New Mexico Statutes

§ 30-9A-2 — Definitions

New Mexico § 30-9A-2
JurisdictionNew Mexico
Ch. 30Criminal Offenses
Art. 9AAnimal Sexual Abuse

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Bluebook
N.M. Stat. Ann. § 30-9A-2 (2026).

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As used in the Animal Sexual Abuse Act: A. "animal" means any wild or domestic fauna, including livestock, alive or dead, in any setting, that is not a human being; B. "coerce" means the use of threat, physical force or violence against another person to commit an act of bestiality; C. "manipulate" means the use of persuasion, extortion, retaliation, deceit or other acts not involving force or coercion to cause another person to commit an act of bestiality; D. "orifice" means the mouth, vulva or anus; E. "sexual contact with an animal" means:

(1)the intentional insertion of the genitals or mouth of an animal into an orifice of a human's body;
(2)the intentional insertion of the genitals or mouth of a human into an orifice of an animal's body;
(3)the intentional insertion of an object in

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Legislative History

1978 Comp., § 30-9A-2, enacted by Laws 2023, ch. 42, § 2.

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