I. A person is guilty of a misdemeanor if he commits obscenity when, with knowledge of the nature of content thereof, he:
- (a) Sells, delivers or provides, or offers or agrees to sell, deliver or provide, any obscene material; or
- (b) Presents or directs an obscene play, dance or performance, or participates in that portion thereof which makes it obscene; or
- (c) Publishes, exhibits or otherwise makes available any obscene material; or
- (d) Possesses any obscene material for purposes of sale or other commercial dissemination; or
- (e) Sells, advertises or otherwise commercially disseminates material, whether or not obscene, by representing or suggesting that it is obscene.
II. A person who commits any of the acts specified in subparagraphs (a) through (e) of paragraph I with knowledge that such act involves a child in material deemed obscene pursuant to this chapter is guilty of:
- (a) A class B felony if such person has had no prior convictions in this state or another state for the conduct described in this paragraph;
- (b) A class A felony if such person has had one or more prior convictions in this state or another state for the conduct described in this paragraph.
- III. For the second and for each subsequent violation of paragraph I, such person shall be guilty of a class B felony.
Source. 1971, 518:1. 1976, 46:4. 1977, 199:2. 1983, 448:3. 1994, 60:2, eff. Jan. 1, 1995.