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Washington Revised Code Title 9. Crimes and Punishments § 9.68A.150. Allowing minor on premises of live erotic performance--Definitions--Penalty

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1) No person may knowingly allow a minor to be on the premises of a commercial establishment open to the public if there is a live performance containing matter which is erotic material.

(2) Any person who is convicted of violating this section is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.

(3) For the purposes of this section:

(a) “Minor” means any person under the age of eighteen years.

(b) “Erotic materials” means live performance:

(i) Which the average person, applying contemporary community standards, would find, when considered as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest of minors; and

(ii) Which explicitly depicts or describes patently offensive representations or descriptions of sexually explicit conduct as defined in RCW 9.68A.011; and

(iii) Which, when considered as a whole, and in the context in which it is used, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value for minors.

(c) “Live performance” means any play, show, skit, dance, or other exhibition performed or presented to, or before an audience of one or more, with or without consideration.

(d) “Person” means any individual, partnership, firm, association, corporation, or other legal entity.

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