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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Wyoming Statutes: Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses (anchor)",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] The Wyoming Legislative Service Office (wyoleg.gov) publishes the Wyoming Statutes by title; Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses holds the Wyoming Criminal Code, including the obscenity article at 6-4-301 to 6-4-308. The compiled title text is the PDF at wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title06.pdf, which opens with the heading 'TITLE 6 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES'.",
      "body": "The Wyoming Legislative Service Office (wyoleg.gov) publishes the Wyoming Statutes by title; Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses holds the Wyoming Criminal Code, including the obscenity article at 6-4-301 to 6-4-308. The compiled title text is the PDF at wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title06.pdf, which opens with the heading 'TITLE 6 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES'.\n\nWhat Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov) actually says:\n\n“TITLE 6 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES CHAPTER 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS”\n\nNote: Anchor record: the legislature's own statute site. The title is published there as a PDF; the HTML page wyoleg.gov/stateStatutes/StatutesDownload is a script-rendered shell with no statute text.",
      "source_type": "official",
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      "evidence_quote": "TITLE 6 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES CHAPTER 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS",
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      "subject": "Wyoming Statutes",
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 6-4-301: 'Obscene' definition (three elements)",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 6-4-301(a)(iii): material is 'obscene' if the average person would find that, applying contemporary community standards and taken as a whole, it appeals to the prurient interest, depicts or describes sexual conduct in a patently offensive way, and lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value.",
      "body": "W.S. 6-4-301(a)(iii): material is 'obscene' if the average person would find that, applying contemporary community standards and taken as a whole, it appeals to the prurient interest, depicts or describes sexual conduct in a patently offensive way, and lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value.\n\nWhat Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov) actually says:\n\n“\"Obscene\" is material which the average person would find: (A) Applying contemporary community standards, taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest; (B) Applying contemporary community standards, depicts or describes sexual conduct in a patently offensive way; and (C) Taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value.”",
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      "evidence_quote": "\"Obscene\" is material which the average person would find: (A) Applying contemporary community standards, taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest; (B) Applying contemporary community standards, depicts or describes sexual conduct in a patently offensive way; and (C) Taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value.",
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 6-4-301: 'Sexual conduct' definition",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 6-4-301(a)(v): 'sexual conduct' means patently offensive representations or descriptions of ultimate sexual acts (normal or perverted, actual or simulated), sado-masochistic abuse, or patently offensive representations or descriptions of masturbation, excretory functions or lewd exhibitions of the genitals.",
      "body": "W.S. 6-4-301(a)(v): 'sexual conduct' means patently offensive representations or descriptions of ultimate sexual acts (normal or perverted, actual or simulated), sado-masochistic abuse, or patently offensive representations or descriptions of masturbation, excretory functions or lewd exhibitions of the genitals.\n\nWhat Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov) actually says:\n\n“\"Sexual conduct\" means: (A) Patently offensive representations or descriptions of ultimate sexual acts, normal or perverted, actual or simulated; (B) Sado-masochistic abuse; or (C) Patently offensive representations or descriptions of masturbation, excretory functions or lewd exhibitions of the genitals.”",
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      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov)",
      "evidence_quote": "\"Sexual conduct\" means: (A) Patently offensive representations or descriptions of ultimate sexual acts, normal or perverted, actual or simulated; (B) Sado-masochistic abuse; or (C) Patently offensive representations or descriptions of masturbation, excretory functions or lewd exhibitions of the genitals.",
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 6-4-301: 'Disseminate' and 'material' definitions: no medium limit",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 6-4-301(a)(i), (ii): 'disseminate' means to sell, distribute, deliver, provide, exhibit or otherwise make available to another; 'material' includes any form of human expression or communication capable of visual, auditory or sensory perception. Neither mentions the internet or limits the offence to sales to minors.",
      "body": "W.S. 6-4-301(a)(i), (ii): 'disseminate' means to sell, distribute, deliver, provide, exhibit or otherwise make available to another; 'material' includes any form of human expression or communication capable of visual, auditory or sensory perception. Neither mentions the internet or limits the offence to sales to minors.\n\nWhat Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov) actually says:\n\n“\"Disseminate\" means to sell, distribute, deliver, provide, exhibit or otherwise make available to another; (ii) \"Material\" includes any form of human expression or communication intended for, or capable of, visual, auditory or sensory perception;”\n\nNote: Whether the article reaches an online sale to an adult is not stated in terms. Its elements (produce, possess with intent to disseminate, disseminate) apply to material that is 'obscene' by the three-part test, whoever the buyer is; the misdemeanor penalty tiers distinguish adult and minor recipients.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title06.pdf",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-18",
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      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov)",
      "evidence_quote": "\"Disseminate\" means to sell, distribute, deliver, provide, exhibit or otherwise make available to another; (ii) \"Material\" includes any form of human expression or communication intended for, or capable of, visual, auditory or sensory perception;",
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      "subject": "W.S. 6-4-301",
      "topic": "'Disseminate' and 'material' definitions: no medium limit",
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 6-4-301: 'Produce or reproduce' definition",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 6-4-301(a)(iv): 'produce or reproduce' means to bring into being regardless of the process or means employed; undeveloped photographs, films, molds, casts, printing plates and like articles may be obscene although further processing is needed.",
