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North Dakota Century Code Title 12.1. Criminal Code § 12.1-27.1-02. Promoting obscenity to minors--Definitions

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

As used in this section and in section 12.1-27.1-03:

1. “Promote” means to produce, direct, manufacture, issue, sell, lend, mail, publish, distribute, exhibit, or advertise.

2. “Harmful to minors” means that quality of any description or representation, in whatever form of sexual conduct or sexual excitement, when such description or representation:

a. Considered as a whole, appeals to the prurient sexual interest of minors;

b. Is patently offensive to prevailing standards in the adult community in North Dakota as a whole with respect to what is suitable material for minors; and

c. Considered as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value for minors.

3. “Sexual excitement” means the condition of human male or female genitals when in a state of sexual stimulation or arousal.

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