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    Alt.sex.bestiality P.I.P.s, Version 1.12                   Posted !NOW_MONTH!
    [Zoophilia and The Law -- Today]                    Revised September 5, 1997
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    [ The people who have contributed to this PIP are listed at the end of the
      document.  The information in this PIP is compiled and updated by Shuunka
      Tanka (shuunka@netcom.com), and is posted monthly by the FAQ-keeper,
      currently sea@umcc.umich.edu.  Use this information at your own risk:
      please read the important disclaimer in the introduction below. ]

    =============================[A - INTRODUCTION]==============================

    Suggestions for finding laws not listed here:

    1. Go to your local library and ask where your countries statues or laws
       are.

    2. Look through the statues volumes for the ones labeled General Index.

    3. Open up the volume(s) and look-up the heading "Animals" look and see
       if that section contains a sub-heading of "Bestiality" also check
       under the sub-heading "Crimes & Offences" and under that heading search
       for "Sexual Abuse" or "Sexually Assaulting Animals" You might also look
       up the sub-heading "Cruelty" to see if it has anything.

       Look up the heading "Bestiality"

       Look up the heading "Sexual Offences" look for the sub-heading
       of "Bestiality" & "Animal Contact" & "Sexually Assaulting Animals"
       You might also find it under the sub-heading "Unnatural/perverted acts"
       or "Buggery"

       There is also a small chance you may find something under the humane laws
       headings.

       You may also want to check any other sub-headings that you suspect
       may contain information on bestiality.

    4. Record the statue number under the subheading. It may be in various
       forms: $$ ##.##.###  or  ##-##-##.###  or  ###.### or others.

    5. On the back of the state statue volumes you will find Title or Chapter
       numbers in the form: ## to ##. These numbers are different from the
       volume numbers. They usually will correspond to the statue's Title or
       Chapter numbers.      Example:       ##.##.###
                                            `| |___|
                             Title or Chapter'   L Section

    6. Find the volume that contains the Title number that is the same as the
       first number in the statue number.

    7. If you can not find the law, then it may be that your area does not have
       any specific law about bestiality. However, this does not mean the your
       area can't charge a person under another law that may consider fits the
       situation such as indecent exposure, cruelty to animals, or another law.

    Other Points on Laws:

    - Having sex with someone else's animal without the owner's permission
      is a crime against property, the same as if someone "borrowed" his horse
      to haul their carriage without his permission.  Remember that horse
      thievery was a hangin' offense in the old West.

    - Sex in public is "open and gross lewdness."  People have been prosecuted
      for ordinary sex in a fenced-in backyard and even in a bedroom with the
      shades up, on the basis that a child *could have* climbed the fence or
      looked in the window and seen something.

    - Sometimes prosecutors are imaginative, and will creatively apply
      irrelevant laws.  For instance, statutory rape if the animal is less
      than 18 years old.

    - Exposing a child to bestiality is considered child abuse/sexual abuse in
      many states. If someone leaves a tape in a VCR and a child hits play and
      sees it, that may be considered exposure.

    - There may be something in the obscenity laws regarding bestial acts on
      video tapes.

    - In many states even where bestiality is legal, it IS legally grounds for
      divorce.

    - To really know the legality, you would have to look at court cases in your
      area to see how judges define the laws and whether the law has been
      enforced at all and whether acts between humans are equivalent to acts
      between a human and an animal.

    - This document is no substitute for your own research about how the
      laws are applied in your own area.

    - This document is no reason to throw caution to the wind about getting
      caught.  You can still be harassed, blackmailed or beaten up by someone
      who catches you.

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                        USE THIS INFORMATION AT YOUR OWN RISK!
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    DISCLAIMER:  None of the contributors to this document, nor the poster of it,
    assume any responsibility for the accuracy of this information.  This should
    NOT be construed as legal counsel or advice.  However, the authors of this
    document have made every effort to keep this information as accurate and
    up-to-date as possible.  If you are aware of any errors herein, please point
    them out, by posting to ASBest and by email to the maintainer of this PIP,
    Shuunka Tanka (shuunka@netcom.com) or the FAQ-keeper, (sea@umcc.umich.edu).

