<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 22-22-42 - Bestiality--Acts constituting--Commission a felony. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2047343Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2047343SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047343CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2047343Normal-000000 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2047343DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2047343Normal-000001 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } p.s2047343Normal-000002 { text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2047343000003 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047343SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047343SCL-000004 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2047343Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=22-22-42"><span class="s2047343SENU">22-22-42</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047343SENU">. </span><span class="s2047343CL">Bestiality--Acts constituting--Commission a felony.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047343Normal-000000"><span class="s2047343DefaultParagraphFont">No person, for the purpose of that person's sexual gratification, may:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047343Normal-000001"><span class="s2047343DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Engage in a sexual act with an animal; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047343Normal-000001"><span class="s2047343DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Coerce any other person to engage in a sexual act with an animal; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047343Normal-000001"><span class="s2047343DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    Use any part of the person's body or an object to sexually stimulate an animal; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047343Normal-000001"><span class="s2047343DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    Videotape a person engaging in a sexual act with an animal; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047343Normal-000001"><span class="s2047343DefaultParagraphFont">(5)    Kill or physically abuse an animal.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047343Normal-000002"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047343DefaultParagraphFont">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 § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=22-24B-1"><span class="s2047343DefaultParagraphFont">22-24B-1</span></a><span class="s2047343DefaultParagraphFont">, any subsequent violation of this section is a Class 5 felony.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047343Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047343000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047343Normal"><span class="s2047343SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047343SCL-000004"> SL 2003, ch 127, § 1; SL 2005, ch 120, § 406.</span></p></div></body></html>