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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Idaho Statutes Title 18 Chapter 41: statute index",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Idaho Statutes Title 18 Chapter 41 is officially titled Indecency and Obscenity.",
      "body": "Idaho Statutes Title 18 Chapter 41 is officially titled Indecency and Obscenity.\n\nWhat Idaho State Legislature actually says:\n\n“CHAPTER 41 INDECENCY AND OBSCENITY”\n\nNote: Anchor record for Idaho obscenity statutes in Title 18 Chapter 41.",
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      "last_verified": "2026-10-14",
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      "evidence_quote": "CHAPTER 41 INDECENCY AND OBSCENITY",
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      "subject": "Idaho Statutes Title 18 Chapter 41",
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      "id": "learn_r558_idaho_obscenity_and_distribution_idaho_statutes_18_4101_definition",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Idaho Code § 18-4101: obscenity definition statute",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Idaho Code section 18-4101 defines obscene material as matter which the average person, applying contemporary community standards, finds appeals to prurient interest and depicts patently offensive representations of sexual acts or lewd exhibitions of genitals.",
      "body": "Idaho Code section 18-4101 defines obscene material as matter which the average person, applying contemporary community standards, finds appeals to prurient interest and depicts patently offensive representations of sexual acts or lewd exhibitions of genitals.\n\nWhat Idaho State Legislature actually says:\n\n“(A) \"Obscene material\" means any matter: (1) Which the average person, applying contemporary community standards, would find, when considered as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest; and (2) Which depicts or describes patently offensive representations or descriptions of: (a) Ultimate sexual acts, normal or perverted, actual or simulated; or (b) Masturbation, excretory functions, or lewd exhibition of the genitals or genital area.”\n\nNote: Sourced from Idaho Code § 18-4101(A).",
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      "source_link": "https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/Title18/T18CH41/SECT18-4101/",
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      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Idaho State Legislature",
      "evidence_quote": "(A) \"Obscene material\" means any matter: (1) Which the average person, applying contemporary community standards, would find, when considered as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest; and (2) Which depicts or describes patently offensive representations or descriptions of: (a) Ultimate sexual acts, normal or perverted, actual or simulated; or (b) Masturbation, excretory functions, or lewd exhibition of the genitals or genital area.",
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      "id": "learn_r558_idaho_obscenity_and_distribution_idaho_statutes_18_4103_distribution",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Idaho Code § 18-4103: distribution or sale offence and penalty",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Idaho Code section 18-4103 establishes that knowingly bringing into the state, preparing for distribution, publishing, printing, exhibiting, distributing, or possessing with intent to distribute any obscene matter is guilty of a misdemeanor.",
      "body": "Idaho Code section 18-4103 establishes that knowingly bringing into the state, preparing for distribution, publishing, printing, exhibiting, distributing, or possessing with intent to distribute any obscene matter is guilty of a misdemeanor.\n\nWhat Idaho State Legislature actually says:\n\n“Every person in this state who knowingly: brings or causes to be brought into this state for sale or distribution; or in this state prepares for distribution, publishes, prints, exhibits, distributes, or offers to distribute; or has in his possession with intent to distribute, exhibit, or offer to distribute, any obscene matter is guilty of a misdemeanor. Each sale, distribution, etc., is a separate violation.”\n\nNote: Sourced from Idaho Code § 18-4103.",
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      "source_link": "https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/Title18/T18CH41/SECT18-4103/",
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      "source_publisher": "Idaho State Legislature",
      "evidence_quote": "Every person in this state who knowingly: brings or causes to be brought into this state for sale or distribution; or in this state prepares for distribution, publishes, prints, exhibits, distributes, or offers to distribute; or has in his possession with intent to distribute, exhibit, or offer to distribute, any obscene matter is guilty of a misdemeanor. Each sale, distribution, etc., is a separate violation.",
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      "id": "learn_r558_idaho_obscenity_and_distribution_idaho_statutes_18_4109_punishment",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Idaho Code § 18-4109: penalty classification for obscenity offences",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Idaho Code section 18-4109 punishes violations of sections 18-4103, 18-4104, or 18-4105 by a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months, or both.",
      "body": "Idaho Code section 18-4109 punishes violations of sections 18-4103, 18-4104, or 18-4105 by a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months, or both.\n\nWhat Idaho State Legislature actually says:\n\n“Every person who violates sections 18-4103 , 18-4104 or 18-4105 , Idaho Code, is punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment for each separate violation.”\n\nNote: Sourced from Idaho Code § 18-4109.",
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      "source_publisher": "Idaho State Legislature",
