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Home » US Law » 2022 South Dakota Codified Laws » Title 22 - Crimes » Chapter 24A - Child Pornography » Section 22-24A-20 – Exemption of publications with redeeming social value.

22-24A-20. Exemption of publications with redeeming social value.

The provisions of §§22-22-24.3, 22-24A-1, 22-24A-1.1, 22-24A-3, 22-24A-3.1, and 22-24A-5 do not apply to the selling, lending, distributing, exhibiting, giving away, showing, possessing, or making of films, photographs, or other materials involving only nudity, if the materials are made for and have a serious literary, artistic, educational, or scientific value.

Source: SL 1978, ch 159, §5; SL 2002, ch 109, §33; SDCL, §22-22-25; SL 2005, ch 120, §§407, 414; SL 2021, ch 98, § 4.