I was just wondering if nude sunbathing was illegal on private property. as in, could one lay out in the nude in their back yard if they wanted to? is that public nudity and possiblly be written up for it?

6/5/2007 11:43:41 PM

hmmm i'm gonna go with probably not if no one can see you and maybe if you are in view of a lot of people, especially children

6/5/2007 11:47:00 PM

as long as no one can see you, who's going to tell?

6/5/2007 11:53:22 PM

God can see you. So you'll still go to hell.

6/5/2007 11:57:05 PM

so where a tin foil hat

6/6/2007 12:00:13 AM

You can be nude on your own property as long as you aren't visible to the public or your neighbors.

6/6/2007 12:01:50 AM

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"Age : 20 Sex : M"

6/6/2007 12:02:37 AM

i'm his 21 year old female friend and i asked him if it was illegal because my parents think it is!

6/6/2007 12:09:44 AM

your parents are right; not literally, but in spirit


listen to them

grow up, and have some damn sense

6/6/2007 12:10:55 AM

Hmmm...I used to lay out naked all the time. The cops never showed up at my home or the beach places. But I was typically obstructed from view.

6/6/2007 12:17:16 AM

^ first

6/6/2007 12:18:39 AM

But Nerdchick... nude sunbathing is de rigueur in hell, so it all works out OK.

6/6/2007 12:24:58 AM

14-190.9. Indecent exposure.

(a) Unless the conduct is punishable under subsection (a1) of this section, any person who shall willfully expose the private parts of his or her person in any public place and in the presence of any other person or persons, except for those places designated for a public purpose where the same sex exposure is incidental to a permitted activity, or aids or abets in any such act, or who procures another to perform such act; or any person, who as owner, manager, lessee, director, promoter or agent, or in any other capacity knowingly hires, leases or permits the land, building, or premises of which he is owner, lessee or tenant, or over which he has control, to be used for purposes of any such act, shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.

(a1) Unless the conduct is prohibited by another law providing greater punishment, any person at least 18 years of age who shall willfully expose the private parts of his or her person in any public place in the presence of any other person less than 16 years of age for the purpose of arousing or gratifying sexual desire shall be guilty of a Class H felony. An offense committed under this subsection shall not be considered to be a lesser included offense under G.S. 14-202.1.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a woman may breast feed in any public or private location where she is otherwise authorized to be, irrespective of whether the nipple of the mother's breast is uncovered during or incidental to the breast feeding.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a local government may regulate the location and operation of sexually oriented businesses. Such local regulation may restrict or prohibit nude, seminude, or topless dancing to the extent consistent with the constitutional protection afforded free speech

6/6/2007 2:14:58 AM

So no public sunbathing...but suckin on a tit is fair game

I concur

6/6/2007 2:18:57 AM

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"i'm his 21 year old female friend and i asked him if it was illegal because my parents think it is! "

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"Age : 19 Sex : F "

6/6/2007 5:42:14 AM

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"Registered : 10/18/2005 (595.6 days ago)"

6/6/2007 6:21:39 AM

a neighbor used to lay out on her deck with no top on after we got out of school.

This was back in HS though.

[Edited on June 6, 2007 at 6:29 AM. Reason : me no typey]

6/6/2007 6:29:08 AM

depends on how hot you are

6/6/2007 7:41:43 AM

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"i'm his 21 year old female friend and i asked him if it was illegal because my parents think it is! "

i like the way you made sure everyone knew that you were not his GIRL friend....just female friend
lol

6/6/2007 9:00:14 AM

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"depends on how hot you are"

Yup

It should be illegal for the likes of me to do anything nude outside of my house, and illegal for the likes of miska or Joie to not be nude >50% of the time

6/6/2007 9:25:45 AM

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"grow up, and have some damn sense"

ahhhh, I love our good 'ole misguided american values.

and the key to the indecent exposure statutes are the words

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"public place"

which your home is not.


on a side note, did anyone see the story about the american in germany who decided to walk around the city naked? When the police picked him up he said "I thought that was legal and accepted here" lol.

6/6/2007 10:05:32 AM

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"i'm his 21 year old female friend and i asked him if it was illegal because my parents think it is!"

We're going to need some photographic evidence to make judgement on this case. Thanks

6/6/2007 10:11:13 AM

To summarize:

If you are on private property and have the permission of the owner, it is fine.
The way the statute is interpreted also provides that you may be exposed in any area as long as there is reasonable cause to assume it was not going to be seen by someone else and you did not intend to be seen.

6/6/2007 10:13:29 AM

don't do it, circushow, you'll get skin cancer everywhere instead of a few places!

6/6/2007 10:51:31 AM

I was walking around the woods on centennial a month or so ago and stumbled on this nude middle aged man sunbathing and smoking weed. It was weird though, he didn't have any clothes near him. so it's not like he got to this spot, took off his close and decided to sunbathe. He must have walked there naked.

6/6/2007 11:17:02 AM

topless is legal. In NC, "private parts" is only genitalia (penis, testicles, & vagina) and anus. So just wear a leaf and don't spread your cheeks and you'll be legal

[Edited on June 6, 2007 at 1:49 PM. Reason : can't spell]

6/6/2007 1:47:20 PM

Just be careful you don't want to end up on google maps or something.

6/6/2007 2:00:10 PM

its only legal if you are in my backyard, no men though

6/6/2007 3:06:37 PM

you must get all the ladies

6/6/2007 3:10:23 PM

Depends on the location, some beaches allow it, and others don't. For example a little known fact is Topsail Island is a topless beach. Doesn't mean people take advantage of it.

6/6/2007 3:34:31 PM

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"I was walking around the woods on centennial a month or so ago and stumbled on this nude middle aged man sunbathing and smoking weed."

and you're gonna hitchhike across the country?

you know, some people are natural weirdo magnets. be careful.

6/6/2007 4:03:53 PM

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"For example a little known fact is Topsail Island is a topless beach."

Topsail Beach is okay for topless, but the police requested that people do it in discrete areas. Also on Topsail Island, Surf City and North Topsail Beach are not okay for topless.

6/6/2007 4:17:23 PM

i think liusclues wins this thread

6/6/2007 4:19:35 PM

i agree

6/6/2007 4:34:23 PM

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" "i'm his 21 year old female friend and i asked him if it was illegal because my parents think it is!" "

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""Age : 19 Sex : F ""

but you forgot....

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"Registered : 10/18/2005 (596.4 days ago) "

she hasnt updated her profile since then. and incidentally, birthdays come once every year. do the math.

[Edited on June 7, 2007 at 2:19 AM. Reason : tsk tsk longbow]

6/7/2007 2:19:08 AM

^did you happen to notice how the post right after that guy pointed out that fact?

6/7/2007 6:15:43 AM

why couldnt she just make this thread?

6/7/2007 12:41:12 PM

hey its illegal if youre ugly.

6/8/2007 12:39:42 AM

the punishment can be pretty severe for a dude

6/8/2007 1:13:53 AM

It should be. I don't want to be living in a society full of folks who exhibit high risk behavior for skin cancer.

6/8/2007 8:47:57 AM

sunscreen!

6/8/2007 8:59:02 AM