S.D. Codified Laws § 22-22-42

Current through the 2024 Legislative Session

Section 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.

SDCL 22-22-42

SL 2003, ch 127, §1; SL 2005, ch 120, §406.