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These entries come directly from state web pages, or from my finding them
in the library. Note that in some cases I have edited the text so as only to
include the parts related to nudity (for instance, I've often omitted references
to sexual conduct like masturbation).
| State |
Statutes |
| Alabama |
Sec. 13A-6-68, Indecent exposure. (a) A person commits the crime of
indecent exposure if, with intent to arouse or gratify sexual desire of
himself or of any person other than his spouse, he exposes his genitals
under circumstances in which he knows his conduct is likely to cause affront
or alarm in any public place or on the private premises of another or so
near thereto as to be seen from such private premises.
Sec. 13A-12-130, Public lewdness. (a) A person commits the crime of public
lewdness if: (1) He exposes his anus or genitals in a public place and is
reckless about whether another may be present who will be offended or
alarmed by his act; or (2) He does any lewd act in a public place which he
knows is likely to be observed by others who would be affronted or alarmed. |
| Alaska |
Sec. 11.41.460. Indecent Exposure. (a) An offender commits the crime of
indecent exposure if the offender intentionally exposes the offender's
genitals to another person with reckless disregard for the offensive,
insulting, or frightening effect the act may have on that person. |
| Arizona |
13-1402. Indecent exposure. A. A person commits indecent exposure if he
or she exposes his or her genitals or anus or she exposes the areola or
nipple of her breast or breasts and another person is present, and the
defendant is reckless about whether such other person, as a reasonable
person, would be offended or alarmed by the act. |
| Arkansas |
Section 5-68-204. You may not be nude in Arkansas in the presence of
any person of the opposite sex who is not your spouse
It shall be unlawfull for any person, club, camp, corporation, partnership,
association, or organization to advocate, demonstrate, or promote nudism, or
for any person to rent, lease, or otherwise permit his land, premises, or
buildings to be used for the purpose of advocating, demonstrating, or
promoting nudism. |
| California |
Penal Code Section 314. Every person who willfully and lewdly, either:
1. Exposes his person, or the private parts thereof, in any public place, or
in any place where there are present other persons to be offended or annoyed
thereby; or, 2. Procures, counsels, or assists any person so to expose
himself or take part in any model artist exhibition, or to make any other
exhibition of himself to public view, or the view of any number of persons,
such as is offensive to decency, or is adapted to excite to vicious or lewd
thoughts or acts, is guilty of a misdemeanor. |
| Colorado |
18-7-302, Indecent Exposure. (1) A person commits indecent exposure if
he knowingly exposes his genitals to the view of any person under
circumstances in which such conduct is likely to cause affront or alarm to
the other person. |
| Connecticut |
Sec. 53a-186, Public indecency. (a) A person is guilty of public
indecency when he performs any of the following acts in a public place: (1)
An act of sexual intercourse as defined in subdivision (2) of section
53a-65; or (2) a lewd exposure of the body with intent to arouse or to
satisfy the sexual desire of the person; or (3) a lewd fondling or caress of
the body of another person. For the purposes of this section, ``public
place'' means any place where the conduct may reasonably be expected to be
viewed by others. |
| Delaware |
Title 11 Section 764. (a) A male is guilty of indecent exposure in the
second degree if he exposes his genitals or buttocks under circumstances in
which he knows his conduct is likely to cause affront or alarm to another
person. (b) A female is guilty of indecent exposure in the second degree if
she exposes her genitals, breast or buttocks under circumstances in which
she knows her conduct is likely to cause affront or alarm to another person.
