{ "batch": "855-vermont-obscenity-and-distribution", "articles": [ { "id": "learn_r855_vermont_obscenity_and_distribution_855_vermont_obscenity_and_distribution_anchor_13_063", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Vermont Statutes Online: Title 13 chapter 063 heading (anchor)", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] The Vermont General Assembly's official Vermont Statutes Online publishes 13 V.S.A. chapter 63 under the heading quoted. Chapter 63 is framed around material harmful to minors.", "body": "The Vermont General Assembly's official Vermont Statutes Online publishes 13 V.S.A. chapter 63 under the heading quoted. Chapter 63 is framed around material harmful to minors.\n\nWhat Vermont General Assembly (Vermont Statutes Online) actually says:\n\n“Title 13 : Crimes and Criminal Procedure Chapter 063 : Obscenity”\n\nNote: Anchor record: the legislature's own statute site, legislature.vermont.gov (state domain).", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/chapter/13/063", "last_verified": "2026-10-19", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Vermont General Assembly (Vermont Statutes Online)", "evidence_quote": "Title 13 : Crimes and Criminal Procedure Chapter 063 : Obscenity", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "855-vermont-obscenity-and-distribution", "subject": "Vermont Statutes Online", "topic": "Title 13 chapter 063 heading (anchor)", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "VT", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-vt" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r855_vermont_obscenity_and_distribution_855_vermont_obscenity_and_distribution_ob_def", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] 13 V.S.A. § 2801: Obscenity chapter: 'harmful to minors' defined", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] 13 V.S.A. 2801(6): 'harmful to minors' means that quality of any description or representation of nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement or sado-masochistic abuse that predominantly appeals to the prurient interest of minors, is patently offensive to prevailing standards in the adult community in Vermont as to what is suitable for minors, and lacks serious value for minors.", "body": "13 V.S.A. 2801(6): 'harmful to minors' means that quality of any description or representation of nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement or sado-masochistic abuse that predominantly appeals to the prurient interest of minors, is patently offensive to prevailing standards in the adult community in Vermont as to what is suitable for minors, and lacks serious value for minors.\n\nWhat Vermont General Assembly (Vermont Statutes Online) actually says:\n\n““Harmful to minors” means that quality of any description or representation, in whatever form, of nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement, or sado-masochistic abuse, when it: (A) Predominantly appeals to the prurient, shameful, or morbid interest of minors; and (B) Is patently offensive to prevailing standards in the adult community in the State of Vermont as a whole with respect to what is suitable material for minors; and (C) Is taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value, for minors.”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/13/063/02801", "last_verified": "2026-10-19", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Vermont General Assembly (Vermont Statutes Online)", "evidence_quote": "“Harmful to minors” means that quality of any description or representation, in whatever form, of nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement, or sado-masochistic abuse, when it: (A) Predominantly appeals to the prurient, shameful, or morbid interest of minors; and (B) Is patently offensive to prevailing standards in the adult community in the State of Vermont as a whole with respect to what is suitable material for minors; and (C) Is taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value, for minors.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "855-vermont-obscenity-and-distribution", "subject": "13 V.S.A. § 2801", "topic": "Obscenity chapter: 'harmful to minors' defined", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "VT", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-vt" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "hollow_body", "strong_label_on_weak_content" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r855_vermont_obscenity_and_distribution_855_vermont_obscenity_and_distribution_ob_minor", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] 13 V.S.A. § 2801: Obscenity chapter: 'minor' is under 18", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] 13 V.S.A. 2801(1): for the obscenity chapter a minor is any person less than 18 years old.", "body": "13 V.S.A. 2801(1): for the obscenity chapter a minor is any person less than 18 years old.\n\nWhat Vermont General Assembly (Vermont Statutes Online) actually says:\n\n““Minor” means any person less than 18 years old.”