      "evidence_quote": "Every person who violates sections 18-4103 , 18-4104 or 18-4105 , Idaho Code, is punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment for each separate violation.",
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      "id": "learn_r558_idaho_obscenity_and_distribution_idaho_statutes_18_1514_harmful_to_minors",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Idaho Code § 18-1514: harmful-to-minors definition provision",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Idaho Code section 18-1514 defines material harmful to minors as material that, taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest of adolescent minors and depicts patently offensive descriptions of nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement, or sado-masochistic abuse.",
      "body": "Idaho Code section 18-1514 defines material harmful to minors as material that, taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest of adolescent minors and depicts patently offensive descriptions of nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement, or sado-masochistic abuse.\n\nWhat Idaho State Legislature actually says:\n\n“\"Harmful to minors\" means the quality of any material when it: (i) Taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest of adolescent minors as judged by the average person, applying contemporary community standards; and (ii) Depicts or describes representations or descriptions of nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement, or sado-masochistic abuse which are patently offensive to prevailing standards in the adult community with respect to what is suitable material for adolescent minors and includes, but is not limited to, patently offensive representations or descriptions of: 1. Intimate sexual acts, normal or perverted, actual or simulated; or 2. Masturbation, excretory functions or lewd exhibition of the genitals or genital area.”\n\nNote: Sourced from Idaho Code § 18-1514(7)(a).",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/Title18/T18CH15/SECT18-1514/",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-14",
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      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Idaho State Legislature",
      "evidence_quote": "\"Harmful to minors\" means the quality of any material when it: (i) Taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest of adolescent minors as judged by the average person, applying contemporary community standards; and (ii) Depicts or describes representations or descriptions of nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement, or sado-masochistic abuse which are patently offensive to prevailing standards in the adult community with respect to what is suitable material for adolescent minors and includes, but is not limited to, patently offensive representations or descriptions of: 1. Intimate sexual acts, normal or perverted, actual or simulated; or 2. Masturbation, excretory functions or lewd exhibition of the genitals or genital area.",
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      "id": "learn_r558_idaho_obscenity_and_distribution_idaho_statutes_18_1515_penalty",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Idaho Code § 18-1515: harmful-to-minors distribution offence and penalty",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Idaho Code section 18-1515 makes disseminating material harmful to minors a misdemeanor punishable by county jail confinement not exceeding one year, a fine not exceeding $1,000, or both.",
      "body": "Idaho Code section 18-1515 makes disseminating material harmful to minors a misdemeanor punishable by county jail confinement not exceeding one year, a fine not exceeding $1,000, or both.\n\nWhat Idaho State Legislature actually says:\n\n“Disseminating material harmful to minors is a misdemeanor punishable by confinement in the county jail not to exceed one (1) year, or by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both such fine and jail sentence.”\n\nNote: Sourced from Idaho Code § 18-1515.",
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      "evidence_quote": "Disseminating material harmful to minors is a misdemeanor punishable by confinement in the county jail not to exceed one (1) year, or by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both such fine and jail sentence.",
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      "id": "learn_r558_idaho_obscenity_and_distribution_idaho_statutes_18_4101_matter_definition",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Idaho Code § 18-4101: statute scope covering digital and electronic reproduction",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Idaho Code section 18-4101 defines matter or material to include any recording, transcription, or mechanical, chemical, or electrical reproduction, or any other articles, equipment, machines, or materials.",
      "body": "Idaho Code section 18-4101 defines matter or material to include any recording, transcription, or mechanical, chemical, or electrical reproduction, or any other articles, equipment, machines, or materials.\n\nWhat Idaho State Legislature actually says:\n\n“\"Matter\" or \"material\" means any book, magazine, newspaper, or other printed or written material; or any picture, drawing, photograph, motion picture, or other pictorial representation; or any statue or other figure; or any recording, transcription, or mechanical, chemical, or electrical reproduction; or any other articles, equipment, machines, or materials.”\n\nNote: Sourced from Idaho Code § 18-4101(C). Reaches online/electronic distributions of matter to adults.",
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      "last_verified": "2026-10-14",
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      "evidence_quote": "\"Matter\" or \"material\" means any book, magazine, newspaper, or other printed or written material; or any picture, drawing, photograph, motion picture, or other pictorial representation; or any statue or other figure; or any recording, transcription, or mechanical, chemical, or electrical reproduction; or any other articles, equipment, machines, or materials.",
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