Title 11 Section 765. (a) A male is guilty of indecent exposure in the first
degree if he exposes his genitals or buttocks to a person who is less than
16 years of age under circumstances in which he knows his conduct is likely
to cause affront or alarm. (b) A female is guilty of indecent exposure in
the first degree if she exposes her genitals, breast or buttocks to a person
who is less than 16 years of age under circumstances in which she knows her
conduct is likely to cause affront or alarm. |
| Florida |
Chapter 800.03, Exposure of sexual organs. It is unlawful to expose or
exhibit one's sexual organs in public or on the private premises of another,
or so near thereto as to be seen from such private premises, in a vulgar or
indecent manner, or to be naked in public except in any place provided or
set apart for that purpose. |
| Georgia |
16-6-8, Public Indecency. (a) A person commits the offense of public
indecency when he or she performs any of the following acts in a public
place: (1) An act of sexual intercourse; (2) A lewd exposure of the sexual
organs; (3) A lewd appearance in a state of partial or complete nudity; or
(4) A lewd caress or indecent fondling of the body of another person. |
| Hawaii |
707-734, Indecent exposure. A person commits the offense of indecent
exposure if, the person intentionally exposes the person's genitals to a
person to whom the person is not married under circumstances in which the
actor's conduct is likely to cause affront. |
| Idaho |
18-4116, Indecent Exposure. Every person who willfully and lewdly,
either: (1) Exposes his or her genitals, in any public place, or in any
place where there is present another person or persons who are offended or
annoyed thereby; or, (2) Procures, counsels, or assists any person so to
expose his or her genitals, where there is present another person or persons
who are offended or annoyed thereby is guilty of a misdemeanor. |
| Illinois |
720 ILCS 5/11-9, Public Indecency. (a) Any person of the age of 17 years
and upwards who performs any of the following acts in a public place
commites a public indecency: (2) A lewd exposure of the body done with
intent to arouse or to satisfy the sexual desire of the person. |
| Indiana |
35-45-4-1 Section 1. (a) A person who knowingly or intentionally, in a
public place: (1) engages in sexual intercourse; (2) engages in deviate
sexual conduct; (3) appears in a state of nudity; or (4) fondles the
genitals of himself or another person; commits public indecency, a Class A
misdemeanor. (b) ``Nudity'' means the showing of the human male or female
genitals, pubic area, or buttocks with less than a fully opaque covering,
the showing of the female breast with less than a fully opaque covering of
any part of the nipple, or the showing of covered male genitals in a
discernibly turgid state. |
| Iowa |
709.9, Indecent exposure. A person who exposes the person's genitals or
pubes to another not the person's spouse, or who commits a sex act in the
presence of or view of a third person, commits a serious misdemeanor, if: 1.
The person does so to arouse or satisfy the sexual desires of either party;
and 2. The person knows or reasonably should know that the act is offensive
to the viewer. |
| Kansas |
KSA 21-3508, Lewd And Lascivious Behavior. 1. Lewd and lascivious
behavior is: (b) the exposure of a sex organ in a public place, or in the
presence of a person who is not the spouse of the offender and who has not
consented thereto, with intent to arouse or gratify the sexual desires of
the offender or another. |
| Kentucky |
510.150, Indecent exposure. (1) A person is guilty of indecent exposure
when he intentionally exposes his genitals under circumstances in which he
knows or should know his conduct is likely to cause affront or alarm. |
| Louisiana |
14:106, Obscenity. A. The crime of obscenity is the intentional: (1)
Exposure of the genitals, pubic hair, anus, vulva, or female breast nipples
in any public place or place open to the public view with the intent of
arousing sexual desire or which appeals to prurient interest or is patently
offensive. |
| Maine |
Title 17-A, Chap. 35, Sec. 854, Indecent conduct. 1. A person is guilty
of indecent conduct if: A. In a public place: (1) The actor engages in a
sexual act, as defined in section 251; or (2) The actor knowingly exposes
the actor's genitals under circumstances that, in fact, are likely to cause
affront or alarm; B. In a private place, the actor exposes the actor's
genitals with the intention that the actor be seen from a public place or
from another private place; or C. In a private place, the actor exposes the
actor's genitals with the intention that the actor be seen by another person
in that private place under circumstances that the actor knows are likely to
cause affront or alarm. |
| Maryland |
Common Law. |
| Massachusetts |
Chapter 272: Section 53. Penalty for certain offenses. . . . and persons
guilty of indecent exposure may be punished by imprisonment in a jail or
house of correction for not more than six months, or by a fine of not more
than two hundred dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment. (Public
Indecency defined by Common Law.) |
| Michigan |
Section 750.335a, Indecent Exposure. Any person who shall knowingly make
any open or indecent exposure of his or her person or of the person of
another shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment in the
county jail for not more than 1 year, or by a fine of not more than $500.00. |
| Minnesota |
617.23, Indecent exposure. (a) A person is guilty of a misdemeanor who
in any public place, or in any place where others are present: (1) willfully
and lewdly exposes the person's body, or the private parts thereof; (2)
procures another to expose private parts; or (3) engages in any open or
gross lewdness or lascivious behavior, or any public indecency other than
behavior specified in clause (1) or (2) or this clause. |
| Mississippi |
Sec. 97-29-31, Indecent exposure. A person who wilfully and lewdly
exposes his person, or private parts thereof, in any public place, or in any
place where others are present, or procures another to so expose himself, is
guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, . . . |
| Missouri |
566.093. 1. A person commits the crime of sexual misconduct in the
second degree if he: (1) Exposes his genitals under circumstances in which
he knows that his conduct is likely to cause affront or alarm; |
| Montana |
45-5-504, Indecent exposure. (1) A person who, for the purpose of
arousing or gratifying the person's own sexual desire or the sexual desire
of any person, exposes the person's genitals under circumstances in which
the person knows the conduct is likely to cause affront or alarm commits the
offense of indecent exposure. |
| Nebraska |
28-806, Public indecency. (1) A person, eighteen years of age or over,
commits public indecency if such person performs or procures, or assists any
other person to perform, in a public place and where the conduct may
reasonably be expected to be viewed by members of the public: (a) An act of
sexual penetration; or (b) An exposure of the genitals of the body done with
intent to affront or alarm any person; or (c) A lewd fondling or caressing
of the body of another person of the same or opposite sex. |
| Nevada |
201.210, Open or gross lewdness: 1. A person who commits any act of open
or gross lewdness is guilty: (a) For the first offense, of a gross
misdemeanor. . . .