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/13/063/02801", "last_verified": "2026-10-19", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Vermont General Assembly (Vermont Statutes Online)", "evidence_quote": "“Minor” means any person less than 18 years old.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "855-vermont-obscenity-and-distribution", "subject": "13 V.S.A. § 2801", "topic": "Obscenity chapter: 'minor' is under 18", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "VT", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-vt" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "hollow_body", "strong_label_on_weak_content" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r855_vermont_obscenity_and_distribution_855_vermont_obscenity_and_distribution_ob_2802a", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] 13 V.S.A. § 2802a: Disseminating indecent material to a minor outside the presence of the minor", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] 13 V.S.A. 2802a(a): no person may, with knowledge of its character and content and with actual knowledge that the recipient is a minor, sell, lend, distribute or give away an image that depicts nudity, sexual conduct or sado-masochistic abuse and is harmful to minors, including one communicated, transmitted or stored electronically.", "body": "13 V.S.A. 2802a(a): no person may, with knowledge of its character and content and with actual knowledge that the recipient is a minor, sell, lend, distribute or give away an image that depicts nudity, sexual conduct or sado-masochistic abuse and is harmful to minors, including one communicated, transmitted or stored electronically.\n\nWhat Vermont General Assembly (Vermont Statutes Online) actually says:\n\n“No person may, with knowledge of its character and content, and with actual knowledge that the recipient is a minor, sell, lend, distribute, or give away: (1) any picture, photograph, drawing, sculpture, motion picture film, or similar visual representation or image, including any such representation or image which is communicated, transmitted, or stored electronically,”\n\nNote: The offence requires actual knowledge that the recipient is a minor; it does not prohibit sale to adults.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/13/063/02802a", "last_verified": "2026-10-19", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Vermont General Assembly (Vermont Statutes Online)", "evidence_quote": "No person may, with knowledge of its character and content, and with actual knowledge that the recipient is a minor, sell, lend, distribute, or give away: (1) any picture, photograph, drawing, sculpture, motion picture film, or similar visual representation or image, including any such representation or image which is communicated, transmitted, or stored electronically,", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "855-vermont-obscenity-and-distribution", "subject": "13 V.S.A. § 2802a", "topic": "Disseminating indecent material to a minor outside the presence of the minor", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "VT", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-vt" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r855_vermont_obscenity_and_distribution_855_vermont_obscenity_and_distribution_ob_pen", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] 13 V.S.A. § 2807: Obscenity chapter: penalty", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] 13 V.S.A. 2807: a violation of sections 2802, 2802a, 2803, 2804, 2804a or 2804b is punished by imprisonment of not more than one year or a fine of not more than $1,000, or both.", "body": "13 V.S.A. 2807: a violation of sections 2802, 2802a, 2803, 2804, 2804a or 2804b is punished by imprisonment of not more than one year or a fine of not more than $1,000, or both.\n\nWhat Vermont General Assembly (Vermont Statutes Online) actually says:\n\n“A person who violates any provision of section 2802, 2802a, 2803, 2804, 2804a, or 2804b of this title shall be imprisoned not more than one year or fined not more than $1,000.00, or both.”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/13/063/02807", "last_verified": "2026-10-19", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Vermont General Assembly (Vermont Statutes Online)", "evidence_quote": "A person who violates any provision of section 2802, 2802a, 2803, 2804, 2804a, or 2804b of this title shall be imprisoned not more than one year or fined not more than $1,000.00, or both.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "855-vermont-obscenity-and-distribution", "subject": "13 V.S.A. § 2807", "topic": "Obscenity chapter: penalty", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "VT", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-vt" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "hollow_body", "strong_label_on_weak_content" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r855_vermont_obscenity_and_distribution_855_vermont_obscenity_and_distribution_ob_2804a", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] 13 V.S.A. § 2804a: Publicly displaying sex or nudity for advertising purposes", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] 13 V.S.A. 2804a: no person may knowingly publicly display nudity or sex for advertising purposes, including an image communicated, transmitted or stored electronically that is harmful to minors, or permit such a display on premises they own, rent or operate.", "body": "13 V.S.A. 2804a: no person may knowingly publicly display nudity or sex for advertising purposes, including an image communicated, transmitted or stored electronically that is harmful to minors, or permit such a display on premises they own, rent or operate.