Age verification laws for adult sites

Where the law requires adult websites to check that a visitor is 18 or over, and since when. 35 of the 112 places listed here have such a law in force.

Last checked 9 Nov 2026 · 112 places · Download CSV

United States

Alaska: No age-check lawAKMaine: No age-check lawMEVermont: No age-check lawVTNew Hampshire: No age-check lawNHWashington: No age-check lawWAIdaho: Age check required from 1 Jul 2024IDMontana: Age check required from 1 Jan 2024MTNorth Dakota: Age check required from 1 Aug 2025NDMinnesota: No age-check lawMNIllinois: No age-check lawILWisconsin: No age-check lawWIMichigan: No age-check lawMINew York: No age-check lawNYRhode Island: No age-check lawRIMassachusetts: No age-check lawMAOregon: No age-check lawORNevada: No age-check lawNVWyoming: Age check required from 1 Jul 2025WYSouth Dakota: Age check required from 1 Jul 2025SDIowa: Age check required from 1 Jul 2026IAIndiana: Age check required from 16 Aug 2024INOhio: Age check required from 30 Sept 2025OHPennsylvania: No age-check lawPANew Jersey: No age-check lawNJConnecticut: No age-check lawCTCalifornia: No age-check lawCAUtah: Age check required from 3 May 2023UTColorado: No age-check lawCONebraska: Age check required from 18 Jul 2024NEMissouri: Age check required from 30 Nov 2025MOKentucky: Age check required from 15 Jul 2024KYWest Virginia: Age check required from 12 Jun 2026WVVirginia: Age check required from 1 Jul 2023VAMaryland: No age-check lawMDDelaware: No age-check lawDEArizona: Age check required from 26 Sept 2025AZNew Mexico: No age-check lawNMKansas: Age check required from 1 Jul 2024KSArkansas: Age check required from 31 Jul 2023ARTennessee: Age check required from 13 Jan 2025TNNorth Carolina: Age check required from 1 Jan 2024NCSouth Carolina: Age check required from 1 Jan 2025SCDistrict of Columbia: No age-check lawDCOklahoma: Age check required from 1 Nov 2024OKLouisiana: Age check required from 1 Jan 2023LAMississippi: Age check required from 1 Jul 2023MSAlabama: Age check required from 1 Oct 2024ALGeorgia: Age check required from 1 Jul 2025GAHawaii: No age-check lawHITexas: Age check required from 19 Sept 2023TXFlorida: Age check required from 1 Jan 2025FL
Age check requiredLaw passed, not yet in forceNo age-check law

