§ 12.1-20-24 — Facilitation of sexual acts in public

1. As used in this section:
a. "Adult entertainment center" means any commercial facility at which motion
pictures or videos that include explicit representations of sexual conduct are
offered for viewing at that facility, but does not include the guest rooms of a hotel
or motel.
b. "Sexual act" has the meaning prescribed in section 12.1-20-02.
c. "Sexual conduct" has the meaning prescribed in section 12.1-27.1-01.
2. It is an infraction for a person to willfully own, rent, lease, manage, or exercise control
of any portion of an adult entertainment center if that portion contains:

a. Any partition between subdivisions of a room or area that has an opening that
facilitates a sexual act between individuals on either side of the partition; or
b. A room, booth, stall, or partitioned portion of a room offered to individuals for a
fee as an incident to viewing a video, motion picture, or similar entertainment,
unless the room, booth, stall, or partitioned portion of the room has:
(1) At least one side open to an adjacent public space so that the area inside is
visible to individuals in the adjacent public space; and
(2) The viewing area is lighted in a manner that the persons in that area are
visible from the adjacent public space.
3. This section does not apply to an enclosure that is a private office space used by the
owner, manager, or employees of the adult entertainment center if that office space is
not held out or available to the public for the purpose of viewing a video, motion
picture, or similar entertainment for a fee.
4. The department of health and human services or the state's attorney having
jurisdiction may bring an action to enjoin a pattern of violations of this section.