{"data":{"id":"us-pa/18-pa.c.s.-3018","jurisdiction":"us-pa","citation":"18 Pa.C.S. § 3018","heading":"Evidence and defenses to human trafficking.","body":"(a) General rule.--Evidence of the age of the victim of human trafficking with respect to the age of consent to sex or legal age of marriage shall not constitute a defense in a prosecution for a violation under this chapter, nor shall the evidence preclude a finding of a violation under this chapter.\n(1) (Deleted by amendment).\n(2) (Deleted by amendment).\n(a.1) Evidence of victim's sexual conduct.--The provisions of section 3104 (relating to evidence of victim's sexual conduct) shall apply to prosecutions under this chapter.\n(b) Victim's consent to employment contract in labor servitude.--The consent of the victim of human trafficking to an employment contract, notwithstanding if there was not fraud involved in the contract's formation, shall not be a defense to labor trafficking if force or coercion as described in section 3012(b) (relating to involuntary servitude) were involved in the making of the contract.\n(c) Victim's age in sexual servitude.--Except as provided in section 3102 (relating to mistake as to age), evidence of a defendant's lack of knowledge of a person's age, or a reasonable mistake of age, is not a defense for a violation of this chapter involving the sexual servitude of a minor.","path":["Title 18 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES","PART II DEFINITION OF SPECIFIC OFFENSES","ARTICLE B OFFENSES INVOLVING DANGER TO THE PERSON","CHAPTER 30 HUMAN TRAFFICKING","SUBCHAPTER B PROSECUTION OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING"],"source_url":"https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM\u0026ttl=18\u0026div=0\u0026chpt=30\u0026sctn=18\u0026subsctn=0","current_through":"2026-08-31 (Statute Update stamp, 18 Pa.C.S.)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:31:28Z","sha256":"697de52dd58d995aca6138dc92101874d90dcbe76edbfa5c650acd5b6e29650e","source_id":"us-pa","stale":false,"prev":"us-pa/18-pa.c.s.-3017","next":"us-pa/18-pa.c.s.-3019"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}