\n\nWhat Vermont General Assembly (Vermont Statutes Online) actually says:\n\n“No person may knowingly, publicly display nudity or sex for advertising purposes. A violation of this section occurs if a person: (1) displays publicly or causes to be displayed publicly for advertising purposes a picture, photograph, drawing, sculpture, or other visual representation or image, including any such representation or image which is communicated, transmitted, or stored electronically, of a person or portion of the human body that depicts nudity, sado-masochistic abuse, sexual conduct, or sexual excitement, which is harmful to minors, or any page, poster, or other written or printed matter bearing such representation”\n\nNote: Applies to public display of material harmful to minors, so a creator's public advertising (billboard, storefront, window) is the exposure; subscription content behind a login is not described.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/13/063/02804a", "last_verified": "2026-10-19", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Vermont General Assembly (Vermont Statutes Online)", "evidence_quote": "No person may knowingly, publicly display nudity or sex for advertising purposes. A violation of this section occurs if a person: (1) displays publicly or causes to be displayed publicly for advertising purposes a picture, photograph, drawing, sculpture, or other visual representation or image, including any such representation or image which is communicated, transmitted, or stored electronically, of a person or portion of the human body that depicts nudity, sado-masochistic abuse, sexual conduct, or sexual excitement, which is harmful to minors, or any page, poster, or other written or printed matter bearing such representation", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "855-vermont-obscenity-and-distribution", "subject": "13 V.S.A. § 2804a", "topic": "Publicly displaying sex or nudity for advertising purposes", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "VT", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-vt" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r855_vermont_obscenity_and_distribution_855_vermont_obscenity_and_distribution_ob_local", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] 13 V.S.A. § 2808: Obscenity chapter: uniform statewide, no conflicting local ordinances", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] 13 V.S.A. 2808: the provisions of the obscenity chapter are applicable and uniform throughout the State and its political subdivisions and no local authority shall enact any ordinance, rule or regulation in conflict with them.", "body": "13 V.S.A. 2808: the provisions of the obscenity chapter are applicable and uniform throughout the State and its political subdivisions and no local authority shall enact any ordinance, rule or regulation in conflict with them.\n\nWhat Vermont General Assembly (Vermont Statutes Online) actually says:\n\n“The provisions of this chapter shall be applicable and uniform throughout the State and all political subdivisions and municipalities therein, and no local authority shall enact any ordinances, rules, or regulations in conflict with the provisions thereof.”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/13/063/02808", "last_verified": "2026-10-19", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Vermont General Assembly (Vermont Statutes Online)", "evidence_quote": "The provisions of this chapter shall be applicable and uniform throughout the State and all political subdivisions and municipalities therein, and no local authority shall enact any ordinances, rules, or regulations in conflict with the provisions thereof.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "855-vermont-obscenity-and-distribution", "subject": "13 V.S.A. § 2808", "topic": "Obscenity chapter: uniform statewide, no conflicting local ordinances", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "VT", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-vt" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "hollow_body", "strong_label_on_weak_content" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r855_vermont_obscenity_and_distribution_855_vermont_obscenity_and_distribution_no_adult_obscenity", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] 13 V.S.A. chapter 63: No Vermont offence for distributing non-minor-directed obscene material to adults", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] The sections of 13 V.S.A. chapter 63 read (2801 to 2813) prohibit distribution, display and exhibition of material harmful to minors; none creates a separate offence for distributing sexual material to consenting adults.", "body": "The sections of 13 V.S.A. chapter 63 read (2801 to 2813) prohibit distribution, display and exhibition of material harmful to minors; none creates a separate offence for distributing sexual material to consenting adults.