702.17  Sex act.

The term "sex act" or "sexual activity" means any sexual contact between two or more persons by: penetration of the penis into the vagina or anus; contact between the mouth and genitalia or by contact between the genitalia of one person and the genitalia or anus of another person; contact between the finger or hand of one person and the genitalia or anus of another person, except in the course of examination or treatment by a person licensed pursuant to chapter 148, 148C, 150, 150A, 151, or 152; or by use of artificial sexual organs or substitutes therefor in contact with the genitalia or anus.

Section History: Early form

  [C75, 77, § 725.1(7); C79, 81, § 702.17]

Section History: Recent form

  89 Acts, ch 105, § 1; 89 Acts, ch 296, § 86

Internal References

  Referred to in § 235B.2, 709.15, 709.18, 728.1, 728.14


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