{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53a-83b","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-83b","heading":"Commercial sexual abuse of a minor: Class B felony.","body":"(a) A person is guilty of commercial sexual abuse of a minor when: (1) Such person exchanges anything of value with a minor or third person as compensation for a minor having engaged in sexual conduct with such person; (2) such person exchanges or agrees to exchange anything of value with a minor or a third person pursuant to an understanding that in return the minor will engage in sexual conduct with such person; or (3) such person solicits or requests to engage in sexual conduct with a minor, or any other person that such person reasonably believes to be a minor, in return for anything of value.\n(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, commercial sexual abuse of a minor is a class B felony.\n(c) Commercial sexual abuse of a minor is a class A felony if the minor has not attained fifteen years of age.\n(d) For purposes of this section, “minor” means a person who has not attained eighteen years of age.","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-83b","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":"0fba09335fd5c1ac3e39cf205fe969989e842fc9469b310d2813add7120cae79","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53a-83a","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53a-84"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}