North Dakota Statutes
§ 12.1-27.1-02 — Promoting obscenity to minors - Definitions
North Dakota § 12.1-27.1-02
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Bluebook
N.D. Cent. Code § 12.1-27.1-02 (2026).
Text
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 stimulati
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Nearby Sections
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§ 12.1-01-02
General purposes§ 12.1-01-03
Proof and presumptions§ 12.1-01-03.1
Presumption of age§ 12.1-01-04
General definitions§ 12.1-02-01
Basis of liability for offenses§ 12.1-02-02
Requirements of culpability§ 12.1-02-03
Mistake of fact in affirmative defenses§ 12.1-02-04
Ignorance or mistake negating culpability§ 12.1-02-05
Causal relationship between conduct and result§ 12.1-03-01
Accomplices§ 12.1-03-04
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North Dakota § 12.1-27.1-02, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/nd/12.1-27.1-02.