    Before staking your well-being and/or freedom on this information, you are
    *strongly encouraged* to go to your local library to research it yourself,
    or better still, to consult a lawyer.
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    ========================[B - STATE LAWS IN THE U.S.]=========================

    VAR - Verification of information. Most state/countries laws are only
          located in that states/countries local libraries. So only some laws
          have been confirmed through research. Others are given by word of
          mouth and some have not been researched at all.
          C = Confirmed and verifyed laws.
          W = laws given by word of mouth (or computer)
          - = Laws not known.

    LAW - Is their a specific law against bestiality in that state/country.
          NONE = No specific law found against bestiality
          YES  = Law found regarding bestiality.

    SN  - Statute Number. If a law has been found this is the state/country's
          statute number it was found under.

    PEN - Penalty classification for violating the law. This may vary between
          states/countries. PT = Prison time

    STATE/COUNTRY  VAR  LAW  SN                                PEN

    USA LAWS

           Alabama: C  YES   Code of Ala. @13A-6-63   "sodomy in the 1st degree"
                             (1994)                    criminal offense.
            Alaska: C  NONE
           Arizona: C  NONE
          Arkansas: C  YES   Ark. Stat. Ann.          Criminal Offense:
                             @13A-6-63 (1994)         "sodomy in 1st degree"
        California: C  YES   Penal Code Section 286.5 Misdemeanor
          Colorado: C  NONE
       Connecticut: C  YES   General Statutes of CT   Class A misdemeanor
                             Sec. 53a-73a             Sexual assault in the
                                                      fourth degree.
          Delaware: C  YES   11 Del. C. @777 (1993)   Class D Criminal felony.
           Florida: C  NONE
           Georgia: C  YES   O.C.G.A. @16-6-6 (1994)  1-5 yr. jail sentence.
            Hawaii: C  NONE
             Idaho: C  YES   Idaho Code @18-6605      "length of imprisonment in
                             (1994)                    excess of 5 years is left
                                                       to discretion of court."
          Illinois: C  YES   720 ILCS 5/12-12 (1994)  Crime.
           Indiana: C  YES   Burn Ind. Code. Ann.
                             @35-42-4-2 (1994)
              Iowa: C  NONE
            Kansas: C  YES   K.S.A. @2103506 (1993)   Aggravated criminal sodomy
                                                      security level 2, felony
          Kentucky: C  NONE
         Louisiana: C  YES   Revised Statutes 14:89   $2,000 fine and/or 5 years
                                                      with or without hard labor.
             Maine: C  YES   17-A M.R.S. @ 251 (1994) Class C Crime; 3-5 years
          Maryland: C  YES   Unnatural/Perverted      up to $1,000 fine,
                             Sexual Acts Article 27,  Max of 10 years PT
                             Section 553
     Massachusetts: C  YES   Mass. Ann. Laws.         Jail sentence of not
                             ch. 272 @34 (1994)       more than 20 years
          Michigan: C  YES   MCL @750.185 (1992)      Jail sentence of not more
                                                      than 15 years
        Minnessota: C  YES   Minn. Stat. @609.294,    Either fine of not more
                             (1993)                   than $3,000 or sentence of
                                                      not more than 1 year.
       Mississippi: C  YES   Miss. Code. Ann.,        Sentence of not more than
                             @97-29-59                10 years.
          Missouri: C  NONE
           Montana: C  YES   Mont. Code. Ann.,        10 year sentence and/or
                             @45-5-505 (1994)         $50,000 fine.
          Nebraska: C  NONE
            Nevada: C  NONE
     New Hampshire: C  NONE
        New Jersey: C  NONE
        New Mexico: C  NONE
          New York: C  YES   NY CLS Penal @130.20     Class A misdemeanor.
                             (1994)
    North Carolina: C  YES   N.C. Gen. Stat. @14-177  Class I felony.  3-10 years
                             (1994)
      North Dakota: C  YES   N.D. Cent. Code          Various penalties, and can
                             @12.1-20-03, 12.1-20-07, be considered either
                             12.1-20-12(1993)         "gross sexual imposition,"
                                                      "sexual assault" or
                                                      "deviate sexual act"
              Ohio: C  NONE
          Oklahoma: C  YES   21 Okl. St. @886 (1994)  "imprisonment not to
                                                       exceed 10 years"
            Oregon: C  NONE
      Pennsylvania: C  YES   18 Pa. C. S. @3101,
                             3123 and 3124 (1994)
      Rhode Island: C  YES   R.I. Gen. Laws @11-10-1  7-20 years.
                             (1993)
    South Carolina: C  YES   S.C. Code Ann.           5 yrs jail and/or fine of
                             @16-15-120 (1993)        at least $500
      South Dakota: C  NONE
         Tennessee: C  YES   Tenn. Code. Ann.
                             @39-13-501 (1994)
             Texas: C  NONE
              Utah: C  YES   Bestiality 76-9-301.8    Class B Misdemeanor
           Vermont: C  NONE
          Virginia: C  YES   Va. Code. Ann.           Class 6 Felony
                             @18.2-361 (1994)
        Washington: C  NONE
     Washington DC: C  YES   DC Code @22-3502 (1994)  Fine not more than $1,000
                             ("Sexual Psychopath"     and/or sentence of not
                              chapter)                more than 10 yrs
     West Virginia: C  NONE
         Wisconsin: C  YES   Wis. State. @944.17      None listed
                             (1993)
           Wyoming: C  NONE

