promises, threats, violence, or by any device or scheme, causes, induces, persuades, or encourages another person to become a prostitute.
(3)Procures for another person a place as an inmate in a house of prostitution or as an inmate of any place in which prostitution is encouraged or
allowed within this state.
(4)By promises, threats, violence, or by any device or scheme, causes, induces, persuades, or encourages an inmate of a house of prostitution, or any other place in which prostitution is encouraged or allowed, to remain therein as an inmate.
(5)By fraud or artifice, or by duress of person or goods, or by abuse of any position of confidence or authority, procures another person for the purpose of prostitution, or to enter any place in which prostitution is encouraged or allowed within this state, or to come into this state or leave this state for the purpose of prostitution.
(6)Receives or gives, or agrees to receive or give, any money or thing of value for procuring, or attempting to procure, another person for the purpose of prostitution, or to come into this state or leave this state
for the purpose of prostitution.
(b)Any person who does any of the acts described in subdivision (a) with another person who is a minor is guilty of pandering, a felony, and shall be punishable as follows:
(1)If the other person is a minor 16 years of age or older, the offense is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for three, four, or six years.
(2)If the other person is under 16 years of age, the offense is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for three, six, or eight years.
Notes of Decisions
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15 in the last 5 years), 1955–2026 · leading case:
People v. Zambia, 254 P.3d 965 (Cal. 2011).
People v. Zambia, 254 P.3d 965 (Cal. 2011).
· cites it 4× “(Pen. Code, § 266i, subd. (a)(2); all further statutory references are to the Penal Code.”
People v. White, 89 Cal. App. 3d 143 (Cal. Ct. App. 1979).
· cites it 6× “III The Meaning of a "House of Prostitution" Under Penal Code Section 266i Penal Code section 266i defines the felony offense of pandering.”
People Ex Rel. Van De Kamp v. Am. Art Enter., Inc., 75 Cal. App. 3d 523 (Cal. Ct. App. 1977).
· cites it 7× “Following a nonjury trial Fixler and Utterback were convicted of conspiring to violate, and of violating, the anti-pandering statute (Pen. Code, § 266i). The Court of Appeal affirmed.”
Kopp v. Fair Political Practices Comm'n, 905 P.2d 1248 (Cal. 1995).
· cites it 2× “" (Pen. Code, § 266i.) We noted the statute would, if interpreted to apply to the hiring of actors to perform in a "nonobscene commercial film," "rather obviously place a substantial burden on the exercise of protected First Amendment rights.”
People v. Hill, 103 Cal. App. 3d 525 (Cal. Ct. App. 1980).
· cites it 4× “) In the case at bench, the offense of "pandering" (Pen. Code, § 266i), charged against defendant in count II of the information, is a specific-intent crime.”
Ford v. State, 262 P.3d 1123 (Nev. 2011).
· cites it 2× “2011) (first emphasis added) (quoting Cal. Penal Code § 266i(a)(2)). 5 Construing a *618 statute almost identical to Nevada’s, Michigan has likewise acknowledged that specific intent is required for pandering.”
People v. Patton, 63 Cal. App. 3d 211 (Cal. Ct. App. 1976).
· cites it 3× “By lying about her age, she obtained a job as a waitress in a Sambo’s restaurant working the night shift from about 9 p.”
People v. Fixler, 56 Cal. App. 3d 321 (Cal. Ct. App. 1976).
· cites it 3× “Penal Code section 266i condemns among other things the procuring of another person for the purpose of prostitution or the causing, inducing, persuading or encouraging another to become a prostitute.”
United States v. Edward Sullivan, 797 F.3d 623 (9th Cir. 2015).
“5(d); (2) oral copulation with a minor in violation of California Penal Code § 288a(b)(2); (3) pimping in violation of California Penal Code § 266h(a); and (4) pandering in violation of California Penal Code § 266i(a)(2).”
People v. M.V., 225 Cal. App. 4th 1495 (Cal. Ct. App. 2014).
“(a)), and felony pandering involving a minor (Pen. Code, § 266i, subd. (b).) At the detention hearing on October 23, 2012, the court-appointed counsel for M.”
United States v. David Reinhart, 893 F.3d 606 (9th Cir. 2018).
“5(d); oral copulation with a minor in violation of California Penal Code § 288a(b)(2); pimping in violation of California Penal Code § 266h(a); and pandering in violation of California Penal Code § 266i(a)(2).”
People v. Kent, 96 Cal. App. 3d 130 (Cal. Ct. App. 1979).
· cites it 2× “7) upon one Betty; (count 2) pandering (Pen. Code, § 266i), i.e., procuring said Betty for the purpose of prostitution, in the commission of which he personally and intentionally inflicted “great bodily injury” (Pen.”
— Cal. Penal Code § 266i(a)(1) — 1 case
— Cal. Penal Code § 266i(a)(2) — 4 cases
Ford v. State, 262 P.3d 1123 (Nev. 2011).
“2011) (first emphasis added) (quoting Cal. Penal Code § 266i(a)(2)). 5 Construing a *618 statute almost identical to Nevada’s, Michigan has likewise acknowledged that specific intent is required for pandering.”
United States v. Edward Sullivan, 797 F.3d 623 (9th Cir. 2015).
“5(d); (2) oral copulation with a minor in violation of California Penal Code § 288a(b)(2); (3) pimping in violation of California Penal Code § 266h(a); and (4) pandering in violation of California Penal Code § 266i(a)(2).”
United States v. David Reinhart, 893 F.3d 606 (9th Cir. 2018).
“5(d); oral copulation with a minor in violation of California Penal Code § 288a(b)(2); pimping in violation of California Penal Code § 266h(a); and pandering in violation of California Penal Code § 266i(a)(2).”
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