---
kind: "unit"
title: "18"
title_heading: "Crimes and Criminal Procedure"
key: "ptI/ch71"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 71"
heading: "Obscenity"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/18/ptI-ch71"
sections_count: 12
---

# Chapter 71 — Obscenity

Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Part I — Crimes

## Sections

- [§1460. Possession with intent to sell, and sale, of obscene matter on Federal property](/usc/18/1460.md)
- [§1461. Mailing obscene or crime-inciting matter](/usc/18/1461.md)
- [§1462. Importation or transportation of obscene matters](/usc/18/1462.md)
- [§1463. Mailing indecent matter on wrappers or envelopes](/usc/18/1463.md)
- [§1464. Broadcasting obscene language](/usc/18/1464.md)
- [§1465. Production and transportation of obscene matters for sale or distribution](/usc/18/1465.md)
- [§1466. Engaging in the business of selling or transferring obscene matter](/usc/18/1466.md)
- [§1466A. Obscene visual representations of the sexual abuse of children](/usc/18/1466A.md)
- [§1467. Criminal forfeiture](/usc/18/1467.md)
- [§1468. Distributing obscene material by cable or subscription television](/usc/18/1468.md)
- [§1469. Presumptions](/usc/18/1469.md)
- [§1470. Transfer of obscene material to minors](/usc/18/1470.md)