Legal Issues

While enjoying naturism outside your property or potentially in view of others, it is paramount you understand the law and the implication of your enjoyment of the clothes free lifestyle. The offence of obscene exposure is found in s5 of the Summary...

Anyone who's ever been to Sunnyside North beach on the eastern side of Port Phillip, will probably remember the rocks, the narrow strip of sand, the limited parking and the knowledge of it being the only legal clothing-optional beach east of the...

In Illinois it is not generally a violation to be nude in public. BUT, every locality had an ordinance some how limiting or banning public nudity and, the catchall violation is Disorderly Conduct. For example, the beaches in Chicago are subject to a...

I am thinking on taking a vacation in Germany in september, and already selected a hotel in a small town. I was wondering about the rules about nudism in Germany. I have read online that Germany is very liberal around nudity, and there are nudist...

Anyone who has been around these forums and groups for a while knows that there are a wide range of laws and regulations regarding nudity in various locations and that many of us may just occasionally be in slight violation of those legislative...

This is a subject I had always wanted to know, but never got a clear answer to......until early this morning :) Long story short, at 4am this morning, I got stopped by the local police during my early morning naked walk, while crossing a main public...

I enjoy hiking naked in the wilderness in New Mexico and Arizona, and in remote areas of National Parks. If somebody sees me and doesn't like it, what are the legalities about being naked on National Park/National Forest land?

Im writing this as Im enjoying my morning coffee on my backyard patio in the buff, and would appreciate input on how one would interpret Tennessee indecent exposure. While I am on my private property, there is one window from my neighbor that looks...

My fellow nudist, I have been a member on and off for 12 years, recently I have been socializing in the chatroom with other nudist like myself who have practice the lifestyle at home. I had a situation where I was caught naked by my maintenance...

I'm preparing to visit the final 5 states I've not been in and am planning to do that naked. I've researched the indecent exposure, public nudity, and public sex acts laws of many states and all of them prohibit sexual acts in public....