{
  "batch": "525-delaware-home-shoot-zoning",
  "articles": [
    {
      "id": "learn_r525_delaware_home_shoot_zoning_de_525_soe_def",
      "category": "Business",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Delaware: sexually oriented business definition",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Delaware defines 'adult entertainment establishment' as any commercial establishment offering sexually-oriented material, devices, paraphernalia or specific sexual activities, services, performances or any combination thereof, whether printed, filmed, recorded or live.",
      "body": "Delaware defines 'adult entertainment establishment' as any commercial establishment offering sexually-oriented material, devices, paraphernalia or specific sexual activities, services, performances or any combination thereof, whether printed, filmed, recorded or live.\n\nWhat Delaware General Assembly actually says:\n\n“(2) \"Adult entertainment establishment\" shall mean any commercial establishment, business or service, or portion thereof, which offers sexually-oriented material, devices, paraphernalia or specific sexual activities, services, performances or any combination thereof, or in any other form, whether printed, filmed, recorded or live. The term \"adult entertainment establishment\" shall include but not be limited to such activities as:”\n\nNote: From Title 24, Chapter 16, Section 1602(2). This definition would encompass filming adult content in a private residence if done commercially as it includes 'whether printed, filmed, recorded or live' and 'specific sexual activities'.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://delcode.delaware.gov/title24/c016/sc01/index.html",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-16",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Delaware General Assembly",
      "evidence_quote": "(2) \"Adult entertainment establishment\" shall mean any commercial establishment, business or service, or portion thereof, which offers sexually-oriented material, devices, paraphernalia or specific sexual activities, services, performances or any combination thereof, or in any other form, whether printed, filmed, recorded or live. The term \"adult entertainment establishment\" shall include but not be limited to such activities as:",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "525-delaware-home-shoot-zoning",
      "subject": "Delaware",
      "topic": "sexually oriented business definition",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "explicit_solo",
        "stage": "setting_up",
        "region": [
          "us-de"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "rules.content",
          "safety.legal"
        ],
        "explicitness": "explicit_solo"
      },
      "verification": {
        "status": "unverified",
        "label": "Unverified - being checked",
        "reasons": [
          "legal_fetch_over_cap"
        ],
        "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z"
      }
    }
  ]
}