717C.1  Bestiality.

1.  For purposes of this section:

a.  "Animal" means any nonhuman vertebrate, either dead or alive.

b.  "Sex act" means any sexual contact between a person and an animal by penetration of the penis into the vagina or anus, contact between the mouth and genitalia, or by contact between the genitalia of one and the genitalia or anus of the other.

2.  A person who performs a sex act with an animal is guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor.

3.  Upon a conviction for a violation of this section, and in addition to any sentence authorized by law, the court shall require the person to submit to a psychological evaluation and treatment at the person's expense.

Section History: Recent form

  2001 Acts, ch 131, §3


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