22-22-42. Bestiality--Acts constituting--Commission a felony.No person, for the purpose of that person's sexual gratification, may:(1)Engage in a sexual act with an animal; or(2)Coerce any other person to engage in a sexual act with an animal; or(3)Use any part of the person's body or an object to sexually stimulate an animal; or(4)Videotape a person engaging in a sexual act with an animal; or(5)Kill or physically abuse an animal.Any person who violates any provision of this section is guilty of the crime of bestiality. Bestiality is a Class 6 felony. However, if the person has been previously convicted of a sex crime pursuant to §22-24B-1, any subsequent violation of this section is a Class 5 felony. Source: SL 2003, ch 127, §1; SL 2005, ch 120, §406.
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