In Hungary, adults may sell sex if they have the medical certificate required by ministerial decree and do not solicit or provide services in protected zones defined by Act LXXV of 1999 and by municipal decrees; municipalities may designate tolerance zones, and must where street-based prostitution is persistent in towns over 50,000. Breaking these rules is a petty offence, and clients who solicit in a protected zone also commit one. Brothels, providing premises, procuring and living off a sex worker's earnings are crimes. Advertising another person's sexual services is banned, and media operators that carry such ads face fines of HUF 500,000 to 1,000,000 per ad. Source: Prostitution Laws (prostitutionlaws.org), https://prostitutionlaws.org/countries/hungary/, reviewed 2026-10-30, CC BY 4.0.