26.12.250 Selling or Buying of Children

(a) Any parent, legal guardian or any person having custody or control of a minor to sell or transfers custody or control of a minor or offers to sell or offers anything in monetary value to transfer custody or control;

(1) Who knows as a consequence of the sale or transfer, the minor will be portrayed in a visual depiction engaging or assisting another person to engage in sexually explicit conduct, or

(2) With the intent to promote either the engaging in of sexually explicit conduct by such minor for the purpose of producing any visual depiction of such conduct or the rendering of assistance by the minor to any person to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing any visual depiction of such conduct.

(b) Any person who purchases or otherwise obtains custody or control of a minor, or offers to purchase or offers anything in monetary value otherwise obtain custody or control of a minor;

(1) With the knowledge that, as a consequence of the purchase or obtaining custody, the minor will be portrayed in a visual depiction engaging or assisting another person to engage in sexually explicit conduct, or

(2) With the intent to promote either the engaging in sexually explicit conduct by such minor for the purpose of producing any visual depiction of such conduct or the rendering of assistance by the minor to any person to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing any visual depiction of such conduct. [U.S.C. 2251A]. Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a Class [4] four offense.