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Code · South Dakota · Title 22 · Chapter 22-22

22-22-42. Bestiality--Acts constituting--Commission a felony.

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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.
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