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.

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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.