what states is porn illegal in?

I'm in wisconsin, and apparently it's illegal to make porn here...but that's just hearsay right now. I haven't confirmed it yet.

It is unfortunately not that simple. Pornography is not illegal in the US. Obscenity is illegal, the issue is how do you define obscenity. The current Miller standard is very old and looks to community standards which translate to how a jury votes. In other words if you are prosecuted in a very conservative area (bible bangers) you might find yourself guity for sellign something totally acceptable in a larger city in the same state.

most of the Australian States porn is banned. I would be interested to see what American states it is banned.

get a lawyer

There are a few states as well as several zip codes where we cannot ship physical product:

http://www.pornvideo.com/main.link/div/help/page/ship

Hope this helps

It would be more county to county not state to state , CECASH wont pay you if you live in certain zip codes in the u.s. because its illegal for you to be viewing adult material. ( well i dont know why , im just presuming but thats prob why ) I have talked to other webmasters in these zip codes that have gotten paid fine from ce , so i dunno but i dunno if i would risk it ??

All of the following areas constitute PROHIBITED AREAS from which no part of the Site may be accessed, viewed, downloaded or otherwise received:

All parts of the United States of America corresponding to the entire areas corresponding to United States Postal Service zip codes commencing with any of the following three digits:


ALABAMA: 350, 351, 352, 354, 355, 356, 357, 358, 359, 360, 361, 362, 363, 364, 365, 366, 367, 368, 369

ARKANSAS: 716, 717, 718, 719, 720, 721, 722, 723, 724, 725, 726, 727, 728, 729

FLORIDA: 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336, 337, 338, 339, 340, 341, 342, 344, 346, 347, 349 - MILITARY

GEORGIA: 300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319

ILLINOIS: 600, 601, 602, 603, 604, 605, 606, 607, 609, 610, 611, 612, 613, 614, 615, 616, 617, 618, 619, 620, 622, 623, 624, 625, 626, 627, 628, 629

INDIANA: 460, 461, 462, 463, 464, 465, 466, 467, 468, 469, 470, 471, 472, 473, 474, 475, 476, 477, 478, 479

KANSAS: 660, 661, 662, 664, 665, 666, 667, 668, 669, 670, 671, 672, 673, 674, 675, 676, 677, 678, 679

KENTUCKY: 400, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410, 411, 412, 413, 414, 415, 416, 417, 418, 420, 421, 422, 423, 424, 425, 426, 427, 730, 731

LOUISIANA: 700, 701, 703, 704, 705, 706, 707, 708, 710, 711, 712, 713, 714

MISSISSIPPI: 386, 387, 388, 389, 390, 391, 392, 393, 394, 395, 396, 397

MISSOURI: 630, 631, 633, 634, 635, 636, 637, 638, 639, 640, 641, 644, 645, 646, 647, 648, 650, 651, 652, 653, 654, 655, 656, 657, 658

NEBRASKA: 680, 681, 683, 684, 685, 686, 687, 688, 689, 690, 691, 692, 693

NORTH CAROLINA: 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288, 289

OKLAHOMA: 730, 731, 734, 735, 736, 737, 738, 739, 740, 741, 743, 744, 745, 746, 747, 748, 749

PENNSYLVANIA (EAST): 173, 174, 175, 176, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 193, 194, 195, 196

PENNSYLVANIA (WEST): 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 177

SOUTH CAROLINA: 290, 291, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 297, 298, 299

SOUTH DAKOTA: 570, 571, 572, 573, 574, 575, 576, 577

TENNESSEE: 370, 371, 372, 373, 374, 376, 377, 378, 379, 380, 381, 382, 383, 384, 385

TEXAS: 750, 751, 754, 755, 756, 757, 758, 759, 760, 761, 762, 763, 764, 765, 766, 767, 768, 769, 770, 771, 772, 773, 774, 775, 776, 777, 778, 779, 780, 781, 782, 783, 784, 785, 786, 787, 788, 789, 790, 791, 792, 793, 794, 795, 796, 797, 798, 799

UTAH: 840, 841, 843, 844, 845, 846, 847

VIRGINIA: 201, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246

WEST VIRGINIA: 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268

To the best of my knowledge...it is illegal in all states...in the sense that if a local prosecuter decided...for whatever reason...to prosecute you...he can. It then depends upon which jury you get as to being convicted...because community standards comes into play.

I didn't think having porn was banned in any state, I heard someone talking about making it in some state was illegal though. That's about all I know though.

Well it is .

Like i said its mostly county to county not state to state , i dont think any STATE law outright bans porn, but i know certain counties ban hardcore porn of any kind, that means via rentals in your video store , via magazines at 7-11 or even thru sat t.v. or internet.

can you imagine if they outlawed porn like drugs.... What would these horny bastards jerk off to? Victoria's Secret? Then you will see that banned next... or worse.. they will just go out and rape women to get off...

Porn is great... it allows people to let off a lot of tension that they may focus in other areas or acted out upon in other ways....

i don't know if there's really a law that says PORN is ILLEGAL!!!

I prefer Adult Entertainment.

the more demand for something the price goes up.

make porn illegal like alcohol was during probition and the price will sky rocket.

do you really think the drug dealers want to see legal drugs?

they would be out of a job.

Porn in the US!?

Porn on the internet can be located anywhere can´t it?

Or is that a definition as well?

i dont think id make porn anywhere but southern california, southeast florida, or las vegas.

Look up at the list i posted of the area codes...


In many areas it is illegal. County law prohibits porn period.

If a video store has a copy of debbie does dallas they go to jail.

You arent even allowed to rent videos via your sattelite dish . ( technically ) or the internet , but as if they know how to regulate that sort of stuff, I know that in texas in some places they remove the playboy channel from certain counties, and porn videos are illegal but playboy mag can be sold in a black bag , but no hustler or hardcore.

well, you learn something new everyday. that's pretty much the whole damn state, far as i know.

glad i'm not in the adult video shipping biz.

it's funny tho, you can have an adult bookstore in those zipcodes, but you can't _ship_ stuff there... wierd.

although a local adult store owner got thrown in jail a while back for opening up a store in some tiny-ass town (which is all of them in nebraska except 2), just recently got out. spent a couple months or so in the slammer i guess for dirtifying a community or something.