West Virginia § 61-8A-5 Employment or use of minor to produce obscene matter or assist in doing sexually explicit conduct; penalties

West Virginia Statutes

§ 61-8A-5 — Employment or use of minor to produce obscene matter or assist in doing sexually explicit conduct; penalties

West Virginia § 61-8A-5

Ch. 61CRIMES AND THEIR PUNISHMENT

Art. 8APREPARATION, DISTRIBUTION OR EXHIBITION OF OBSCENE MATTER TO MINORS

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W. Va. Code § 61-8A-5 (2026).

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Any adult who, with knowledge that a person is a minor or who fails to exercise reasonable care in ascertaining the age of a minor, hires, employs or uses such minor to produce obscene matter or to do or assist in doing any sexually explicit conduct, is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $50,000 or confined in a state correctional facility for not more than ten years, or both.

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Any adult who, with knowledge that a person is a minor or who fails to exercise reasonable care in ascertaining the age of a minor, hires, employs or uses such minor to produce obscene matter or to do or assist in doing any sexually explicit conduct, is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $50,000 or confined in a state correctional facility for not more than ten years, or both.