{"data":{"id":"us-vt/13-v.s.a.-2637","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"13 V.S.A. § 2637","heading":"Appropriating or levying upon earnings of prostitute","body":"(a) A person shall not:\n(1) hold, detain, or restrain a person in a house of prostitution for the purpose of compelling such person, directly or indirectly, by the person’s voluntary or involuntary service or labor, to pay, liquidate, or cancel a debt, dues, or obligations incurred or claimed to have been incurred in such house of prostitution; or\n(2) accept, receive, levy, or appropriate money or other valuable thing from the proceeds or earnings of a person engaged in prostitution.\n(b) An acceptance, receipt, levy, or appropriation of such money or valuable thing shall be presumptive evidence of lack of consideration.\n(c) A person who violates a provision of this section shall be punished as provided in section 2635 of this title.","path":["Title 13: Crimes and Criminal Procedure","Chapter 059: Lewdness and Prostitution","Subchapter 002: PROSTITUTION"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/13/059/02637","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:16:58Z","sha256":"48a24d8b30d253c1a8cd3faccdbc178ebafbe098d16b25a6534949c127e6742d","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/13-v.s.a.-2636","next":"us-vt/13-v.s.a.-2638"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}