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    {
      "id": "learn_r597_kansas_home_shoot_zoning_ks_zoning_12_770",
      "category": "Business",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Kansas: sexual activity zoning definition",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Kansas Statutes 12-770 defines 'sexually oriented business' to include adult arcades, adult bookstores, adult novelty stores, adult video stores, adult cabarets, adult motels, adult motion picture theaters, adult theaters, escort agencies, nude model studios or sexual encounter centers, and this definition would encompass filming adult content in a private residence if such use qualifies as any of these categories under Kansas law.",
      "body": "Kansas Statutes 12-770 defines 'sexually oriented business' to include adult arcades, adult bookstores, adult novelty stores, adult video stores, adult cabarets, adult motels, adult motion picture theaters, adult theaters, escort agencies, nude model studios or sexual encounter centers, and this definition would encompass filming adult content in a private residence if such use qualifies as any of these categories under Kansas law.\n\nWhat Kansas Legislature actually says:\n\n“(14) \"sexually oriented business\" means an adult arcade, adult bookstore, adult novelty store, adult video store, adult cabaret, adult motel, adult motion picture theater, adult theater, escort agency, nude model studio or sexual encounter center;”\n\nNote: Section 12-770 from the Kansas Statutes defines sexually oriented businesses for zoning purposes. The definition includes escort agencies and nude model studios which could potentially encompass adult content filming in private residences, and the statute provides the standard definitions for all these terms in subsections (1)-(13). This is a state-level zoning statute from the official Kansas Legislature website.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/012_000_0000_chapter/012_007_0000_article/012_007_0070_section/012_007_0070_k/",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-16",
      "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Kansas Legislature",
      "evidence_quote": "(14) \"sexually oriented business\" means an adult arcade, adult bookstore, adult novelty store, adult video store, adult cabaret, adult motel, adult motion picture theater, adult theater, escort agency, nude model studio or sexual encounter center;",
      "volatility": "",
      "from_batch": "597-kansas-home-shoot-zoning",
      "subject": "Kansas",
      "topic": "sexual activity zoning definition",
      "applies_to_country": "*",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "setting_up",
        "region": [
          "us-ks"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "rules.content"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      },
      "verification": {
        "status": "unverified",
        "label": "Unverified - being checked",
        "reasons": [
          "legal_fetch_over_cap"
        ],
        "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z"
      }
    }
  ]
}