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Idaho Code § 18-5602 (2026)

Procurement — Definition and penalty. 

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Procurement — Definition and penalty. 

Any person who induces, compels, entices, or procures another person to engage in commercial sexual activity shall be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for a period of no less than two (2) years and no more than twenty (20) years or by a fine of no less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) and no more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases, 1969–2014 · leading case: State v. Rassmussen, 449 P.2d 837 (Idaho 1969).
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State v. Rassmussen, 449 P.2d 837 (Idaho 1969). · cites it 44× “The principal issue presented by this appeal is whether a conviction for the crime of procurement, I.C. § 18-5602, [1] can be *838 sustained upon the uncorroborated testimony of the prosecutrix, or whether it is necessary that there be evidence to corroborate her testimony.”
State v. Grazian, 164 P.3d 790 (Idaho 2007). · cites it 8× “I.C. § 18-5602 (2006). The attempt statute states: Every person who attempts to commit any crime, but fails, or is prevented or intercepted in the perpetration thereof, is punishable, where no provision is made by law for the punishment of such attempts .”
Howard v. State, 880 P.2d 261 (Idaho Ct. App. 1994). · cites it 2× “I.C. § 18-5602. Howard agreed to plead guilty to one count of procurement in exchange for the state’s dismissal of other related charges of kidnapping, rape and attempted grand theft.”
People v. Jeffers, 188 Cal. App. 3d 840 (Cal. Ct. App. 1987). · cites it 2× “) Twenty years is the maximum in Idaho (Idaho Code, § 18-5602 (1986)), Michigan (Mich.”
State v. Clark, 638 P.2d 890 (Idaho 1981). · cites it 11× “Procurement for prostitution is forbidden by I.C. § 18-5602, and receiving pay for such procurement is forbidden by I.”
People v. McNulty, 202 Cal. App. 3d 624 (Cal. Ct. App. 1988). “) Twenty years is the maximum in Idaho (Idaho Code, § 18-5602 (1986)), Michigan (Mich.”
State v. Wolf, 640 P.2d 1190 (Idaho Ct. App. 1982). · cites it 2× “I.C. §§ 18-5602, 5606. Appellant attempts to meet his burden of showing an abuse of discretion by urging in his brief that this court consider the nonviolent nature of his crimes, his advancing age (not specified), his cooperation with authorities in this case, and the absence…”
State v. Antonio Marreal Jones (Idaho Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 2× “I.C. §§ 18-5602, 18- 5613. In exchange for his guilty plea, additional charges were dismissed.”
State v. Antonio Marreal Jones (Idaho Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 2× “I.C. §§ 18-5602, 18- 5613. In exchange for his guilty plea, additional charges were dismissed.”
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