\n\nWhat Vermont General Assembly (Vermont Statutes Online) actually says:\n\n“Title 13 : Crimes and Criminal Procedure Chapter 063 : Obscenity”\n\nNote: ABSENCE RECORD (inferred from an index/listing or page that does not mention it, not from operative text). Read the full text of 13 V.S.A. 2801 to 2813 on 2026-10-19. Searched only chapter 63 and the Title 13 index; this is an absence inferred from operative text that is framed entirely around minors, not an express statement. Civil injunction procedure is in 2809 to 2813.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/chapter/13/063", "last_verified": "2026-10-19", "reliability": "CREATOR STRATEGY", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Vermont General Assembly (Vermont Statutes Online)", "evidence_quote": "Title 13 : Crimes and Criminal Procedure Chapter 063 : Obscenity", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "855-vermont-obscenity-and-distribution", "subject": "13 V.S.A. chapter 63", "topic": "No Vermont offence for distributing non-minor-directed obscene material to adults", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "VT", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-vt" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r855_vermont_obscenity_and_distribution_855_vermont_obscenity_and_distribution_ob_2802", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] 13 V.S.A. § 2802: Disseminating indecent material to a minor in the presence of the minor", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] 13 V.S.A. 2802(a): no person may, with knowledge of its character and content, sell, lend, distribute or give away to a minor an image depicting nudity, sexual conduct or sado-masochistic abuse that is harmful to minors, including one stored electronically; 2802(c) limits the section to acts occurring in the presence of the minor.", "body": "13 V.S.A. 2802(a): no person may, with knowledge of its character and content, sell, lend, distribute or give away to a minor an image depicting nudity, sexual conduct or sado-masochistic abuse that is harmful to minors, including one stored electronically; 2802(c) limits the section to acts occurring in the presence of the minor.\n\nWhat Vermont General Assembly (Vermont Statutes Online) actually says:\n\n“No person may, with knowledge of its character and content, sell, lend, distribute, or give away to a minor: (1) any picture, photograph, drawing, sculpture, motion picture film, or similar visual representation or image, including any such representation or image which is stored electronically,”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/13/063/02802", "last_verified": "2026-10-19", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Vermont General Assembly (Vermont Statutes Online)", "evidence_quote": "No person may, with knowledge of its character and content, sell, lend, distribute, or give away to a minor: (1) any picture, photograph, drawing, sculpture, motion picture film, or similar visual representation or image, including any such representation or image which is stored electronically,", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "855-vermont-obscenity-and-distribution", "subject": "13 V.S.A. § 2802", "topic": "Disseminating indecent material to a minor in the presence of the minor", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "VT", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-vt" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "hollow_body", "strong_label_on_weak_content" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r855_vermont_obscenity_and_distribution_855_vermont_obscenity_and_distribution_ob_defense", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] 13 V.S.A. § 2805: Obscenity chapter: affirmative defense of an ID showing age 18", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] 13 V.S.A. 2805(b)(1): it is an affirmative defense that the minor exhibited a draft card, driver's license, birth certificate or other official document purporting to establish that the minor was 18 or older.", "body": "13 V.S.A. 2805(b)(1): it is an affirmative defense that the minor exhibited a draft card, driver's license, birth certificate or other official document purporting to establish that the minor was 18 or older.