Is prostitution legal in the Northern Mariana Islands?
Illegal
Selling and buying sex are criminalized under the Commonwealth Code.
The Northern Mariana Islands is one of 101 countries classified “Illegal” for sex work — 46% of the 219 with data. (Also searched as prostitution.)
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Prostitution in Oceania
- Last checked
- 17 September 2026
- How it was classified
- Classified by a language model from the source text, then checked against hand-verified reference countries.
Nearby countries
- Guam
- Illegal Selling and buying sex are criminal offenses under the Guam Crimes and Correctional Code.
- Palau
- Illegal Selling and buying sex are criminalized under the Anti-Prostitution Act.
- Micronesia
- Varies by region Sex work legality differs by state, being legal in Yap and Kosrae but illegal in Chuuk and Pohnpei.
- Japan
- Illegal Prostitution is illegal under the 1956 Anti-Prostitution Law, though enforcement is loose.
- Papua New Guinea
- Illegal Prostitution is effectively illegal in Papua New Guinea due to court interpretations of existing laws.
- Philippines
- Illegal Prostitution is a criminal offense in the Philippines, though enforcement is rare.
Other laws in Northern Mariana Islands
- Same-Sex Marriage
- Marriage legal
- Same-Sex Activity
- Legal
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