Bestiality -- Definitions -- Penalty.

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  • (1) A person commits the crime of bestiality if the actor engages in any sexual activity with an animal with the intent of sexual gratification of the actor.
  • (2) For purposes of this section only:
    • (a) "Animal" means any live, nonhuman vertebrate creature, including fowl.
    • (b) "Sexual activity" means physical sexual contact:
      • (i) between the actor and the animal involving the genitals of the actor and the genitals of the animal;
      • (ii) the genitals of the actor or the animal and the mouth or anus of the actor or the animal; or
      • (iii) through the actor's use of an object in contact with the genitals or anus of the animal.
  • (3) A crime of bestiality is a class B misdemeanor.




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