This faq has been slightly reformatted by Valadan. All information is still present, I have merely cleaned it up a little for web viewing. Enjoy!
Alt.sex.bestiality P.I.P.s, Version 1.00, Revised 4 July, 1995
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, and you may also want to check any other sub-headings that you suspect may contain information on bestiality.
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State | Var | Law | Statute | Penalty |
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Alabama | C | YES | Code of Ala. @13A-6-63 (1994) | "Sodomy in the 1st degree" criminal offense. |
Alaska | C | NONE | ||
Arizona | C | NONE | ||
Arkansas | C | YES | Ark. Stat. Ann. @13A-6-63 (1994) | Criminal Offense: "sodomy in 1st degree" |
California | C | YES | Penal Code Section 286.5 Misdemeanor | |
Colorado | C | NONE | ||
Connecticut | C | NONE | ||
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 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 | NONE | ||
Maine | C | YES | 17-A M.R.S. @ 251 (1994) | Class C Crime; 3-5 years |
Maryland | C | YES | Unnatural/Perverted Sexual Acts Article 27, Section 553 | up to $1,000 fine, Max of 10 years PT |
Massachusetts | C | YES | Mass. Ann. Laws. ch. 272 @34 (1994) | Jail sentence of not 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, (1993) | Either fine of not more than $3,000 or sentence of not more than 1 year. |
Mississippi | C | YES | Miss. Code. Ann., @97-29-59 | Sentence of not more than 10 years. |
Missouri | C | NONE | ||
Montana | C | YES | Mont. Code. Ann., @45-5-505 (1994) | 10 year sentence and/or $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 (1994) | Class A misdemeanor. |
North Carolina | C | YES | N.C. Gen. Stat. @14-177 (1994) | Class I felony. 3-10 years |
North Dakota | C | YES | N.D. Cent. Code @12.1-20-03, 12.1-20-07, 12.1-20-12(1993) | Various penalties, and can be considered either "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 (1993) | 7-20 years. |
South Carolina | C | YES | S.C. Code Ann. @16-15-120 (1993) | 5 yrs jail and/or fine of 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. @18.2-361 (1994) | Class 6 Felony |
Washington | C | NONE | ||
Washington DC | C | YES | DC Code @22-3502 (1994) ("Sexual Psychopath" chapter) | Fine not more than $1,000 and/or sentence of not more than 10 yrs |
West Virginia | C | NONE | ||
Wisconsin | C | YES | Wis. State. @944.17 (1993) | None listed |
Wyoming | C | NONE |
Country | Var | Law | Statute | Penalty |
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Canada | C | YES | Criminal Code of Canada Section 153 | Approx 10 years |
Denmark | W | NONE | ||
Finland | W | NONE | ||
New Zealand | C | YES | Crimes Act of 1964 Section 143 & 144 | Maximum 7 years PT |
Switzerland | W | NONE | ||
United Kingdom | C | YES | Sexual Offences Act of 1956, Section 12(1) Sexual Offences Act of 1967, Section 3(1) | Life imprisonment (typically 30 years) |
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) ).
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.
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.