      "body": "W.S. 6-4-301(a)(iv): 'produce or reproduce' means to bring into being regardless of the process or means employed; undeveloped photographs, films, molds, casts, printing plates and like articles may be obscene although further processing is needed.\n\nWhat Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov) actually says:\n\n“\"Produce or reproduce\" means to bring into being regardless of the process or means employed.”",
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      "evidence_quote": "\"Produce or reproduce\" means to bring into being regardless of the process or means employed.",
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 6-4-302: Promoting obscenity: elements",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 6-4-302(a): a person commits promoting obscenity by producing or reproducing obscene material with intent to disseminate it, possessing it with intent to disseminate it, or knowingly disseminating it.",
      "body": "W.S. 6-4-302(a): a person commits promoting obscenity by producing or reproducing obscene material with intent to disseminate it, possessing it with intent to disseminate it, or knowingly disseminating it.\n\nWhat Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov) actually says:\n\n“A person commits the crime of promoting obscenity if he: (i) Produces or reproduces obscene material with the intent of disseminating it; (ii) Possesses obscene material with the intent of disseminating it; or (iii) Knowingly disseminates obscene material.”",
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      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov)",
      "evidence_quote": "A person commits the crime of promoting obscenity if he: (i) Produces or reproduces obscene material with the intent of disseminating it; (ii) Possesses obscene material with the intent of disseminating it; or (iii) Knowingly disseminates obscene material.",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "6735-wyoming-obscenity-and-distribution",
      "subject": "W.S. 6-4-302",
      "topic": "Promoting obscenity: elements",
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 6-4-302: Promoting obscenity: penalty class",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 6-4-302(b): promoting obscenity is a misdemeanor: if to an adult, a fine up to $1,000 or up to one year in jail, or both; if to a minor, for each violation a fine up to $6,000 or up to one year, or both.",
      "body": "W.S. 6-4-302(b): promoting obscenity is a misdemeanor: if to an adult, a fine up to $1,000 or up to one year in jail, or both; if to a minor, for each violation a fine up to $6,000 or up to one year, or both.\n\nWhat Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov) actually says:\n\n“Promoting obscenity is a misdemeanor punishable upon conviction as follows: (i) If to an adult, by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or by imprisonment for not to exceed one (1) year, or both; (ii) If to a minor, for each violation, by a fine not to exceed six thousand dollars ($6,000.00) or by imprisonment for not to exceed one (1) year, or both.”",
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      "evidence_quote": "Promoting obscenity is a misdemeanor punishable upon conviction as follows: (i) If to an adult, by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or by imprisonment for not to exceed one (1) year, or both; (ii) If to a minor, for each violation, by a fine not to exceed six thousand dollars ($6,000.00) or by imprisonment for not to exceed one (1) year, or both.",
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 6-4-302: Promoting obscenity: exceptions",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 6-4-302(c): the section does not apply to a person who produces, reproduces, possesses or disseminates obscene material in the course of law enforcement and judicial activities, or bona fide school, college, university, museum or public library activities.",
      "body": "W.S. 6-4-302(c): the section does not apply to a person who produces, reproduces, possesses or disseminates obscene material in the course of law enforcement and judicial activities, or bona fide school, college, university, museum or public library activities.\n\nWhat Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov) actually says:\n\n“This section shall not apply to any person who may produce, reproduce, possess or disseminate obscene material: (i) In the course of law enforcement and judicial activities; (ii) In the course of bona fide school, college, university, museum or public library activities or in the course of employment of such an organization.”",
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      "source_publisher": "Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov)",
      "evidence_quote": "This section shall not apply to any person who may produce, reproduce, possess or disseminate obscene material: (i) In the course of law enforcement and judicial activities; (ii) In the course of bona fide school, college, university, museum or public library activities or in the course of employment of such an organization.",
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 14-3-501: 'Material harmful to minors' (online age-verification article)",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 14-3-501(a)(vi): for the age-verification article, 'material harmful to minors' means any picture, image, graphic image file, film, videotape or other visual depiction that is obscene or is child pornography.",
      "body": "W.S. 14-3-501(a)(vi): for the age-verification article, 'material harmful to minors' means any picture, image, graphic image file, film, videotape or other visual depiction that is obscene or is child pornography.\n\nWhat Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov) actually says:\n\n“\"Material harmful to minors\" means any picture, image, graphic image file, film, videotape or other visual depiction that is obscene or is child pornography;”\n\nNote: Wyoming has no separate 'harmful to minors' sale-to-minors offence in Title 6 (the minor tier is in the promoting-obscenity penalty); this definition is the one used by the online age-verification article, and it borrows the obscenity test.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title14.pdf",
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      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Wyoming Legislative Service Office (Wyoming Statutes on wyoleg.gov)",
      "evidence_quote": "\"Material harmful to minors\" means any picture, image, graphic image file, film, videotape or other visual depiction that is obscene or is child pornography;",
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 6-4-303: Child pornography: 'explicit sexual conduct' and age 18",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] W.S. 6-4-303(a): 'child' means a person under the age of eighteen; 'explicit sexual conduct' includes actual or simulated sexual intercourse, bestiality, masturbation, sadistic or masochistic abuse or lascivious exhibition of the genitals or pubic area of any person or the chest or breasts of a female person.",
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      "evidence_quote": "\"Child\" means a person under the age of eighteen (18) years;",
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