TITLE 18

CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS

CHAPTER 15

CHILDREN AND VULNERABLE ADULTS

18-1509A.  Enticing a child through use of the internet or other communication device — Penalties — Jurisdiction. (1) A person eighteen (18) years of age or older shall be guilty of a felony if such person knowingly uses the internet or any device that provides transmission of messages, signals, facsimiles, video images, or other communication to solicit, seduce, lure, persuade, or entice by words or actions, or both, a child or a person the defendant believes to be a child to engage in any sexual act with or against the person where such act would be a violation of chapter 15, 61, or 66, title 18, Idaho Code.

(2)  Any person who is convicted of a violation of this section shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for a period not to exceed fifteen (15) years.

(3)  It shall not constitute a defense against any charge or violation of this section that a law enforcement officer, peace officer, or other person working at the direction of law enforcement was involved in the detection or investigation of a violation of this section.

(4)  In a prosecution under this section, it is not necessary for the prosecution to show that an act described in chapter 15, 61, or 66, title 18, Idaho Code, actually occurred.

(5)  The offense is committed in the state of Idaho for purposes of determining jurisdiction if the transmission that constitutes the offense either originates in or is received in the state of Idaho.

(6)  As used in this section, "child" means:

(a)  A person under sixteen (16) years of age; or

(b)  A person who is sixteen (16) or seventeen (17) years of age when the perpetrator is at least five (5) years of age older.

History:

[18-1509A, added 2003, ch. 145, sec. 1, p. 419; am. 2012, ch. 270, sec. 1, p. 764; am. 2026, ch. 51, sec. 1, p. 238.]