Sexting Laws in Nevada
In Nevada, minors who send sexually explicit images of themselves to others are considered a child in need of supervision for the first violation. For further violations, they can be subject to the same penalties if they had been an adult committing a misdemeanor. They are not considered sex offenders and are not subject to […]
Sexting Laws in New Hampshire
There is no sexting law in New Hampshire as of July, 2022. However, the law below may be indirectly or directly implicated. Revenge Porn Law: 644:9-a. Nonconsensual Dissemination of Private Sexual Images I. In this section: (a) “Disseminate” means to import, publish, produce, print, manufacture, distribute, sell, lease, exhibit, or display. (b) “Image” means a […]
Sexting Laws in New Jersey
In New Jersey, every sexting complaint is reviewed for recommendations to be dismissed, diverted, or referred for court action based on several criteria. If they are diverted, they will participate in a remedial education or counseling program paid for by the juvenile’s parent or guardian. This program is designed to educate the teen on the […]
Sexting Laws in New Mexico
HB 65, signed into law February 25, 2016: The provisions of Subsection A of this section shall not apply to a depiction possessed by a child under the age of eighteen in which the depicted child is between the ages of fourteen and eighteen and the depicted child knowingly and voluntarily consented to the possession, […]
Sexting Laws in New York
In New York, the two persons involved in sending and receiving the message must both be under twenty and must be within five years of age from each other. They will have to participate in an education reform program that involves a maximum of eight hours of instruction that provides information regarding the legal consequences […]
Sexting Laws in North Carolina
There is no sexting law in North Carolina as of July, 2022. However, the law below may be indirectly or directly implicated. Revenge Porn Law: http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H792v6.pdf
Sexting Laws in North Dakota
It is a misdemeanor to create or possess a sexually expressive image without written consent of the individual. It is a misdemeanor to send sexually expressive images with the intent to harm the individual in the image who has a reasonable expectation of privacy; or after being told by the individual, parent or guardian does […]
Sexting Laws in Ohio
There is no sexting law in Ohio as of July, 2022. Proposed sexting bill (2019): https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_133/bills/sb239/IN/00?format=pdf Revenge porn law: (March 2019) Prohibit disseminating private sexual images. To amend sections 2907.01, 2981.02, and 2981.04 and to enact sections 9.74, 2307.66, 2917.211, and 3345.49 of the Revised Code to prohibit the nonconsensual dissemination of private sexual images, […]
Sexting Laws in Oklahoma
2014 Oklahoma Statutes Title 10A. Children and Juvenile Code §10A-2-8-221. Transmission of obscenity and child pornography. A. Whenever the district attorney for any district has reasonable cause to believe that an individual, with knowledge of its content, is engaged in sending a transmission or causing a transmission to originate within this state containing obscene material […]
Sexting Laws in Oregon
There is no sexting law in Oregon as of July 2022. However, the law below may be indirectly or directly implicated. ORS 163.689 Possession of materials depicting sexually explicit conduct of a child in the second degree (1) A person commits the crime of possession of materials depicting sexually explicit conduct of a child in […]
