§ 531.010 Definitions
§ 531.020 Distribution of obscene matter
§ 531.030 Distribution of obscene matter to minors
§ 531.040 Using minors to distribute obscene material
§ 531.050 Advertising obscene material
§ 531.060 Promoting sale of obscenity
§ 531.070 Exemptions
§ 531.080 Special verdict
§ 531.090 Voyeurism
§ 531.100 Video voyeurism
§ 531.105 Application of KRS 531.100
§ 531.110 Sealing and destruction of images in cases of video voyeurism
§ 531.120 Distribution of sexually explicit images without consent
§ 531.300 Definitions for KRS 531.080 and 531.310 to 531.370
§ 531.305 Treatment in criminal or civil proceeding of property or material portraying child pornography or a sexual performance by a minor
§ 531.310 Use of a minor in a sexual performance
§ 531.320 Promoting a sexual performance by a minor
§ 531.330 Presumption as to minority
§ 531.335 Possession or viewing of matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor — Applicability
§ 531.340 Distribution of matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor
§ 531.350 Promoting sale of material portraying a sexual performance by a minor
§ 531.360 Advertising material portraying a sexual performance by a minor
§ 531.370 Using minors to distribute material portraying a sexual performance by a minor
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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes > Chapter 531 - Pornography

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Attorney: means attorney-at-law. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • City: includes town. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Company: may extend and be applied to any corporation, company, person, partnership, joint stock company, or association. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Distribute: means to transfer possession of, whether with or without consideration. See Kentucky Statutes 531.010
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Matter: means any book, magazine, newspaper, or other printed or written material
    or any picture, drawing, photograph, motion picture, live image transmitted over the
    Internet or other electronic network, or other pictorial representation or any statue or other figure, or any recording transcription or mechanical, chemical or electrical reproduction or any other articles, equipment, machines, or materials. See Kentucky Statutes 531.010
  • Obscene: means :
    (a) To the average person, applying contemporary community standards, the predominant appeal of the matter, taken as a whole, is to prurient interest in sexual conduct. See Kentucky Statutes 531.010
  • Private erotic matter: means an obscene visual image, including a photograph, film, video recording, or digital reproduction, of an identifiable person, depicting sexual conduct or the exposure of uncovered human genitals, buttocks, or nipple of the female breast. See Kentucky Statutes 531.010
  • Sexual conduct: means acts of masturbation, homosexuality, lesbianism, bestiality, sexual intercourse, or deviant sexual intercourse. See Kentucky Statutes 531.010
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Treatment: when used in a criminal justice context, means targeted interventions
    that focus on criminal risk factors in order to reduce the likelihood of criminal behavior. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.