Misdemeanor & Felony
Internet Sexual Exploitation of a Child

Internet Sexual Exploitation of a Child (18-3-405.4)

1. A person commits internet sexual exploitation of a child if a person, who is at least four years older than a child who is under fifteen years of age, knowingly importunes, invites, or entices the child through communication via a computer network or system to:
   (a) Expose or touch the child's own or another person's intimate parts while communicating with the person via a computer network or system; or
   (b) Observe the person's intimate parts while communicating with the person via a computer network or system.
2. It shall not be an affirmative defense to this section that the child was actually a law enforcement officer posing as a child under fifteen years of age.
3. Internet sexual exploitation of a child is a class 4 felony.