201.220, Indecent or obscene exposure: 1. A person who makes any open and
indecent or obscene exposure of his person, or of the person of another, is
guilty: (a) For the first offense, of a gross misdemeanor. . . . |
| New Hampshire |
645:1, Indecent Exposure and Lewdness. A person is guilty of a
misdemeanour if he fornicates, exposes his genitals or performs any other
act of gross lewdness under circumstances which he should know will likely
cause affront or alarm. |
| New Jersey |
2C:14-4, Lewdness. a. A person commits a disorderly persons offense if
he does any flagrantly lewd and offensive act which he knows or reasonably
expects is likely to be observed by other nonconsenting persons who would be
affronted or alarmed. c. As used in this section: ``lewd acts'' shall
include the exposing of the genitals for the purpose of arousing or
gratifying the sexual desire of the actor or of any other person. |
| New Mexico |
30-9-14, Indecent exposure. A. Indecent exposure consists of a person
knowingly and intentionally exposing his primary genital area to public
view. B. As used in this section, ``primary genital area'' means the mons
pubis, penis, testicles, mons veneris, vulva or vagina. |
| New York |
245.00, Public lewdness. A person is guilty of public lewdness when he
intentionally exposes the private or intimate parts of his body in a lewd
manner or commits any other lewd act (a) in a public place, or (b) in
private premises under circumstances in which he may readily be observed
from either a public place or from other private premises, and with intent
that he be so observed.
245.01, Exposure of a person. A person is guilty of exposure if he appears
in a public place in such a manner that the private or intimate parts of his
body are unclothed or exposed. For purposes of this section, the private or
intimate parts of a female person (People
v. Santorelli limits this to commercial situations) shall include
that portion of the breast which is below the top of the areola. This
section shall not apply to the breastfeeding of infants or to any person
entertaining or performing in a play, exhibition, show or entertainment. |
| North Carolina |
Sec. 14-190.9, Indecent exposure. (a) Any person who shall willfully
expose the private parts of his or her person in any public place and in the
presence of any other person or persons, of the opposite sex, or aids or
abets in any such act, or who procures another to perform such act; or any
person, who as owner, manager, lessee, director, promoter or agent, or in
any other capacity knowingly hires, leases or permits the land, building, or
premises of which he is owner, lessee or tenant, or over which he has
control, to be used for purposes of any such act, shall be guilty of a Class
2 misdemeanor. |
| North Dakota |
Sec. 12.1-20-12.1. Indecent exposure. A person shall be guilty of a
class B misdemeanor for: 1. Knowingly exposing one's penis, vulva, or anus
in a public place with the intent to annoy or harass another person. 2.
Masturbating in a public place. |
| Ohio |
Section 2907.09, Public Indecency. (A) No person shall recklessly do any
of the following, under circumstances in which his or her conduct is likely
to be viewed by and affront others, not members of his or her household: (1)
Expose his or her private parts, or engage in masturbation; . . . |
| Oklahoma |
21-1021. A. Every person who willfully either: 1. Lewdly exposes his
person or genitals in any public place, or in any place where there are
present other persons to be offended or annoyed thereby; |
| Oregon |
163.465, Public indecency. (1) A person commits the crime of public
indecency if while in, or in view of, a public place the person performs:
(a) An act of sexual intercourse; or (b) An act of deviate sexual
intercourse; or (c) An act of exposing the genitals of the person with the
intent of arousing the sexual desire of the person or another person. |
| Pennsylvania |
Title 18 Section 3127, Indecent Exposure. (a) Offense defined.--A person
commits indecent exposure if that person exposes his or her genitals in any
public place or in any place where there are present other persons under
circumstances in which he or she knows or should know that this conduct is
likely to offend, affront or alarm. (b) Grading.--If the person knows or
should have known that any of the persons present are less than 16 years of
age, indecent exposure under subsection (a) is a misdemeanor of the first
degree. Otherwise, indecent exposure under subsection (a) is a misdemeanor
of the second degree.
