{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53a-83","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-83","heading":"Soliciting sexual acts: Class A misdemeanor.","body":"(a) A person is guilty of soliciting sexual acts when: (1) Pursuant to a prior understanding, such person exchanges anything of value with another person as compensation for such person or a third person having engaged in sexual conduct with such person; (2) such person exchanges or agrees to exchange anything of value with another person pursuant to an understanding that such other person or a third person will engage in sexual conduct with such person; or (3) such person solicits or requests another person to engage in sexual conduct with such person in exchange for anything of value.\n(b) Soliciting sexual acts is a class A misdemeanor and any person found guilty shall be fined two thousand dollars.","path":["TITLE 53a. PENAL CODE","CHAPTER 952*. PENAL CODE: OFFENSES","PART VI*. SEX OFFENSES"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_952.htm#sec_53a-83","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:19Z","sha256":"7c7747fa144f969318aced45c8791a98458d5ae9d6ceee438aa86f0511f7335f","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53a-82","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53a-83a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}