Human Trafficking Posters

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State-Specific Mandates for Human Trafficking Posters

Alabama

    • Mandatory for: Establishments requiring a liquor or alcoholic beverage license without a food or beverage permit, hotels cited for nuisance, massage parlors cited for certain violations, airports, train stations, bus stations, and adult entertainment businesses. (AC § 13A-6-170)
    • Poster requirements: At least 8.5” x 11”, displayed in English, Spanish, and any other languages deemed appropriate by the Commissioner of Labor.
    • Alabama Human Trafficking Poster

Alaska

    • Mandatory for: All Anchorage assisted living facilities, restaurants, hotels and motels, bars and establishments with an Alaska beverage dispensary license, adult-oriented establishments where children are not allowed, establishments providing massages not part of health services or recreational sports centers, nail salons, and commercial marijuana establishments.
    • Poster requirements: At least 8.5” x 11”, printed in a 12-point font.
    • Purchase your Anchorage, Alaska Human Trafficking Poster here.

Arizona

Arkansas

    • Mandatory for: Hotels, motels, or other establishments cited for prostitution nuisance, sexually oriented businesses, private clubs with liquor permits for on-site consumption that are not food service establishments, airports, passenger train stations, bus stations, privately owned facilities providing food, fuel, showers or other sanitary facilities, and overnight parking. (ARC § 12-19-102)
    • Poster requirements: At least 8.5” x 11”, displayed in English, Spanish, and any other language mandated by the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
    • Purchase your Arkansas Human Trafficking Poster here.

California

    • Mandatory for: On-sale general public premises ABC licensees, adult or sexually oriented businesses, primary airports, intercity passenger rail or light rail stations, bus stations, privately owned truck stops that provide food, fuel, showers or other sanitary facilities and overnight truck parking, acute care hospital emergency rooms, urgent care centers, pediatric medical facilities, farm labor contractors, privately operated job recruitment centers, rest areas, massage or bodywork businesses, hotels, motels, bed and breakfast inns, hair, nail, electrolysis, skin care, and related businesses. (Cal Civ Code § 52.6)
    • Poster requirements: At least 8.5” x 11”, printed in a 16-point font, and displayed in English, Spanish, and one other language most widely spoken in the county where the establishment is located and for which translation is mandated by the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965.
    • Purchase your California Human Trafficking Poster here.

Colorado

Connecticut

    • Mandatory for: Massage establishments, publicly or privately operated highway service plazas, hotels, motels, inns, public airports, acute care hospital emergency rooms, urgent care facilities, rail and bus stations, businesses that sell or offer materials or promote performances intended for adult-only audiences, certain employment agencies, certain nail salons, and businesses with an on-premises consumption permit for the retail sale of alcoholic liquor. (Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-234a)
    • Purchase your Connecticut Human Trafficking Poster here.

Delaware

District of Columbia

Florida

    • Mandatory for: Public lodging establishments, healthcare professionals licensed by various boards (Acupuncture, Medicine, Osteopathic Medicine, Chiropractic Medicine, Podiatric Medicine, Optometry, Pharmacy, Dentistry, Nursing Home Administration, Occupational Therapy, Dietetics and Nutrition, Respiratory Care, Massage Therapy, and Physical Therapy), rest areas, turnpike service plazas, weigh stations, airports, rail stations, and welcome centers managed by the Department of Transportation (DOT), emergency rooms, strip clubs or other adult entertainment establishments, and massage or bodywork service establishments not owned by a health care professional regulated pursuant to chapter 456 and defined in s. 456.001. (Fla. Stat. § 509.096, 456.0341, 787.29)
    • Poster requirements: At least 11” x 15,” printed in a 32-point font, and displayed in English and Spanish.
    • Purchase your Florida Human Trafficking Poster here.
    • Purchase your Public Lodging Human Trafficking Poster here.

