2021 Indiana Code
Title 35. Criminal Law and Procedure
Article 49. Obscenity and Pornography
Chapter 2. General Provisions
35-49-2-1. Obscene Matter or Performance

Universal Citation:
IN Code § 35-49-2-1 (2021)
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Sec. 1. A matter or performance is obscene for purposes of this article if:

(1) the average person, applying contemporary community standards, finds that the dominant theme of the matter or performance, taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest in sex;

(2) the matter or performance depicts or describes, in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct; and

(3) the matter or performance, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.

As added by P.L.311-1983, SEC.33.

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