\n\nWhat Vermont General Assembly (Vermont Statutes Online) actually says:\n\n“that the minor as to whom the offense is alleged to have been committed exhibited to the accused a draft card, driver’s license, birth certificate, or other official or apparently official document purporting to establish that the minor was 18 years of age or older;”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/13/063/02805", "last_verified": "2026-10-19", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Vermont General Assembly (Vermont Statutes Online)", "evidence_quote": "that the minor as to whom the offense is alleged to have been committed exhibited to the accused a draft card, driver’s license, birth certificate, or other official or apparently official document purporting to establish that the minor was 18 years of age or older;", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "855-vermont-obscenity-and-distribution", "subject": "13 V.S.A. § 2805", "topic": "Obscenity chapter: affirmative defense of an ID showing age 18", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "VT", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-vt" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "hollow_body", "strong_label_on_weak_content" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r855_vermont_obscenity_and_distribution_855_vermont_obscenity_and_distribution_ob_bound", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] 13 V.S.A. § 2802b: Minor sending an indecent image of themselves", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] 13 V.S.A. 2802b(a)(1): no minor shall knowingly and voluntarily use a computer or electronic communication device to transmit an indecent visual depiction of himself or herself to another person; (a)(2) bars possessing such a depiction, with a defence for taking reasonable steps to destroy it.", "body": "13 V.S.A. 2802b(a)(1): no minor shall knowingly and voluntarily use a computer or electronic communication device to transmit an indecent visual depiction of himself or herself to another person; (a)(2) bars possessing such a depiction, with a defence for taking reasonable steps to destroy it.\n\nWhat Vermont General Assembly (Vermont Statutes Online) actually says:\n\n“No minor shall knowingly and voluntarily and without threat or coercion use a computer or electronic communication device to transmit an indecent visual depiction of himself or herself to another person.”\n\nNote: Relevant to a creator who receives images from a person under 18; adult possession is punishable by up to six months or $300 under 2802b(c).", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/13/063/02802b", "last_verified": "2026-10-19", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Vermont General Assembly (Vermont Statutes Online)", "evidence_quote": "No minor shall knowingly and voluntarily and without threat or coercion use a computer or electronic communication device to transmit an indecent visual depiction of himself or herself to another person.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "855-vermont-obscenity-and-distribution", "subject": "13 V.S.A. § 2802b", "topic": "Minor sending an indecent image of themselves", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "VT", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-vt" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r855_vermont_obscenity_and_distribution_vt_anchor", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Vermont: statutory code index", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Vermont's statutes are published on the official Vermont General Assembly site at legislature.vermont.gov/statutes under a title index that lists Title 13: Crimes and Criminal Procedure", "body": "Vermont's statutes are published on the official Vermont General Assembly site at legislature.vermont.gov/statutes under a title index that lists Title 13: Crimes and Criminal Procedure\n\nWhat Vermont General Assembly actually says:\n\n“Title 1: General Provisions\nTitle 2: Legislature\nTitle 3: Executive\nTitle 3 Appendix: Executive Orders\nTitle 4: Judiciary\nTitle 5: Aeronautics and Surface Transportation Generally\nTitle 6: Agriculture\nTitle 7: Alcoholic Beverages, Cannabis, and Tobacco\nTitle 8: Banking and Insurance\nTitle 9: Commerce and Trade\nTitle 9A: Uniform Commercial Code\nTitle 10: Conservation and Development\nTitle 10 Appendix: Vermont Fish and Wildlife Regulations\nTitle 11: Corporations, Partnerships and Associations\nTitle 11A: Vermont Business Corporations\nTitle 11B: Nonprofit Corporations\nTitle 11C: Mutual Benefit Enterprises\nTitle 12: Court Procedure\nTitle 13: Crimes and Criminal Procedure\nTitle 14: Decedents Estates and Fiduciary Relations\nTitle 14A: Trusts\nTitle 15: Domestic Relations\nTitle 15A: Adoption Act\nTitle 15B: Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (1996)\nTitle 15C: Parentage Proceedings\nTitle 16: Education\nTitle 16 Appendix: Education Charters and Agreements\nTitle 17: Elections\nTitle 18: Health\nTitle 19: Highways\nTitle 20: Internal Security and Public Safety\nTitle 21: Labor\nTitle 22: Libraries, History, and Information Technology\nTitle 23: Motor Vehicles\nTitle 24: Municipal and County Government\nTitle 24 Appendix: Municipal Charters\nTitle 25: Navigation and Waters\nTitle 26: Professions and Occupations\nTitle 27: Property\nTitle 27A: Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act (1994)\nTitle 28: Public Institutions and Corrections\nTitle 29: Public Property and Supplies\nTitle 30: Public Service\nTitle 31: Recreation and Sports\nTitle 32: Taxation and Finance\nTitle 33: Human Services”\n\nNote: Anchor record. The page heading 'The Vermont Statutes Online' and the title list are the verbatim evidence.