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Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
(a) It shall be unlawful for a permittee or his agent or employee to knowingly allow or engage in any of the following kinds of conduct on his licensed premises:
(1) Any conduct or entertainment by any person whose genitals are exposed or who is wearing transparent clothing that reveals the genitals;
(2) Any conduct or entertainment that includes or simulates sexual intercourse, masturbation, sodomy, bestiality, oral copulation, flagellation, or any act that includes or simulates the penetration, however slight, by any object into the genital or anal opening of a person's body; or
(3) Any conduct or entertainment that includes the fondling of the breasts, buttocks, anus, vulva, or genitals.
(b) Supervision.--It shall be unlawful for a permittee to fail to superintend in person or through a manager the business for which a permit is issued.
(c) Exception.--This section does not apply to persons operating theaters, concert halls, art centers, museums, or similar establishments that are primarily devoted to the arts or theatrical performances, when the performances that are presented are expressing matters of serious literary, artistic, scientific, or political value.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 18B. Regulation of Alcoholic Beverages § 18B-1005.1. Sexually explicit conduct on licensed premises - last updated January 01, 2023 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nc/chapter-18b-regulation-of-alcoholic-beverages/nc-gen-st-sect-18b-1005-1/
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