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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Iowa: statutory code index",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Iowa's statutes are published on the official Legislative Information site at legis.iowa.gov under chapters including Chapter 728 (Obscenity) which contains age-based provisions for dissemination of material to minors.",
      "body": "Iowa's statutes are published on the official Legislative Information site at legis.iowa.gov under chapters including Chapter 728 (Obscenity) which contains age-based provisions for dissemination of material to minors.\n\nWhat Iowa Legislative Services Agency actually says:\n\n“Iowa Law & Rules - Iowa Law”\n\nNote: Anchor record showing Iowa's official legislative site and navigation to statutory code.",
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      "source_link": "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/law/statutory",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-16",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Iowa: definition of obscene material",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Iowa's Chapter 728 defines 'obscene material' as any material depicting or describing the genitals, sex acts, masturbation, excretory functions or sadomasochistic abuse which the average person, taking the material as a whole and applying contemporary community standards with respect to what is suitable material for minors, would find appeals to the prurient interest and is patently offensive; and the material, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, scientific, political or artistic value.",
      "body": "Iowa's Chapter 728 defines 'obscene material' as any material depicting or describing the genitals, sex acts, masturbation, excretory functions or sadomasochistic abuse which the average person, taking the material as a whole and applying contemporary community standards with respect to what is suitable material for minors, would find appeals to the prurient interest and is patently offensive; and the material, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, scientific, political or artistic value.\n\nWhat Iowa Legislature actually says:\n\n“\"Minor\" means any person under the age of eighteen. \"Obscene material\" is any material depicting or describing the genitals, sex acts, masturbation, excretory functions or sadomasochistic abuse which the average person, taking the material as a whole and applying contemporary community standards with respect to what is suitable material for minors, would find appeals to the prurient interest and is patently offensive; and the material, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, scientific, political or artistic value.”\n\nNote: Direct quote from Iowa Code Chapter 728 definitions.",
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      "last_verified": "2026-10-16",
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      "evidence_quote": "\"Minor\" means any person under the age of eighteen. \"Obscene material\" is any material depicting or describing the genitals, sex acts, masturbation, excretory functions or sadomasochistic abuse which the average person, taking the material as a whole and applying contemporary community standards with respect to what is suitable material for minors, would find appeals to the prurient interest and is patently offensive; and the material, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, scientific, political or artistic value.",
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Iowa: dissemination of obscene material to minors",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Iowa Code Chapter 728 Section 2 makes it a serious misdemeanor for any person 18 or older (other than parent/guardian) to knowingly disseminate or exhibit obscene material to a minor.",
      "body": "Iowa Code Chapter 728 Section 2 makes it a serious misdemeanor for any person 18 or older (other than parent/guardian) to knowingly disseminate or exhibit obscene material to a minor.\n\nWhat Iowa Legislature actually says:\n\n“\"Minor\" means any person under the age of eighteen. \"Obscene material\" is any material depicting or describing the genitals, sex acts, masturbation, excretory functions or sadomasochistic abuse which the average person, taking the material as a whole and applying contemporary community standards with respect to what is suitable material for minors, would find appeals to the prurient interest and is patently offensive; and the material, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, scientific, political or artistic value.”\n\nNote: Exact quote showing who is bound by the statute (person 18+ who is NOT parent/guardian).",
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      "evidence_quote": "\"Minor\" means any person under the age of eighteen. \"Obscene material\" is any material depicting or describing the genitals, sex acts, masturbation, excretory functions or sadomasochistic abuse which the average person, taking the material as a whole and applying contemporary community standards with respect to what is suitable material for minors, would find appeals to the prurient interest and is patently offensive; and the material, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, scientific, political or artistic value.",
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Iowa: minors distributing obscene material to minors",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Iowa Code Chapter 728 Section 2A makes it a serious misdemeanor for any person under 18 who knowingly distributes obscene material to another minor.",
      "body": "Iowa Code Chapter 728 Section 2A makes it a serious misdemeanor for any person under 18 who knowingly distributes obscene material to another minor.\n\nWhat Iowa Legislature actually says:\n\n“Any person under the age of eighteen who knowingly distributes obscene material to another minor is guilty of a public offense and shall upon conviction be guilty of a serious misdemeanor.”\n\nNote: Direct quote showing statute binds minors as well.",
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