Is prostitution legal in Nebraska?
Nebraska prostitution laws state that engaging in sexual acts in exchange for a fee is a criminal act. Both prostitution and solicitation are illegal across the state.
Prostitution Laws of Nebraska
- Section 28-801: Prostitution; penalty
- Section 28-801.01: Solicitation of prostitution; penalty
- Section 28-802: Pandering; penalty
- Section 28-803: Pandering; evidence
- Section 28-804: Keeping a place of prostitution; penalty
- Section 28-804.01: Prostitution cases; incriminating testimony; how treated
Section 28-801: Prostitution; penalty
(1) Any person who performs, offers, or agrees to perform any act of sexual penetration, as defined in subdivision (6) of section 28-318, with any person not his or her spouse in exchange for money or other thing of value commits prostitution.
(2) Prostitution is a Class I misdemeanor.
Section 28-801.01: Solicitation of prostitution; penalty
(1) Any person who solicits another person not his or her spouse to perform any act of sexual contact or sexual penetration, as those terms are defined in section 28-318, in exchange for money or other thing of value, commits solicitation of prostitution.
(2) Any person convicted of violating subsection (1) of this section shall be punished as follows:
(a) If such person has had no prior convictions, such person shall be guilty of a Class I misdemeanor and pay a fine of not less than two hundred fifty dollars. If the court places such person on probation, such order of probation shall include, as one of its conditions, the payment of a fine of not less than two hundred fifty dollars and such person shall satisfactorily attend and complete an appropriate mental health and substance abuse assessment conducted by a licensed mental health professional or substance abuse professional authorized to complete such assessment; and
(b) If such person has had one or more prior convictions, such person shall be guilty of a Class IV felony and pay a fine of not less than five hundred dollars. If the court places such person on probation, such order of probation shall include, as one of its conditions, the payment of a fine of not less than five hundred dollars and such person shall satisfactorily attend and complete an appropriate mental health and substance abuse assessment conducted by a licensed mental health professional or substance abuse professional authorized to complete such assessment.
Section 28-802: Pandering; penalty
(1) A person commits pandering if such person:
(a) Entices another person to become a prostitute; or
(b) Procures or harbors therein an inmate for a house of prostitution or for any place where prostitution is practiced or allowed; or
(c) Inveigles, entices, persuades, encourages, or procures any person to come into or leave this state for the purpose of prostitution or debauchery; or
(d) Receives or gives or agrees to receive or give any money or other thing of value for procuring or attempting to procure any person to become a prostitute or commit an act of prostitution or come into this state or leave this state for the purpose of prostitution or debauchery.
(2) Pandering is a Class IV felony.
Section 28-803: Pandering; evidence
(1) Any person referred to in section 28-802 shall be a competent witness in any prosecution thereunder to testify to any and all matters, including conversation with the accused, or by the accused with third persons, in his presence, notwithstanding having married the accused either before or after the violation of any of the provisions of such section; and the act and state of marriage shall not be a defense to any violation of such section.
(2) Pandering shall be an exception to the husband-wife privilege as provided in section 27-505.
Section 28-804: Keeping a place of prostitution; penalty
(1) Any person who has or exercises control over the use of any place which offers seclusion or shelter for the practice of prostitution and who knowingly grants or permits the use of such place for the purpose of prostitution commits the offense of keeping a place of prostitution.
(2) Keeping a place of prostitution is a Class I misdemeanor.
Section 28-804.01: Prostitution cases; incriminating testimony; how treated
In all cases arising under sections 28-801 to 28-804, no person shall be excused from testifying against another person by reason of such testimony tending to incriminate the person testifying, but the testimony so given, unless voluntary, shall in no case be used against the person so testifying in any criminal prosecution or otherwise.