    ========================[C - LAWS IN OTHER COUNTRIES]========================

            Canada: C  YES   Criminal Code of Canada  Approx 10 years
                             Part V, Section 160.

           Denmark: W  NONE
           Finland: W  NONE  -                        -
            Mexico: C  NONE  according to Franz, Carl:
                             "The People's Guide to Mexico", 1988. pg. 398.
       New Zealand: C  YES   Crimes Act of 1964       Maximum 7 years PT
                             Section 143 & 144
       Switzerland: W  NONE
    United Kingdom: C  YES   Sexual Offences Act of   Life imprisonment
                             1956, Section 12(1)      (typically 30 years)
                             Sexual Offences Act of
                             1967, Section 3(1)

    =============[D - FEDERAL LAWS OF THE U.S. REGARDING BESTIALITY]=============

    1 - Introduction
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    There is no *federal* law which prohibits sex between humans and animals.
    There are a few federal laws, however, which list bestiality, along with many
    other forms of sex, which are prohibited when involving children (18 USCS
    @2256, 3509 (1994) ).

    2 - The Roth Test
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    In 1957, the U.S. Supreme Court developed the "Roth Test" to define
    "obscenity."  The Roth Test requires that the court ask "whether to the
    average person, applying contemporary community standards, the dominant theme
    of the material taken as a whole appeals to prurient interest"
    (Roth v. United States, 354 US 476, 1).  Since the Roth decision, the
    Supreme Court has added that such material must be utterly without redeeming
    social values.

    3 - United States Code Chapter 71; Obscenity
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    Section   Content
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     1460     Possession with intent to sell, and sale, of obscene matter on
              Federal property
     1461     Mailing obscene or crime-inciting matter
     1462     Importation or transportation of obscene matters
     1463     Mailing indecent matter on wrappers or envelopes
     1464     Broadcasting obscene language
     1465     Transportation of obscene matters for sale or distribution
     1466     Engaging in the business of selling or transferring obscene
              matter
     1467     Criminal forfeiture
     1468     Distributing obscene material by cable or subscription television
     1469     Presumptions

    In Armijo v. U.S., 384 F2d 694, The court ruled that portions of letters
    describing in detail "degenerate bestiality" were not merely obscene but
    represented hard-core pornography.

    The federal code most damaging to zoophiliac freedom is 18 USCS @ 1461, which
    prohibits obscene books as mailable.  In the case U.S. v. Miller 455 F.2d
    899, this statute was applied by court to find that books describing
    bestiality between women and a dog were "unmailable."

    Now remember the Roth Test...So now you know that you can't mail, import,
    transport, broadcast, transport, sell, transfer, or distribute via cable or
    subscription televison, obscene material.

    Criminal forfeiture?  Guess what, Code 1467 says that the courts can take
    any property that involved the obscenity law being broken.  This could be
    your VCR, your car, your computer, etcetera. You forfeited them when you
    used them to break the law.

    Presumptions?  Code 1469 means that if there is any hint that the material
    was made somewhere else, be it direct evidence or even circumstantial
    evidence, then the courts will immediately assume it was transported and
    therefore violated Code 1462 as well.

    =======================[E - CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS PIP]========================

       Dillillith
       Shuunka Tanka (shuunka@netcom.com)
       Philo Therion (rnewland@netcom.com)
       Phalinx
       Satyrs@netcom.com
       Megadog (megadog@dogstar.win-uk.net)
       SteppenWolf, (brianac@unix.ubc.edu)
       Cordite

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