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Ind. Code § 35-49-2-1 — Obscene matter or performance
Current through 2026 Regular Session
Part of Chapter 2: General Provisions, Indiana Code.
Full text of Ind. Code § 35-49-2-1
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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.
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