Minnesota § 617.243 - INDECENT LITERATURE, DISTRIBUTION

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§ 617.243. INDECENT LITERATURE, DISTRIBUTION

Subdivision 1.Prohibited activity.

No person, copartnership or corporation shall, as a condition to a sale or delivery for resale of any paper, magazine, book, comic, periodical or publication, require that the purchaser or consignee receive for resale any other article, book, comic or other publication reasonably believed by the purchaser or consignee to be obscene as defined in section 617.241.

Subd. 2.Penalty.

A violation of subdivision 1 is a gross misdemeanor.

History:

1957 c 323 s 1; 1983 c 204 s 10

Official Publication of the State of Minnesota
Revisor of Statutes

Source: official Minnesota text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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