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Beastiality Legal States 2024

Beastiality Legal States 2024

Beastiality Legal States 2024

  • As bestiality is illegal in all 50 states, the table below displays each state's legal classification and penalty for bestiality.

50 states

State
Penalty
Penalty Details
ConnecticutMisdemeanor or Felony
Class A misdemeanor or class D felony
HawaiiMisdemeanor or Felony
Misdemeanor for the first offense | Class C felony for the second or subsequent offense | Committed ...
KansasMisdemeanor or Felony
Class B nonperson misdemeanor | Causing child between 14 and 16 to engage with animal) is a severity...
MissouriMisdemeanor or Felony
Class A misdemeanor unless the defendant has previously been convicted under this section, in which ...
NevadaMisdemeanor or Felony
Gross misdemeanor if the crime does not cause the death of or serious bodily injury to an animal inv...
OklahomaMisdemeanor or Felony
Punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections not exceeding ten (10) ye...
AlabamaMisdemeanor
Class A misdemeanor
AlaskaMisdemeanor
Class A misdemeanor
ArkansasMisdemeanor
Class A misdemeanor
CaliforniaMisdemeanor
Misdemeanor
ColoradoMisdemeanor
Class 1 misdemeanor
FloridaMisdemeanor
First-degree misdemeanor
IowaMisdemeanor
Aggravated misdemeanor
MaineMisdemeanor
Class D crime (misdemeanor)
MarylandMisdemeanor
Misdemeanor | On conviction subject to imprisonment not exceeding 10 years or a fine not exceeding $...
MinnesotaMisdemeanor
Misdemeanor
NebraskaMisdemeanor
Class III misdemeanor
New HampshireMisdemeanor
Class A misdemeanor for a first offense | Class B felony for a second or subsequent offense.
New YorkMisdemeanor
Class A misdemeanor
North DakotaMisdemeanor
Class A misdemeanor
OhioMisdemeanor
Misdemeanor of the second degree
OregonMisdemeanor
Class A misdemeanor
PennsylvaniaMisdemeanor
Misdemeanor of the second degree
UtahMisdemeanor
Class B misdemeanor
VermontMisdemeanor
Misdemeanor
WisconsinMisdemeanor
Class A misdemeanor
WyomingMisdemeanor
Misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, a fine of not more than one t...
New MexicoLegal
Senate Bill 215 would make it illegal to engage in bestiality and it would be classified as fourth-d...
West VirginiaLegal
ArizonaFelony
Class 6 felony
DelawareFelony
Class D felony
GeorgiaFelony
Felony: imprisonment for not less than one nor more than five years.
IdahoFelony
Felony with imprisonment in the state prison for a term not to exceed five (5) years.
IllinoisFelony
Class 4 felony
IndianaFelony
Level 6 felony
KentuckyFelony
Class D Felony
LouisianaFelony
Felony | Fine of not more than $2,000, imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than 5 y...
MassachusettsFelony
Felony | First offense: imprisonment in the state prison for not more than 7 years | Second or subse...
MichiganFelony
Felony, punishable by imprisonment in the state prison not more than 15 years.
MississippiFelony
Felony | Not listed but punishment is imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of not more than 1...
MontanaFelony
Felony | Not listed but a person convicted of the offense of deviate sexual conduct shall be impriso...
New JerseyFelony
Fourth degree falony or third degree felony if the animal involved was injured or died.
North CarolinaFelony
Class I felony
Rhode IslandFelony
Felony with imprisonment not exceeding 20 years nor less than 7 years.
South CarolinaFelony
Felony with imprisonment in the Penitentiary for five years or shall pay a fine of not less than $50...
South DakotaFelony
Class 6 felony | If the person has been previously convicted of a sex crime any subsequent violation...
TennesseeFelony
Class E felony
TexasFelony
Felony and a felony of the second degree.
VirginiaFelony
Class 6 felony
WashingtonFelony
Class C felony

In which states is bestiality legal?

Bestiality is legal in New Mexico and West Virginia.

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