Stripping Laws by State 2025

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State
Minimum Age
Possible Requirements
Restrictions
California Flag
California21
  • All performers must:
  • - Be classified as employees
  • - Have a stripper license
  • - Earn at least minimum wage
  • - Clubs with full nudity may not serve alcohol
Florida Flag
Florida21
  • - Performers must have work ID cards
  • - Clubs must keep files on performers
  • Regulated by cities and municipalities
Georgia Flag
Georgia21
  • - Adult entertainment permit
  • None
Louisiana Flag
Louisiana21
  • - Adult entertainer permit
  • - Full nudity is illegal
Ohio Flag
Ohio21
  • - Adult entertainment permit
  • - Performers may only touch immediate family members
  • - Clubs must close by midnight
Oklahoma Flag
Oklahoma21
  • - Business license
  • - Federal tax EIN number
  • - Full nudity is illegal
Oregon Flag
Oregon21
  • None
Texas Flag
Texas21
  • - License
  • - Background check
  • - Full nudity is illegal
Washington Flag
Washington21
  • - Adult entertainment permit
  • - Background check
  • - Dancers cannot leave the stage
  • - Performers must stay 10' from patrons
  • - Restrict times when erotic dancing may be performed
Alabama Flag
Alabama18
  • - Exotic dancer license
  • - Full nudity is illegal
Alaska Flag
Alaska18
  • None
Arizona Flag
Arizona18
  • - Exotic dancer license
  • None
Arkansas Flag
Arkansas18
  • - Exotic dancer license
  • Regulated by cities and municipalities
Colorado Flag
Colorado18
  • - Exotic dancer license
  • Regulated by cities and municipalities
Connecticut Flag
Connecticut18
  • - Clubs with full nudity may not serve alcohol
Delaware Flag
Delaware18
  • - Strip clubs must close by 10pm
  • - Only Fairways Inn may legally have topless performers
Hawaii Flag
Hawaii18
  • - Adult entertainment permit
  • - Business license
  • Regulated by cities and municipalities
Idaho Flag
Idaho18
  • - Full nudity is illegal
  • - No touching or simulation of sex acts
Illinois Flag
Illinois18
  • Performers must have:
  • - Federal tax ID
  • - Business license
  • - Stripper must be 15' or more from patrons
  • - Full nudity is illegal
  • - No touching allowed
Indiana Flag
Indiana18
  • - Adult entertainment permit
  • - Full nudity is illegal, - No touching allowed
Iowa Flag
Iowa18
  • - Full nudity is illegal
Kansas Flag
Kansas18
  • - Performer work identification card
  • - No touching allowed
  • - Full nudity is illegal
Kentucky Flag
Kentucky18
  • - Performer work identification card
  • Regulated by cities and municipalities
Maine Flag
Maine18
  • None
Maryland Flag
Maryland18
  • - Adult entertainment business license
  • - Clubs with full nudity may not serve alcohol
Massachusetts Flag
Massachusetts18
  • Dancers must:
  • - Be treated as an employee
  • - Receive all employee benefits
  • None
Michigan Flag
Michigan18
  • - Licenses issued by the MLCC
  • - Background check
  • Regulated by cities and municipalities
Minnesota Flag
Minnesota18
  • None
Mississippi Flag
Mississippi18
  • - Adult entertainment permit
  • Regulated by cities and municipalities
Missouri Flag
Missouri18
  • - Business license
  • - Federal tax EIN number
  • - Performers must remain on stage
  • - Stage must be at least 18" high and 6' from customers
  • - Clubs must close 12am-6am
  • - Full nudity and alcohol are illegal
Montana Flag
Montana18
  • Regulated by cities and municipalities
Nebraska Flag
Nebraska18
  • - Private contractor must obtain a business license
  • Regulated by cities and municipalities
Nevada Flag
Nevada18
  • - Adult entertainment permit
  • - Clubs with full nudity may not serve alcohol
New Hampshire Flag
New Hampshire18
  • None
New Jersey Flag
New Jersey18
  • - Adult entertainment permit
  • - No touching allowed
  • - Clubs with full nudity may not serve alcohol
New Mexico Flag
New Mexico18
  • - Adult entertainment permit
  • - No touching allowed
  • - Private VIP rooms illegal
New York Flag
New York18
  • - Adult entertainment permit
  • - Cabaret license
  • - Clubs with full nudity may not serve alcohol
North Carolina Flag
North Carolina18
  • - License and background check
  • Regulated by cities and municipalities
North Dakota Flag
North Dakota18
  • - License and background check
  • Regulated by cities and municipalities
Pennsylvania Flag
Pennsylvania18
  • - Entertainer's license to work
  • - Performers must report estimated tips on taxes
  • - Full nudity is illegal, - No touching allowed
Rhode Island Flag
Rhode Island18
  • None
South Carolina Flag
South Carolina18
  • - Adult entertainment permit
  • None
South Dakota Flag
South Dakota18
  • - License
  • - Background check
  • - No touching allowed
Tennessee Flag
Tennessee18
  • - County-issued permit
  • - Drag entertainment is criminalized
  • - Full nudity is illegal
  • - Alcohol is prohibited in some cities
Utah Flag
Utah18
  • - Adult entertainment permit
  • - Full nudity is illegal
  • - Clubs with full nudity may not serve alcohol
  • - Performer must remain onstage
  • - Patrons must remain offstage
  • - No touching between performers and patrons
  • - No simulations of a variety of sex acts listed in Utah law
Vermont Flag
Vermont18
  • - Adult entertainment license
  • None
Virginia Flag
Virginia18
  • - Adult entertainment permit
  • - Full nudity is illegal, - Lap dances are illegal, - No mixed drinks in strip clubs
West Virginia Flag
West Virginia18
  • None
Wisconsin Flag
Wisconsin18
  • - Performance must be on platform at least 18 inches high
  • - No touching allowed
Wyoming Flag
Wyoming18
  • Regulated by cities and municipalities