Duty LXD-6029
Publishes adult content, in North Dakota
HB 1561, age verification for sexual material harmful to minorssince 3 lines
2025 H.B. 1561 (new section of N.D. Cent. Code ch. 51-07; the codified section, N.D. Cent. Code § 51-07-32, carries the text of 2025 S.B. 2380) · Read the law's page
- Applies to commercial entities that knowingly publish or distribute sexual material harmful to minors on a website where more than one third of the content meets that definition.
- Perform reasonable age verification, such as a digitized identification card or a commercial verification system using a government ID or transactional data.
- Do not retain identifying information after access is granted; this binds a third party performing verification as well.
House Bill 1351 (2025), sexually expressive images including AI-generated or altered deepfakessince 3 lines
N.D. Cent. Code § 12.1-27.1-03.3 · Read the law's page
- Do not surreptitiously create or knowingly possess a sexually expressive image, whether real, altered, or computer-generated, of an identifiable individual without that individual's written consent.
- Do not distribute or publish a sexually expressive image, including a computer-generated or AI-altered one, with intent to cause emotional harm or humiliation, or after the depicted individual or their parent or guardian has told you they do not consent.
- A depicted individual harmed by a violation of this section committed for sexual arousal, gratification, humiliation, degradation, or monetary or commercial gain may sue for damages, including statutory damages of up to ten thousand dollars per defendant, plus attorney fees and injunctive relief.
SB 2380, age verification for sexual material harmful to minors (companion to HB 1561)since 4 lines
N.D. Cent. Code § 51-07-32 (created by 2025 S.B. 2380) · Read the law's page
- Applies to commercial entities that knowingly publish or distribute sexual material harmful to minors on a website where more than one third of the content meets that definition.
- Verify that visitors are 18 or older using a digitized identification card or a commercial age verification system relying on government-issued identification, a commercially available age and identity database, or transactional data.
- Do not retain identifying information after access is granted.
- You are not liable solely for providing access to third-party content if you are an internet service provider, search engine, cloud provider, or application store; the law does not require device makers, operating systems, or app stores to send age signals.