{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-61-14-5","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 61-14-5","heading":"Sexual servitude; penalties.","body":"(a) Any person who knowingly uses coercion to compel an adult to engage in commercial sexual activity is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be imprisoned in a state correctional facility for a determinate sentence of not less than 25 years.\n(b) Any person who knowingly maintains or makes available a minor for the purpose of engaging the minor in commercial sexual activity is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be imprisoned in a state correctional facility for a determinate sentence of not less than 50 years.\n(c) It is not a defense in a prosecution under subsection (b) of this section that the minor consented to engage in commercial sexual activity, or that the defendant believed the minor was an adult.","path":["CHAPTER 61. CRIMES AND THEIR PUNISHMENT.","ARTICLE 14. HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND HUMAN SMUGGLING."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/61-14-5/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:31:32Z","sha256":"015ccd2f06a5b768000e840b7f49eb542ad9a6686139a94f67b38057988c3c0f","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-61-14-4","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-61-14-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}