ARTICLE 517: INDECENCY AND OBSCENITY

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ARTICLE 517: INDECENCY AND OBSCENITY

Section

517.01 Operating a place for or permitting or engaging in prostitution, lewdness or assignation

517.02 Detention of person in place of prostitution

517.03 Pandering

517.04 Pimping

517.05 Obscene or harassing telephone calls

517.06 Indecent exposure

517.07 Invasion of privacy by looking

517.08 Sale or display of obscene matter

517.99 Penalty

Statutory reference:

Authority to prevent indecent practices, see W.Va. Code § 8-12-5(19)

Authority to prohibit distribution of obscene literature, see W.Va. Code § 8-12-5(17)

Authority to suppress houses of ill fame, see W.Va. Code § 8-12-5(18)

Equitable remedies, see W.Va. Code Art. 61-9

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