Title 18 Section 5901, Open lewdness. A person commits a misdemeanor of the
third degree if he does any lewd act which he knows is likely to be observed
by others who would be affronted or alarmed. |
| Rhode Island |
Sec. 11-45-1, Disorderly Conduct. (a) A person commits disorderly
conduct if he or she intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly: (7) Exposes
his or her genitals to the view of others under circumstances in which his
or her conduct is likely to cause affront, distress, or alarm to such other
persons. (RI has no specific statute on Indecent Exposure.) |
| South Carolina |
Sec. 16-15-130. Indecent exposure. It is unlawful for a person to
wilfully, maliciously, and indecently expose his person in a public place,
on property of others, or to the view of any person on a street or highway. |
| South Dakota |
22-24-1, Indecent exposure. Any person who intentionally and with an
immoral purpose exposes his or her genitalia in any place where there is
present any person, other than the spouse of the exposer, to be offended or
annoyed thereby, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. |
| Tennessee |
39-13-511, Public indecency - Indecent exposure. (a)(1)(A) A person
commits the offense of public indecency who, in a public place, as defined
in subdivision (a)(2)(B), knowingly or intentionally: (ii) Appears in a
state of nudity; (2) As used in subdivision (a)(1): (A) "Nudity" or "state
of nudity" means the showing of the bare human male or female genitals or
pubic area with less than a fully opaque covering, the showing of the female
breast with less than a fully opaque covering of the areola, or the showing
of the covered male genitals in a discernibly turgid state. "Nudity" or
"state of nudity" does not include a mother in the act of nursing the
mother's baby; |
| Texas |
Title 9 Section 21.08, Indecent Exposure. (a) A person commits an
offense if he exposes his anus or any part of his genitals with intent to
arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any person, and he is reckless about
whether another is present who will be offended or alarmed by his act.
Title 9 Section 42.01, Disorderly Conduct. (a) A person commits an offense
if he intentionally or knowingly: (1) Exposes his anus or genitals in a
public place and is reckless about whether another may be present who will
be offended or alarmed by his act. |
| Utah |
76-9-702. Lewdness--Gross lewdness. (1) A person is guilty of lewdness
if the person under circumstances not amounting to rape, object rape,
forcible sodomy, forcible sexual abuse, aggravated sexual assault, or an
attempt to commit any of these offenses, performs an act of sexual
intercourse or sodomy, exposes his or her genitals or private parts,
masturbates, engages in trespassory voyeurism, or performs any other act of
lewdness in a public place or under circumstances which the person should
know will likely cause affront or alarm to, on, or in the presence of
another who is 14 years of age or older. |
| Vermont |
Chapter 59, Section 2601, Lewd and Lascivious Conduct. A person guilty
of open and gross lewdness and lascivious behavior shall be imprisoned not
more than five years or fined not more than $300.00, or both. |
| Virginia |
18.2-387, Indecent exposure. Every person who intentionally makes an
obscene display or exposure of his person, or the private parts thereof, in
any public place, or in any place where others are present, or procures
another to so expose himself, shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. No
person shall be deemed to be in violation of this section for breastfeeding
a child in any public place or any place where others are present. |
| Washington |
RCW 9A.88.010, Indecent Exposure. (1) A person is guilty of indecent
exposure if he intentionally makes any open and obscene exposure of his
person or the person of another knowing that such conduct is likely to cause
reasonable affront or alarm. |
| West Virginia |
61-8-9, Indecent exposure. (a) A person is guilty of indecent exposure
when such person intentionally exposes his or her sex organs or anus or the
sex organs or anus of another person, or intentionally causes such exposure
by another or engages in any overt act of sexual gratification, and does so
under circumstances in which the person knows that the conduct is likely to
cause affront or alarm. |
| Wisconsin |
Section 944.20, Lewd and Lascivious Behavior. Whoever does any of the
following is guilty of a Class A misdeamor: (1) Commits an indecent act of
sexual gratification with another with knowledge that they are in the
presence of others; or (2) Publicly and indecently exposes genitals or pubic
area.
Section 948.10, Exposing genitals or pubic area. (1) Whoever, for purposes
of sexual arousal or sexual gratification, causes a child to expose genitals
or pubic area or exposes genitals or pubic area to a child is guilty of a
Class A misdemeanor. |
| Wyoming |
6-4-201, Public indecency. (a) A person is guilty of public indecency
if, while in a public place where he may reasonably be expected to be viewed
by others, he: (i) Performs an act of sexual intrusion, as defined by W.S.
6-2-301(a)(vii); or (ii) Exposes his intimate parts, as defined by W.S. 6-
2-301(a)(ii), with the intent of arousing the sexual desire of himself or
another person; or (iii) Engages in sexual contact, as defined by W.S. 6-
2-301(a)(vi), with or without consent, with the intent of arousing the
sexual desire of himself or another person.
6-2-301, Definitions. (ii) ``Intimate parts'' means the external genitalia,
perineum, anus or pubes of any person or the breast of a female person; |
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