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Indiana
SB 17 (2024), age verification for adult oriented websites
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In force since 1 July 2024.
An adult content age verification (AV) rule binding private bodies.
As of 2 September 2026.
What this law does
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Requires an adult oriented website, where at least one third of content is harmful to minors, to use a reasonable age verification method before granting access, and bars retention of a user's identifying information after verification. The Attorney General or a harmed parent may sue for injunctive relief and damages.
If you get it wrong
Criminal exposureNo
Private right of actionYes
Penalties
Attorney General may seek an injunction and a civil penalty up to $250,000; parents may sue for damages and attorney fees.
Penalty structure
Attorney General civil penalty of not more than $250,000 per action against a noncompliant adult oriented website, plus an injunction and the Attorney General's reasonable investigation and litigation costs.
- Rule
- Fixed only
- As of
- 2 September 2026
- Currency
- USD
- Fixed cap
- 250,000
Statutory damages
A parent or guardian of a minor who accessed a website that knowingly or intentionally violated the age-verification duty may elect either actual damages or damages of up to $5,000, plus injunctive relief, court costs, attorney's fees, and other litigation expenses. The same election and cap apply to a violation of the no-retention duty (Ind. Code sec. 24-4-23-13).
- As of
- 2 September 2026
- Currency
- USD
- Per person reckless
- 5,000
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
Indiana Attorney General
Litigation
- Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- Docket
- Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Rokita, No. 1:24-cv-980
- Posture
- Preliminary injunction issued June 30, 2024, lifted by the Seventh Circuit in August 2024. Following the Supreme Court's June 27, 2025 ruling in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton upholding Texas's materially identical law, the Seventh Circuit remanded with instructions to rule for the state.
What it reaches
Age threshold
18
Obligation class
Age verification, Retention
Verification methods
Gov ID, Transactional data, Third party service
When LexLint raises it
publishes_adult_content
Read the law
official Indiana Code text and Indiana General Assembly bill record
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