N.M. Stat. § 30-9A-2

Current through 2024, ch. 69

Section 30-9A-2 - Definitions

As used in the Animal Sexual Abuse Act:

A. "animal" means any wild or domestic fauna, including livestock, alive or dead, in any setting, that is not a human being;

B. "coerce" means the use of threat, physical force or violence against another person to commit an act of bestiality;

C. "manipulate" means the use of persuasion, extortion, retaliation, deceit or other acts not involving force or coercion to cause another person to commit an act of bestiality;

D. "orifice" means the mouth, vulva or anus;

E. "sexual contact with an animal" means:

(1) the intentional insertion of the genitals or mouth of an animal into an orifice of a human's body;

(2) the intentional insertion of the genitals or mouth of a human into an orifice of an animal's body;

(3) the intentional insertion of an object into the genitals or anus of an animal; and

(4) contact, handling or stimulation of the genitals or anus of an animal by a human.

"Sexual contact with an animal" does not include accepted veterinary medical practices; accepted animal husbandry, care and grooming practices in the caretaking of animals; accepted practices related to the insemination of animals for the purpose of procreation; or accepted practices related to conformation judging; and

F. "solicit" means to entice, induce, encourage or attempt to persuade another person to commit an act of bestiality.

NMS § 30-9A-2

Added by 2023, c. 42,s. 2, eff. 6/13/2023.