California · Penal Code
PEN §311.7: Every person who, knowingly, as a condition to a sale, allocation, consignment, or delivery for resale of any paper, magazine, book, periodical, publication or other merchandise, requires that the pur
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A person who requires purchasers to accept obscene material as a condition of sale or penalizes them for refusing or returning such material is guilty of a misdemeanor.
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