18-1509A. ENTICING A CHILD THROUGH USE OF THE INTERNET OR OTHER COMMUNICATION DEVICE — PENALTIES — JURISDICTION. (1) A person aged eighteen (18) years 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 person under the age of sixteen (16) years or a person the defendant believes to be under the age of sixteen (16) years 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.
History:
[18-1509A, added 2003, ch. 145, sec. 1, p. 419; am. 2012, ch. 270, sec. 1, p. 764.]
Structure Idaho Code
Title 18 - CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
Chapter 15 - CHILDREN AND VULNERABLE ADULTS
Section 18-1501 - INJURY TO CHILDREN.
Section 18-1502 - BEER, WINE OR OTHER ALCOHOL AGE VIOLATIONS — FINES.
Section 18-1502B - POSSESSION OF INHALANTS BY MINORS.
Section 18-1505 - ABUSE, EXPLOITATION OR NEGLECT OF A VULNERABLE ADULT.
Section 18-1505A - ABANDONING A VULNERABLE ADULT.
Section 18-1505B - SEXUAL ABUSE AND EXPLOITATION OF A VULNERABLE ADULT.
Section 18-1506 - SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF SIXTEEN YEARS.
Section 18-1506A - RITUALIZED ABUSE OF A CHILD — EXCLUSIONS — PENALTIES — DEFINITION.
Section 18-1506B - FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION OF A CHILD — EXCLUSIONS — PENALTIES — DEFINITION.
Section 18-1507 - DEFINITIONS — SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF A CHILD — PENALTIES.
Section 18-1507A - SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF A CHILD BY ELECTRONIC MEANS.
Section 18-1508 - LEWD CONDUCT WITH MINOR CHILD UNDER SIXTEEN.
Section 18-1508A - SEXUAL BATTERY OF A MINOR CHILD SIXTEEN OR SEVENTEEN YEARS OF AGE — PENALTY.
Section 18-1509 - ENTICING OF CHILDREN.
Section 18-1510 - PROVIDING SHELTER TO RUNAWAY CHILDREN.
Section 18-1512 - MEDICAL BILLS PAYMENT FOR CHILD TO BE ADOPTED OR MOTHER AN EXCEPTION.
Section 18-1512A - ADVERTISING FOR ADOPTION — PROHIBITED ACTS.
Section 18-1513 - OBSCENE MATERIALS — DISSEMINATION TO MINORS — POLICY.
Section 18-1514 - OBSCENE MATERIALS — DEFINITIONS.
Section 18-1515 - DISSEMINATING MATERIAL HARMFUL TO MINORS — DEFINED — PENALTY.
Section 18-1516 - MISREPRESENTATIONS — PARENTHOOD OR AGE — MISDEMEANOR.
Section 18-1517 - DISSEMINATING MATERIAL HARMFUL TO MINORS — DEFENSES.
Section 18-1517A - HIRING, EMPLOYING, ETC., MINOR TO ENGAGE IN CERTAIN ACTS — PENALTY.
Section 18-1518 - TIE-IN SALES OF PROHIBITED MATERIALS — MISDEMEANOR.
Section 18-1519 - EACH PROHIBITED ITEM DISSEMINATED CONSTITUTES SEPARATE OFFENSE.
Section 18-1520 - DISTRICT COURTS — INJUNCTIONS — TRIAL — ORDERS OF INJUNCTION.
Section 18-1522 - UNAUTHORIZED SCHOOL BUS ENTRY — NOTICE.
Section 18-1523 - MINORS — TATTOOING, BRANDING, TANNING DEVICES AND BODY PIERCING.