Georgia

    • Mandatory for: Adult entertainment establishments, bars, primary airports, passenger rail or light rail stations, bus stations, truck stops, emergency rooms within general acute care hospitals, urgent care centers, farm labor contractors and day haulers, privately operated job recruitment centers, safety rest areas located along interstate highways, hotels, businesses and establishments that offer massage or bodywork services by a person who is not a massage therapist, government buildings, convenience stores, body art studios, manufacturing facilities, and medical offices. (OCGA § 16-5-47)
    • Poster requirements: At least 8.5” x 11,” printed in a 16-point font, and displayed in English, Spanish, and any other language deemed appropriate by the director of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
    • Purchase your Georgia Human Trafficking Poster here.

Hawaii

    • Mandatory for: Employers that hold a Class 5 or Class 11 liquor license, maintain a massage therapy establishment with five or more employees, or employ one or more erotic or nude massagers or exotic or nude dancers. (HRS § 371-20)
    • Poster requirements: At least 8.5” x 11”, displayed in English.
    • Purchase your Hawaii Human Trafficking Poster here.

Idaho

Illinois

    • Mandatory for: Retail liquor licensees primarily for on-premise consumption, adult entertainment facilities, primary airports, intercity passenger rail or light rail stations, bus stations, privately-owned truck stops providing food, fuel, showers or other sanitary facilities and overnight truck parking, acute care hospital emergency rooms, urgent care centers, farm labor contractors, privately-operated job recruitment centers, massage establishments, hotels, motels, permitted gatherings or special events, and tattoo and body piercing establishments. (775 ILCS 50/5)
    • Poster requirements: At least 8.5” x 11,” printed in a 16-point font, and displayed in English, Spanish, and one other language that is the most widely spoken language in the county where the establishment is located and for which translation is mandated by the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965.
    • Purchase your Illinois Human Trafficking Poster here.

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

    • Mandatory for: Any place required to post notices pursuant to the Kansas act against discrimination, Kansas age discrimination in employment act, Kansas child labor law, employment security law, workers compensation act, sexually oriented businesses, massage parlors, healthcare facilities, convenience stores and truck stops, and rest areas and visitors centers under state supervision or control. (KSA § 75-759, KAR § 16-21-1)
    • Poster requirements: Displayed in English and Spanish.
    • Purchase your Kansas Human Trafficking Poster here.

Kentucky

    • Mandatory for: Rest areas, truck stops, bus stations, airports, and passenger train stations. (KRS § 176.415, 281.767, 183.075, 277.410)
    • Poster requirements: At least 11” x 14” with letters at least one inch high and displayed in English and Spanish.
    • Purchase your Kentucky Human Trafficking Poster here.

Louisiana

    • Mandatory for: Massage parlors, spas, or hotels found to be a prostitution public nuisance, strip clubs or other sexually oriented businesses, full-service fuel facilities adjacent to an interstate highway, highway rest stops, outpatient abortion facilities, hotels, airports, bus terminals or stations, and railroad passenger stations (free download). NOLA flyer required for massage parlors, spas, nuisance hotels, strip clubs or sexually oriented businesses, highway fuel facilities, highway rest stops, and abortion clinics, hotels. (LRS § 15:541.1, 15:541.1D (2))
    • Poster requirements: At least 8.5” x 11,” in bold typed print of not less than 14-point font. The poster must be displayed in English, Louisiana French, Spanish, and any other languages that the commissioner of alcohol and tobacco control require.
    • Purchase your Louisiana Human Trafficking Poster here.

Maine

    • Mandatory for: Department of Labor career centers, offices that provide services under the Governor’s Jobs Initiative Program, hospitals or facilities licensed to provide emergency medical services, eating and lodging places, adult entertainment nightclubs or bars, adult spas, establishments featuring strippers or erotic dancers or other sexually oriented businesses, money transmitters, check cashing businesses or foreign currency exchange businesses. (26 M.R.S. § 879)
    • Purchase your Maine Human Trafficking Poster here.

Maryland

    • Mandatory for: Lodging establishments, privately owned bus stations, truck stops, and adult entertainment establishments. (Bus. Reg. Code § 15-207, 19-103)
    • Poster requirements: At least 3” x 5,” displayed in English, Spanish, and any other languages required by the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965.
    • Purchase your Maryland Human Trafficking Poster here.

