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The Vermont Statutes Online

The Vermont Statutes Online have been updated to include the actions of the 2023 session of the General Assembly.

NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.

Title 13 : Crimes and Criminal Procedure

Chapter 063 : Obscenity

(Cite as: 13 V.S.A. § 2804b)
  • § 2804b. Displaying obscene materials to minors

    A person commits the crime of displaying obscene materials to minors if, being the owner, operator, or manager of a business or acting in a managerial capacity, he or she knowingly or recklessly permits a minor who is not accompanied by his or her parent or lawful guardian to enter or remain on the premises, if in that part of the premises where the minor is so permitted to be, there is visibly displayed:

    (1) any picture, photograph, drawing, sculpture or other visual representation or image of a person or portion of the human body that depicts nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement, or sado-masochistic abuse which is harmful to minors; or

    (2) any book, magazine, paperback, pamphlet, or other written or printed matter, however reproduced, that pictorially reveals a person or portion of the human body, depicts nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement, or sado-masochistic abuse, which is harmful to minors. (Added 1973, No. 204 (Adj. Sess.), § 4.)