Every place

PlaceStatusLawIn force fromSource
AlabamaAge check requiredHB 164 (Act 2024-42)1 Oct 2024Source
AlaskaNo age-check lawSource
ArizonaAge check requiredHB 2112 (2025)26 Sept 2025Source
ArkansasAge check requiredSB 66 / Act 612 (2023)31 Jul 2023Source
CaliforniaNo age-check lawSource
ColoradoNo age-check lawSource
ConnecticutNo age-check lawSource
DelawareNo age-check lawSource
District of ColumbiaNo age-check lawSource
FloridaAge check requiredHB 3 (2024)1 Jan 2025Source
GeorgiaAge check requiredSB 351 (2024)1 Jul 2025Source
HawaiiNo age-check lawSource
IdahoAge check requiredH 498 (2024)1 Jul 2024Source
IllinoisNo age-check lawSource
IndianaAge check requiredSB 17 (2024)16 Aug 2024Source
IowaAge check requiredHF 864 (2026)1 Jul 2026Source
KansasAge check requiredSB 394 (2024)1 Jul 2024Source
KentuckyAge check requiredHB 278 (2024)15 Jul 2024Source
LouisianaAge check requiredAct 440 (2022), R.S. 9:2800.291 Jan 2023Source
MaineNo age-check lawSource
MarylandNo age-check lawSource
MassachusettsNo age-check lawSource
MichiganNo age-check lawUnverifiedSource
MinnesotaNo age-check lawSource
MississippiAge check requiredSB 2346 (2023)1 Jul 2023Source
MissouriAge check required15 CSR 60-17 (2025); HB 1839 (2026)30 Nov 2025Source
MontanaAge check requiredSB 544 (2023)1 Jan 2024Source
NebraskaAge check requiredLB 1092, Online Age Verification Liability Act (2024)18 Jul 2024Source
NevadaNo age-check lawSource
New HampshireNo age-check lawSource
New JerseyNo age-check lawUnverifiedSource
New MexicoNo age-check lawSource
New YorkNo age-check lawSource
North CarolinaAge check requiredHB 8 (2023)1 Jan 2024Source
North DakotaAge check requiredHB 1561 / SB 2380 (2025)1 Aug 2025Source
OhioAge check requiredHB 96 (2025), Innocence Act provisions30 Sept 2025Source
OklahomaAge check requiredSB 1959 (2024)1 Nov 2024Source
OregonNo age-check lawSource
PennsylvaniaNo age-check lawUnverifiedSource
Rhode IslandNo age-check lawSource
South CarolinaAge check requiredH 3424 / Act 198 (2024)1 Jan 2025Source
South DakotaAge check requiredHB 1053 (2025)1 Jul 2025Source
TennesseeAge check requiredProtect Tennessee Minors Act (SB 1792 / HB 1614, 2024)13 Jan 2025Source
TexasAge check requiredHB 1181 (2023)19 Sept 2023Source
UtahAge check requiredSB 287 (2023); SB 73 (2026)3 May 2023Source
VermontNo age-check lawSource
VirginiaAge check requiredSB 1515 (2023)1 Jul 2023Source
WashingtonNo age-check lawSource
West VirginiaAge check requiredHB 4412 (2026)12 Jun 2026Source
WisconsinNo age-check lawSource
WyomingAge check requiredHB 43 (2025)1 Jul 2025Source
AfghanistanAdult sites prohibitedUnverifiedTaliban decrees; 2018 MoCIT blocking orderSource
ArgentinaNo age-check lawUnverifiedSource
AustraliaAge check requiredOnline Safety Act 2021, Age-Restricted Material Codes9 Mar 2026Source
AustriaNo age-check lawUnverifiedSource
BahrainAdult sites prohibitedUnverifiedInformation Affairs Authority and TRA filteringSource
BangladeshAdult sites prohibitedPornography Control Act 2012Source
BelarusAdult sites prohibitedUnverifiedCriminal Code Art. 343; Law on Mass MediaSource
BelgiumNo age-check lawUnverifiedSource
BrazilAge check requiredLei 15.211/2025 (ECA Digital)17 Mar 2026Source
CanadaNo age-check lawSource
ChinaAdult sites prohibitedCriminal Law Arts. 363–367Source
CzechiaNo age-check lawUnverifiedSource
DenmarkNo age-check lawUnverifiedSource
FinlandNo age-check lawUnverifiedSource
FranceAge check requiredLoi SREN (2024) and the Arcom technical standard11 Jan 2025Source
GermanyAge check requiredJugendmedienschutz-Staatsvertrag (JMStV) §4(2)1 Apr 2003Source
IndiaAdult sites prohibitedUnverifiedIT Act ss.67/67A; IT Rules 2021Source
IndonesiaAdult sites prohibitedLaw 44/2008 on Pornography; ITE LawSource
IranAdult sites prohibitedComputer Crimes Law 2009Source
IraqAdult sites prohibitedUnverifiedFederal court orders; CMC blockingSource
IrelandNo age-check lawUnverifiedOnline Safety Code Part B (Irish-based video-sharing platforms only)Source
IsraelNo age-check lawUnverifiedSource
ItalyAge check requiredDL 123/2023 (Decreto Caivano) art. 13-bis; AGCOM Delibera 96/25/CONS12 Nov 2025Source
JapanNo age-check lawUnverifiedSource
JordanAdult sites prohibitedUnverifiedTelecommunications Regulatory Commission blocking order (2026)5 May 2026Source
KazakhstanAdult sites prohibitedCriminal Code Art. 311; Law on CommunicationsSource
KenyaNo age-check lawUnverifiedSource
KuwaitAdult sites prohibitedUnverifiedCybercrime Law 63/2015; CITRA filteringSource
KyrgyzstanAdult sites prohibitedUnverifiedLaws banning online pornography (2025)29 Jul 2025Source
LebanonAdult sites prohibitedUnverifiedPenal Code (distribution of pornography)Source
MalaysiaAdult sites prohibitedCommunications and Multimedia Act 1998 ss.211/233; Penal Code s.292Source
MexicoNo age-check lawUnverifiedSource
NepalAdult sites prohibitedMoCIT directive (2018)24 Sept 2018Source
NetherlandsNo age-check lawUnverifiedSource
New ZealandNo age-check lawUnverifiedSource
North KoreaAdult sites prohibitedTotal state control of internet accessSource
NorwayNo age-check lawUnverifiedSource
OmanAdult sites prohibitedUnverifiedCyber Crime Law (Royal Decree 12/2011) Art. 14Source
PakistanAdult sites prohibitedPECA 2016 s.37Source
PhilippinesAge check requiredUnverifiedRA 11930 (Anti-OSAEC and Anti-CSAEM Act, 2022)Source
PolandNo age-check lawSource
PortugalNo age-check lawUnverifiedSource
QatarAdult sites prohibitedUnverifiedCybercrime Prevention Law 14/2014Source
RussiaAdult sites prohibitedFederal Law 149-FZ; Criminal Code Art. 242Source
Saudi ArabiaAdult sites prohibitedAnti-Cyber Crime Law 2007 Art. 6Source
SingaporeAdult sites prohibitedUnverifiedFilms Act; Penal Code s.292; IMDA block listSource
South AfricaAge check requiredUnverifiedFilms and Publications Amendment Act 11 of 2019, s.24(3)Source
South KoreaAdult sites prohibitedInformation and Communications Network Act Art. 44-7Source
SpainNo age-check lawSource
SwedenNo age-check lawUnverifiedSource
SwitzerlandLaw passed, not yet in forceUnverifiedJSFVG (age-check duties not yet in force)Source
TanzaniaAdult sites prohibitedUnverifiedEPOCA (Online Content) Regulations 2020Source
ThailandAdult sites prohibitedUnverifiedComputer-related Crime Act 2007 s.14; Penal Code s.287Source
TurkeyAdult sites prohibitedUnverifiedLaw No. 5651; Penal Code Art. 226Source
TurkmenistanAdult sites prohibitedInternet law (2015)1 Jan 2015Source
UgandaAdult sites prohibitedUnverifiedAnti-Pornography Act 2014Source
United Arab EmiratesAdult sites prohibitedFederal Decree-Law 34/2021; TDRA internet access policySource
United KingdomAge check requiredOnline Safety Act 2023, Parts 3 and 517 Jan 2025Source
United States (federal)No age-check lawSource
UzbekistanAdult sites prohibitedUnverifiedCriminal Code Art. 130; Law on InformatizationSource
VietnamAdult sites prohibitedUnverifiedPenal Code Art. 326; Decree 72/2013Source

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This page lists laws that require adult websites to check a visitor's age, in every country and US state we track. It is checked daily against official and industry sources. Places marked unverified have not yet been confirmed against an official source.

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