{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-61-8a-5","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 61-8A-5","heading":"Employment or use of minor to produce obscene matter or assist in doing sexually explicit conduct; penalties.","body":"Any adult who, with knowledge that a person is a minor or who fails to exercise reasonable care in ascertaining the age of a minor, hires, employs or uses such minor to produce obscene matter or to do or assist in doing any sexually explicit conduct, is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $50,000 or confined in a state correctional facility for not more than ten years, or both.","path":["CHAPTER 61. CRIMES AND THEIR PUNISHMENT.","ARTICLE 8A. PREPARATION, DISTRIBUTION OR EXHIBITION OF OBSCENE MATTER TO MINORS."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/61-8A-5/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:31:28Z","sha256":"b7b32b7fd688fbe4b44fd43ecd9eb29577c3391f0057104552605eee11ef93f6","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-61-8a-4","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-61-8a-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}