{
  "batch": "6740-district-of-columbia-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes",
  "articles": [
    {
      "id": "learn_r6740_district_of_columbia_video_recording_and_obscenity_statutes_6740_district_of_columbia_video_recording_and_ob",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] D.C. Code 22-3104: Defence: good-faith reasonable belief the performer was 18 or over",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] D.C. Code 22-3104(a): it is an affirmative defence that the defendant in good faith reasonably believed the person appearing in the performance was 18 years of age or over.",
      "body": "D.C. Code 22-3104(a): it is an affirmative defence that the defendant in good faith reasonably believed the person appearing in the performance was 18 years of age or over.\n\nWhat Council of the District of Columbia (D.C. Code, code.dccouncil.gov) actually says:\n\n“Under this chapter it shall be an affirmative defense that the defendant in good faith reasonably believed the person appearing in the performance was 18 years of age or over.”\n\nNote: Not a substitute for checking and keeping identification records; the defence is for the defendant to prove.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/22-3104",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-18",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Council of the District of Columbia (D.C. Code, code.dccouncil.gov)",
      "evidence_quote": "Under this chapter it shall be an affirmative defense that the defendant in good faith reasonably believed the person appearing in the performance was 18 years of age or over.",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "6740-district-of-columbia-video-recording-and-obscenity-statutes",
      "subject": "D.C. Code 22-3104",
      "topic": "Defence: good-faith reasonable belief the performer was 18 or over",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "DC",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "setting_up",
        "region": [
          "us-dc"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      },
      "verification": {
        "status": "unverified",
        "label": "Unverified - being checked",
        "reasons": [
          "legal_fetch_over_cap"
        ],
        "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z"
      }
    }
  ]
}