Massachusetts

Michigan

    • Mandatory for: Any entity that owns property that has been found by a court to constitute a public nuisance due to acts of prostitution or human trafficking being conducted on the property or arising out of the ownership or use of the property, an adult entertainment establishment, public airports, rest stops, and welcome facilities managed by DOT. (MCL 752.1033)
    • Poster requirements: At least 8.5” x 11,” printed in a 14-point font, displayed in English, Spanish, and any other language determined by the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs in consultation with the attorney general.
    • Purchase your Michigan Human Trafficking Poster here.

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

    • Mandatory for: Hotels, motels, or other establishments that have been cited as a public nuisance for prostitution, strip clubs or other sexually oriented businesses, airports, train stations that serve passengers, emergency rooms within general acute care hospitals, urgent care centers, privately operated job recruitment centers, businesses or establishments that offer massage or body work services for compensation, women’s health centers, bus stations, privately owned and operated facilities that provide food, fuel, showers or other sanitary facilities and overnight parking. (Mo. Rev. Stat. § 595.120)
    • Poster requirements: At least 8.5” x 11,” displayed in English, Spanish, and for each county, any other language required for voting materials in that county under the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965.
    • Purchase your Missouri Human Trafficking Poster here.

Montana

    • Mandatory for: All rest areas (within the limits of the right-of-way of interstate highways and other state highways). (Mont. Code Ann. § 44-4-1501, 60-2-244)
    • Poster requirements: At least 8.5” x 11”, displayed in English, Spanish, and any other language that is required for voting materials under the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965.
    • Purchase your Montana Human Trafficking Poster here.

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

    • Mandatory for: Strip clubs or sexually oriented businesses as defined in subsection a. of section 2 of P.L.1995, c.167, places of business of employers of massage or bodywork therapists, bars, airports, passenger rail or light rail stations, bus stations, welcome centers, truck stops, weigh stations, emergency rooms within general acute care hospitals, urgent care centers, farm labor contractors and day haulers, privately operated job recruitment centers, service areas and safety rest areas located along interstate highways in New Jersey, all forms of public transportation, hotels, motels, bed and breakfast establishments, campsites, and similar places of public accommodation, hotels and motels. (N.J.S.A 52:17B-237.1; N.J.A.C. 5:10-29.1)
    • Poster requirements: Displayed in English and Spanish.
    • Purchase your New Jersey Human Trafficking Poster here.

New Mexico

    • Mandatory for: All employers subject to the Minimum Wage Act, specified alcoholic beverage retailer, dispenser, restaurant, and club licensees, specified licensed health facilities, government agencies that manage a transportation facility, including a highway rest area. (NMSA § 30-52-2.1)
    • Poster requirements: At least 8.5” x 11,” displayed in English, Spanish, and in any other language where 10% or more of the workers or users of a covered facility speak the language.
    • Purchase your New Mexico Human Trafficking Poster here.

New York

North Carolina

    • Mandatory for: Certain alcohol and beverage permittees, adult establishments, businesses and places declared a public nuisance, hospitals, transportation stations, rest areas, welcome centers, JobLink or other employment centers. (NCGS § 18B-1003, 14-202.13, 19-8.4, 131E-84.1, 143B-348, 143B-431.3)
    • Purchase your North Carolina Human Trafficking Poster here.

North Dakota

Ohio

    • Optional for: Highway truck stops (gas and amenities), hotels, adult entertainment establishments, beauty salons, agricultural labor camps, hospitals and urgent care centers, sporting events, massage parlors, massage spas, alternative health clinics, or non-medical massage therapy facilities, and fairs. (ORC § 5502.63)
    • Businesses are encouraged to display the Federal Human Trafficking Hotline Poster.

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

    • Mandatory for: Holders of a Restaurant Liquor (R) or Eating Place Malt Beverage (E) license that has been found to be a drug or public nuisance, a hotel or motel that has been found to be a drug or public nuisance, an adult entertainment enterprise, an airport, train station or bus station, welcome center or rest area operated by DOT of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, full-service truck stop, and personal service establishment. (43 P.S. § 1493)
    • Poster requirements: At least 8.5” x 11”, displayed in English, Spanish, and any other language mandated by the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965.
    • Purchase your Pennsylvania Human Trafficking Poster here.

