South Dakota § 22-24-31 Defenses for disseminating materials harmful to minors.

South Dakota Statutes

§ 22-24-31 — Defenses for disseminating materials harmful to minors.

South Dakota·Title 22 CRIMES·Ch. 22-22A OBSCENITY AND PUBLIC INDECENCY

In any prosecution for disseminating material harmful to minors, it is an affirmative defense that:

(1)The defendant had reasonable cause to believe that the minor involved was eighteen years old or more. A draft card, driver's license, birth certificate, or other official or apparently official document is evidence establishing that the minor was eighteen years of age or older;

(2)The minor involved was accompanied by a parent or guardian, or by an adult and the adult represented that he or she was the minor's parent or guardian or an adult and the adult signed a written statement to that effect;

(3)The defendant was the parent or guardian of the minor involved; or (4) The defendant was a bona fide school, college, university, museum, or public library, or was acting in the

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In any prosecution for disseminating material harmful to minors, it is an affirmative defense that: (1) The defendant had reasonable cause to believe that the minor involved was eighteen years old or more. A draft card, driver's license, birth certificate, or other official or apparently official document is evidence establishing that the minor was eighteen years of age or older; (2) The minor involved was accompanied by a parent or guardian, or by an adult and the adult represented that he or she was the minor's parent or guardian or an adult and the adult signed a written statement to that effect; (3) The defendant was the parent or guardian of the minor involved; or (4) The defendant was a bona fide school, college, university, museum, or public library, or was acting in the capacity of an employee of such an organization or a retail outlet affiliated with and serving the educational purposes of such an organization.

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