(a) A person commits the crime of sex trafficking in the first degree if the person
- (1) induces or causes another person to engage in prostitution through the use of force;
- (2) as other than a patron of a prostitute, induces or causes another person who is under 20 years of age to engage in prostitution; or
- (3) induces or causes a person in that person's legal custody to engage in prostitution.
- (b) In a prosecution under (a)(2) of this section, it is not a defense that the defendant reasonably believed that the person induced or caused to engage in prostitution was 20 years of age or older.
- (c) Except as provided in (d) of this section, sex trafficking in the first degree is a class A felony.
- (d) A person convicted under (a)(2) of this section is guilty of an unclassified felony.