Maine § 17-A §283 Dissemination of sexually explicit material

Maine Statutes

§ 17-A §283 — Dissemination of sexually explicit material

Maine § 17-A §283

Title 17-AMAINE CRIMINAL CODE

Part 2SUBSTANTIVE OFFENSES

Ch. 12SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF MINORS

This text of Maine § 17-A §283 (Dissemination of sexually explicit material) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Maine primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 17-A, § 17-A §283 (2026).

Text

1.A person is guilty of dissemination of sexually explicit material if:

2.For the purposes of this section, possession of 10 or more copies of any of the materials as described in subsection 1 gives rise to a permissible inference under the Maine Rules of Evidence, Rule 303 that the person possesses those items with intent to disseminate.

3.For purposes of this section, any element of age of the person depicted means the age of the person at the time the sexually explicit conduct occurred, not the age of the person depicted at the time of dissemination or possession of the sexually explicit visual image or material.

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

1.
A person is guilty of dissemination of sexually explicit material if:
2.
For the purposes of this section, possession of 10 or more copies of any of the materials as described in subsection 1 gives rise to a permissible inference under the Maine Rules of Evidence, Rule 303 that the person possesses those items with intent to disseminate.
3.
For purposes of this section, any element of age of the person depicted means the age of the person at the time the sexually explicit conduct occurred, not the age of the person depicted at the time of dissemination or possession of the sexually explicit visual image or material.