{"data":{"id":"us-mt/45-5-706","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"45-5-706","heading":"Aggravated sex trafficking.","body":"(1) A person commits the offense of aggravated sex trafficking if, during the commission of the offense of sex trafficking, the person purposely or knowingly:\n(a) uses fraud, coercion, or deception to control an adult to engage in prostitution; or\n(b) recruits, entices, or obtains the victim of the offense from a shelter that serves runaway youth, foster children, homeless persons, human trafficking victims, or victims of domestic violence or sexual violence.\n(2) A person convicted of the offense of aggravated sex trafficking shall be imprisoned in the state prison for a term of not less than 5 years or more than 40 years, fined in the amount of $400,000, or both. The exceptions provided in 46-18-222(5) and (6) do not apply.","path":["TITLE 45. CRIMES","CHAPTER 5. OFFENSES AGAINST THE PERSON","Part 7. Human Trafficking"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0450/chapter_0050/part_0070/section_0060/0450-0050-0070-0060.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:55:31Z","sha256":"c9e44992dd78511eae73e98ca70c060cd65259d7c57eb7e27ff8c8ddf97857ab","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/45-5-705","next":"us-mt/45-5-707"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}