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/", "last_verified": "2026-10-17", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Vermont General Assembly", "evidence_quote": "Title 1: General Provisions\nTitle 2: Legislature\nTitle 3: Executive\nTitle 3 Appendix: Executive Orders\nTitle 4: Judiciary\nTitle 5: Aeronautics and Surface Transportation Generally\nTitle 6: Agriculture\nTitle 7: Alcoholic Beverages, Cannabis, and Tobacco\nTitle 8: Banking and Insurance\nTitle 9: Commerce and Trade\nTitle 9A: Uniform Commercial Code\nTitle 10: Conservation and Development\nTitle 10 Appendix: Vermont Fish and Wildlife Regulations\nTitle 11: Corporations, Partnerships and Associations\nTitle 11A: Vermont Business Corporations\nTitle 11B: Nonprofit Corporations\nTitle 11C: Mutual Benefit Enterprises\nTitle 12: Court Procedure\nTitle 13: Crimes and Criminal Procedure\nTitle 14: Decedents Estates and Fiduciary Relations\nTitle 14A: Trusts\nTitle 15: Domestic Relations\nTitle 15A: Adoption Act\nTitle 15B: Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (1996)\nTitle 15C: Parentage Proceedings\nTitle 16: Education\nTitle 16 Appendix: Education Charters and Agreements\nTitle 17: Elections\nTitle 18: Health\nTitle 19: Highways\nTitle 20: Internal Security and Public Safety\nTitle 21: Labor\nTitle 22: Libraries, History, and Information Technology\nTitle 23: Motor Vehicles\nTitle 24: Municipal and County Government\nTitle 24 Appendix: Municipal Charters\nTitle 25: Navigation and Waters\nTitle 26: Professions and Occupations\nTitle 27: Property\nTitle 27A: Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act (1994)\nTitle 28: Public Institutions and Corrections\nTitle 29: Public Property and Supplies\nTitle 30: Public Service\nTitle 31: Recreation and Sports\nTitle 32: Taxation and Finance\nTitle 33: Human Services", "volatility": "", "from_batch": "855-vermont-obscenity-and-distribution", "subject": "Vermont", "topic": "statutory code index", "applies_to_country": "*", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "choosing", "region": [ "us-vt" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "access.signup", "rules.content" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r855_vermont_obscenity_and_distribution_vt_obscene_def", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Vermont: obscenity definition statute", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Vermont statute defines 'harmful to minors' as material that predominantly appeals to prurient interest of minors, is patently offensive to prevailing adult community standards, and lacks serious value for minors", "body": "Vermont statute defines 'harmful to minors' as material that predominantly appeals to prurient interest of minors, is patently offensive to prevailing adult community standards, and lacks serious value for minors\n\nWhat Vermont General Assembly actually says:\n\n“(6) “Harmful to minors” means that quality of any description or representation, in whatever form, of nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement, or sado-masochistic abuse, when it:\n\n(A) Predominantly appeals to the prurient, shameful, or morbid interest of minors; and\n\n(B) Is patently offensive to prevailing standards in the adult community in the State of Vermont as a whole with respect to what is suitable material for minors; and\n\n(C) Is taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value, for minors.”\n\nNote: From § 2801(6) of Title 13, Chapter 63.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/fullchapter/13/063", "last_verified": "2026-10-17", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Vermont General Assembly", "evidence_quote": "(6) “Harmful to minors” means that quality of any description or representation, in whatever form, of nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement, or sado-masochistic abuse, when it:\n\n(A) Predominantly appeals to the prurient, shameful, or morbid interest of minors; and\n\n(B) Is patently offensive to prevailing standards in the adult community in the State of Vermont as a whole with respect to what is suitable material for minors; and\n\n(C) Is taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value, for minors.", "volatility": "", "from_batch": "855-vermont-obscenity-and-distribution", "subject": "Vermont", "topic": "obscenity definition statute", "applies_to_country": "*", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "running", "region": [ "us-vt" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "rules.content", "safety.legal" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r855_vermont_obscenity_and_distribution_vt_distrib_offense", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Vermont: distribution or sale offence", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Vermont prohibits disseminating indecent material to a minor in the presence of the minor, including visual depictions of nudity, sexual conduct, or sado-masochistic abuse that is harmful to minors", "body": "Vermont prohibits disseminating indecent material to a minor in the presence of the minor, including visual