Legality of personal ad

Respectfully, the way in which your question is posed, looks like you are seeking a legal opinion to establish the legality of conduct you are considering doing. This is not the type of question we can answer here on Avvo.com. The rendering of a legal opinion would need to be done in conformance with an established attorney-client relationship, and by a lawyer licensed to practice law in your State. If I have misread your question, I apologize, and ask that you provide the factual background so we can assess the question you pose in context with general legal principles. Good luck.

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I agree with Attorney Bailey's assessment on this. I would add that you shouldn't do anything that could even be interpreted that you are trying to do something illegal.

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In the State of Texas, the Penal Code makes it an offense where "a person who is 17 years of age or older, with the intent to arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any person, the person, over the Internet, by electronic mail or text message or other electronic message service or system, or through a commercial online service, intentionally: (1) communicates in a sexually explicit manner with a minor; or (2) distributes sexually explicit material to a minor." Texas Penal Code 33.021(b). The Penal Code also makes it an offense "if the person, over the Internet, by electronic mail or text message or other electronic message service or system, or through a commercial online service, knowingly solicits a minor to meet another person, including the actor, with the intent that the minor will engage in sexual contact, sexual intercourse, or deviate sexual intercourse with the actor or another person." Texas Penal Code 33.021(c).

I really doubt that an ad that otherwise does not break the law but contains the phrase "age is not important" would result in a criminal prosecution. These subsections require that a person intentionally communicates with a minor or knowingly solicits a minor and without something specifically referring to a minor in a post, I just don't see it. This is especially true on a web site that contains a warning that only people 18 and older are allowed to view the site. (The answer would be different if the person was posting the ad to a site or board aimed at children.)

That being said, just because I don't think the prosecutor could prove that a crime has been committed, it doesn't necessarily mean that an overzealous prosecutor won't be able to file charges and get someone arrested. The poster might want to be a little more careful and articulate something that makes it clear they do not intend this offer for minors.

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Texas law can provide problems in the area of solicitation and your question is to broad to be answered here. I agree with the previous advise that you need to seek out the advice of an attorney you have retained and have an established attorney-client privilege.

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