This website contains a detailed article concerning Section 2257. The original statutes and regulatory materials are provided on this page.

            Title 18 of the United States Code compiles all of the criminal laws of the federal government.

         18 USC Section 2257 regulates the creation of images of actual, explicit sex that are used or intended to be used in interstate commerce. The requirements of Section 2257 extend to all graphical representations and impose a series of duties on those who create the images related to data acquisition, record creation and maintenanance, notice of compliance, and inspection on government request.

            These statutory provisions depend on definitions found in Section 2256.

            The Attorney General's regulations implimenting Section 2257 are found in Chapter I, Part 75 of the Code of Federal Regulations. Sections 75.1 (Definitions), 75.2 (Maintenance of Records), 75.3 (Categorization of Records), 75.4 (Location of Records), 75.5 (Inspection of Records), 75.6 (Statement Describing Location of Records), 75.7 (Exemption Statement) and 75.8 (Location of Statement).

            Those regulations use a definition of personal identification documents found in 18 USC Section 1028(d).

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