depictions of nudity, sexual conduct, or sado-masochistic abuse that is harmful to minors\n\nWhat Vermont General Assembly actually says:\n\n“§ 2802. Disseminating indecent material to a minor in the presence of the minor\n\n(a) No person may, with knowledge of its character and content, sell, lend, distribute, or give away to a minor:\n\n(1) any picture, photograph, drawing, sculpture, motion picture film, or similar visual representation or image, including any such representation or image which is stored electronically, of a person or portion of the human body which depicts nudity, sexual conduct, or sado-masochistic abuse and which is harmful to minors; or\n\n(2) any book, pamphlet, magazine, printed matter however reproduced, or sound recording which contains any matter enumerated in subdivision (1) of this subsection, or explicit and detailed verbal descriptions or narrative accounts of sexual excitement, sexual conduct, or sado-masochistic abuse and which, taken as a whole, is harmful to minors.”\n\nNote: From § 2802(a) of Title 13, Chapter 63.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/fullchapter/13/063", "last_verified": "2026-10-17", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Vermont General Assembly", "evidence_quote": "§ 2802. Disseminating indecent material to a minor in the presence of the minor\n\n(a) No person may, with knowledge of its character and content, sell, lend, distribute, or give away to a minor:\n\n(1) any picture, photograph, drawing, sculpture, motion picture film, or similar visual representation or image, including any such representation or image which is stored electronically, of a person or portion of the human body which depicts nudity, sexual conduct, or sado-masochistic abuse and which is harmful to minors; or\n\n(2) any book, pamphlet, magazine, printed matter however reproduced, or sound recording which contains any matter enumerated in subdivision (1) of this subsection, or explicit and detailed verbal descriptions or narrative accounts of sexual excitement, sexual conduct, or sado-masochistic abuse and which, taken as a whole, is harmful to minors.", "volatility": "", "from_batch": "855-vermont-obscenity-and-distribution", "subject": "Vermont", "topic": "distribution or sale offence", "applies_to_country": "*", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "running", "region": [ "us-vt" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "rules.content", "safety.legal", "safety.harm" ], "explicitness": "explicit_partnered" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r855_vermont_obscenity_and_distribution_vt_harmful_minors_def", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Vermont: harmful-to-minors provision", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Vermont defines 'harmful to minors' material as that which predominantly appeals to minors' prurient interest, is patently offensive to adult community standards, and lacks serious value for minors", "body": "Vermont defines 'harmful to minors' material as that which predominantly appeals to minors' prurient interest, is patently offensive to adult community standards, and lacks serious value for minors\n\nWhat Vermont General Assembly actually says:\n\n“(6) “Harmful to minors” means that quality of any description or representation, in whatever form, of nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement, or sado-masochistic abuse, when it:\n\n(A) Predominantly appeals to the prurient, shameful, or morbid interest of minors; and\n\n(B) Is patently offensive to prevailing standards in the adult community in the State of Vermont as a whole with respect to what is suitable material for minors; and\n\n(C) Is taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value, for minors.”\n\nNote: Same as evidence for id vt-obscene-def from § 2801(6).", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/fullchapter/13/063", "last_verified": "2026-10-17", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Vermont General Assembly", "evidence_quote": "(6) “Harmful to minors” means that quality of any description or representation, in whatever form, of nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement, or sado-masochistic abuse, when it:\n\n(A) Predominantly appeals to the prurient, shameful, or morbid interest of minors; and\n\n(B) Is patently offensive to prevailing standards in the adult community in the State of Vermont as a whole with respect to what is suitable material for minors; and\n\n(C) Is taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value, for minors.", "volatility": "", "from_batch": "855-vermont-obscenity-and-distribution", "subject": "Vermont", "topic": "harmful-to-minors provision", "applies_to_country": "*", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "running", "region": [ "us-vt" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "rules.content", "safety.legal" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r855_vermont_obscenity_and_distribution_vt_penalty_distrib", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Vermont: penalty classification for