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5-68-205. Public display of obscenity.
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5-68-205. Public display of obscenity.
(a)(1) As used in this subsection:
(A) “Obscene” means the same as “obscene material” defined by § 5-68-302; and
(B) “Obscenity” means an obscene sticker, painting, decal, emblem, or other device that is or contains an obscene writing, description, photograph, or depiction.
(2) A person commits the offense of publicly displaying an obscenity if the person knowingly causes an obscenity to be displayed in a manner that is readily visible to the public and the obscenity's content or character is distinguishable by normal vision.
(3) Publicly displaying an obscenity is a Class B misdemeanor.
(b)(1) It is unlawful to publicly display obscene material as defined by § 5-68-302 on any motor vehicle or wearing apparel.
(2) A violation of this subsection is a Class C misdemeanor.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 5-68-205
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5-68-205. Public display of obscenity.
(a)(1) As used in this subsection:
(A) “Obscene” means the same as “obscene material” defined by § 5-68-302; and
(B) “Obscenity” means an obscene sticker, painting, decal, emblem, or other device that is or contains an obscene writing, description, photograph, or depiction.
(2) A person commits the offense of publicly displaying an obscenity if the person knowingly causes an obscenity to be displayed in a manner that is readily visible to the public and the obscenity's content or character is distinguishable by normal vision.
(3) Publicly displaying an obscenity is a Class B misdemeanor.
(b)(1) It is unlawful to publicly display obscene material as defined by § 5-68-302 on any motor vehicle or wearing apparel.
(2) A violation of this subsection is a Class C misdemeanor.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
5-68-302. Definitions.
As used in this subchapter:
(1) “Advertising purposes” means a purpose of propagandizing in connection with the commercial sale of a product or type of product, the commercial offering of a service, or the commercial exhibition of an entertainment;
(2) “Hard-core sexual conduct” means a patently offensive act, exhibition, representation, depiction, or description of:
(A) An intrusion, however slight, actual or simulated, by any object, any part of an animal's body, or any part of a person's body into the genital or anal opening of any person's body; or
(B) Cunnilingus, fellatio, anilingus, bestiality, a lewd exhibition of genitals, or an excretory function, actual or simulated;
(3) “Live public show” means a public show in which a human being, an animal, or both appear bodily before a spectator or customer;
(4) “Obscene material” means a material that:
(A) Depicts or describes in a patently offensive manner sadomasochistic abuse, sexual conduct, or hard-core sexual conduct;
(B) Taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest of the average person, applying contemporary statewide standards; and
(C) Taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value;
(5) “Obscene performance” means a play, motion picture, dance, show, or other presentation, whether pictured, animated, or live, performed before an audience and that in whole or in part depicts, or reveals, sexual conduct, hard-core sexual conduct, or sadomasochistic abuse, or that includes an explicit verbal description or a narrative account of sexual conduct or hard-core sexual conduct, and that:
(A) Depicts or describes in a patently offensive manner sadomasochistic abuse, sexual conduct, or hard-core sexual conduct;
(B) Taken as a whole,
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 5-68-302
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 5-68-302. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.