Rhode Island

South Carolina

    • Mandatory for: Establishments declared a prostitution nuisance, adult businesses, certain massage or bodywork establishments, hospital emergency rooms, urgent care centers, hotels, motels, rooms, or transient accommodations for money, agricultural labor contractors and agricultural labor transporters, airports, train stations, bus stations, rest areas, and truck stops. (SC Code § 16-3-2100)
    • Poster requirements: At least 8.5” x 11,” printed in not less than a 16-point font, displayed in English and Spanish.
    • Purchase your South Carolina Human Trafficking Poster here.

South Dakota

Tennessee

    • Optional for: Any governmental entity or private business or establishment that provides or offers a place of assembly or entertainment, transportation, lodging, dining, educational, medical or leisure activities or services, or any business or establishment that is licensed by the state or any political subdivision. (T.C.A. § 39-13-313)
    • Purchase your Tennessee Human Trafficking Poster here.

Texas

    • Mandatory for: All Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission license or permit holders authorized to sell alcoholic beverages for on and off premises consumption, an entity permitted or licensed under Chapter 25, 26, 28, 32, 69, or 71, Alcoholic Beverage Code, other than an entity holding a food beverage certificate, a cosmetology facility, a hospital, a massage establishment, a massage school, a sexually oriented business, a tattoo studio, a transportation hub, a state park and other recreational site under the Parks and Wildlife Department’s jurisdiction, and commercial lodging establishments. (Tex. Alco. Bev. Code § 104.07; Tex. Govt. Code § 402.0351, 114.0053)
    • Poster requirements for commercial lodging establishments: At least 11” x 17”, printed in at least a 16-point font, displayed in English, Spanish, and any other language spoken by 10% or more of employees.
    • Purchase your Texas Human Trafficking Poster here.
    • Purchase your Texas Hotel Human Trafficking Poster here.
    • Purchase your Texas TABC Human Trafficking Poster here.

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

    • Mandatory for: Locations licensed for on-site consumption of alcoholic beverages, exotic entertainment facilities, primary airports, passenger rail stations, bus stations, gas stations, hospital emergency departments, urgent care centers, facilities where farm labor contractors and day haulers work, private job recruitment centers, highway rest areas, hotels, and a business or establishment as required by DAS. (WV Code § 15A-2-5)
    • Poster requirements: At least 8.5” x 11”, displayed in English, Spanish, and any other language determined by legislative rule by the director.
    • Purchase your West Virginia Human Trafficking Poster here.

Wisconsin

    • Optional for: Gas stations, hotels, adult entertainment, hair and nail salons, agricultural businesses, hospitals and medical centers, places at which athletic or sporting events occur, massage parlors or spas, expositions conducted by a county or agricultural society, courthouses, rest areas maintained by DOT, and public and private transit stations. (Wis. Stat. § 165.71)
    • Purchase your Wisconsin Human Trafficking Poster here.

Wyoming

Beyond Mandates: Collective Action Against Human Trafficking

Human trafficking isn’t confined to adult entertainment venues or transportation hubs; it can unfortunately occur in any business. While some states now legally require the display of human trafficking awareness posters, businesses in areas without such mandates can still play a vital role in combating this crime.

One excellent resource is the U.S. Department of Defense’s human trafficking awareness poster. This poster provides crucial information, including the National Human Trafficking Hotline number and a list of common signs of human trafficking. Displaying it voluntarily helps create a safer environment for everyone, empowering your employees and customers to recognize and report suspicious activity. It’s also worth noting that it’s likely only a matter of time before more states enact mandatory posting laws.

For more information on human trafficking, we recommend visiting the websites of the:

  • National Human Trafficking Hotline
  • Polaris Project
  • U.S. Department of Justice
  • State-specific anti-trafficking organizations

Questions About Posters for Your Business?

Do you have questions about displaying human trafficking awareness posters in your specific business locations? Our Compliance Advisors are here to help. Call us at 1-800-817-7678.