offence", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Vermont imposes penalty of imprisonment not more than one year or fine not more than $1,000, or both for violating indecent material distribution provisions", "body": "Vermont imposes penalty of imprisonment not more than one year or fine not more than $1,000, or both for violating indecent material distribution provisions\n\nWhat Vermont General Assembly actually says:\n\n“§ 2807. Penalty\n\nA person who violates any provision of section 2802, 2802a, 2803, 2804, 2804a, or 2804b of this title shall be imprisoned not more than one year or fined not more than $1,000.00, or both. (Added 1967, No. 340 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; amended 1973, No. 204 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; 2001, No. 41, § 10.)”\n\nNote: From § 2807 of Title 13, Chapter 63. Applies to distribution offenses under §§ 2802-2804b.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/fullchapter/13/063", "last_verified": "2026-10-17", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Vermont General Assembly", "evidence_quote": "§ 2807. Penalty\n\nA person who violates any provision of section 2802, 2802a, 2803, 2804, 2804a, or 2804b of this title shall be imprisoned not more than one year or fined not more than $1,000.00, or both. (Added 1967, No. 340 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; amended 1973, No. 204 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; 2001, No. 41, § 10.)", "volatility": "", "from_batch": "855-vermont-obscenity-and-distribution", "subject": "Vermont", "topic": "penalty classification for offence", "applies_to_country": "*", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "trouble", "region": [ "us-vt" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "rules.enforcement", "safety.legal" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r855_vermont_obscenity_and_distribution_vt_online_sales_adults", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Vermont: obscenity statute reach", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Vermont's harmful to minors provisions apply regardless of whether distribution occurs in person or electronically, including outside the minor's presence", "body": "Vermont's harmful to minors provisions apply regardless of whether distribution occurs in person or electronically, including outside the minor's presence\n\nWhat Vermont General Assembly actually says:\n\n“§ 2802a. Disseminating indecent material to a minor outside the presence of the minor\n\n(a) No person may, with knowledge of its character and content, and with actual knowledge that the recipient is a minor, sell, lend, distribute, or give away:\n\n(1) any picture, photograph, drawing, sculpture, motion picture film, or similar visual representation or image, including any such representation or image which is communicated, transmitted, or stored electronically, of a person or portion of the human body which depicts nudity, sexual conduct, or sado-masochistic abuse and which is harmful to minors; or\n\n(2) any book, pamphlet, magazine, printed matter, however reproduced, or sound recording which contains any matter enumerated in subdivision (1) of this subsection, or explicit and detailed verbal descriptions or narrative accounts of sexual excitement, sexual conduct, or sado-masochistic abuse and which, taken as a whole, is harmful to minors.”\n\nNote: From § 2802a shows electronic/digital distribution is covered. The statute reaches online sales to adults (§ 2802 requires recipient to be minor), but has provisions for electronic transmission.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/fullchapter/13/063", "last_verified": "2026-10-17", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Vermont General Assembly", "evidence_quote": "§ 2802a. Disseminating indecent material to a minor outside the presence of the minor\n\n(a) No person may, with knowledge of its character and content, and with actual knowledge that the recipient is a minor, sell, lend, distribute, or give away:\n\n(1) any picture, photograph, drawing, sculpture, motion picture film, or similar visual representation or image, including any such representation or image which is communicated, transmitted, or stored electronically, of a person or portion of the human body which depicts nudity, sexual conduct, or sado-masochistic abuse and which is harmful to minors; or\n\n(2) any book, pamphlet, magazine, printed matter, however reproduced, or sound recording which contains any matter enumerated in subdivision (1) of this subsection, or explicit and detailed verbal descriptions or narrative accounts of sexual excitement, sexual conduct, or sado-masochistic abuse and which, taken as a whole, is harmful to minors.", "volatility": "", "from_batch": "855-vermont-obscenity-and-distribution", "subject": "Vermont", "topic": "obscenity statute reach", "applies_to_country": "*", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "running", "region": [ "us-vt" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "access.geo", "rules.content", "safety.legal" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } } ] }