Selling sex and paying an adult for sex are legal in the Dominican Republic; organising it is not. On 3 August 2026 the 1884 Penal Code was replaced by Law 74-25, as amended by Law 44-26. The new code defines prostitution as any sexual relationship between adults for payment or a promise of it (Art. 178) and punishes procuring with two to five years and a fine (Art. 176). Procuring includes helping, protecting or covering for another adult's prostitution, sharing their earnings, hiring someone for prostitution, intermediating between sex workers and clients, and housing people for prostitution. Aggravated procuring, five to ten years (Art. 177), covers among others the use of a communications network reaching an indeterminate public and running an establishment where adults sell sex or seek clients. From 5 November 2026 companies can be criminally liable for these offences. Source: Prostitution Laws (prostitutionlaws.org), https://prostitutionlaws.org/countries/dominican-republic/, reviewed 2026-11-04, CC BY 4.0.