2006 Utah Code - 76-10-1227 — Indecent public displays -- Definitions.

     76-10-1227.   Indecent public displays -- Definitions.
     For purposes of this part:
     (1) "Description or depictions of illicit sex or sexual immorality" means:
     (a) human genitals in a state of sexual stimulation or arousal;
     (b) acts of human masturbation, sexual intercourse, or sodomy;
     (c) fondling or other erotic touching of human genitals or pubic region; or
     (d) fondling or other erotic touching of the human buttock or female breast.
     (2) "Nude or partially denuded figures" means:
     (a) less than completely and opaquely covered:
     (i) human genitals;
     (ii) pubic regions;
     (iii) buttock; and
     (iv) female breast below a point immediately above the top of the areola; and
     (b) human male genitals in a discernibly turgid state, even if completely and opaquely covered.
     (3) (a) This section does not apply to any material which, when taken as a whole, has serious value for persons younger than 18 years of age, except as provided under Subsection (3)(c).
     (b) As used in Subsection (3)(a), "serious value" means having serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value for persons younger than 18 years of age, taking into consideration the ages of all minors who could be exposed to the material.
     (c) Descriptions or depictions of illicit sex or sexual immorality as defined in Subsection (1)(a), (b), or (c) have no serious value for persons younger than 18 years of age.

Amended by Chapter 46, 2002 General Session

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