§712-1215 Promoting pornography for minors. (1) A person commits the offense of promoting pornography for minors if: (a) Knowing its character and content, the person disseminates to a minor material that is pornographic for minors; (b) Knowing its character and content, the person disseminates material that is pornographic for minors to a law enforcement officer who represents that officer's self as a minor; or (c) Knowing the character and content of a motion picture film or other performance that, in whole or in part, is pornographic for minors, the person: (i) Exhibits the motion picture film or other performance to a minor; (ii) Sells to a minor an admission ticket or pass to premises where there is exhibited or to be exhibited the motion picture film or other performance; or (iii) Admits a minor to premises where there is exhibited or to be exhibited the motion picture film or other performance. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a parent or legal guardian of the minor or to a sibling of the minor, or to a person who commits any act specified therein in the person's capacity and within the scope of the person's employment as a member of the staff of any public library. (3) Promoting pornography for minors is a class C felony. [L 1972, c 9, pt of §1; am L 1974, c 190, §1; am L 1988, c 283, §1; gen ch 1993; am L 2000, c 21, §2; am L 2018, c 96, §1; am L 2024, c 244, §2]
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