{"data":{"id":"us-nm/30-9a-2","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"30-9A-2","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in the Animal Sexual Abuse Act:\nA. \"animal\" means any wild or domestic fauna, including livestock, alive or dead, in any setting, that is not a human being;\nB. \"coerce\" means the use of threat, physical force or violence against another person to commit an act of bestiality;\nC. \"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;\nD. \"orifice\" means the mouth, vulva or anus;\nE. \"sexual contact with an animal\" means:\n(1) the intentional insertion of the genitals or mouth of an animal into an orifice of a human's body;\n(2) the intentional insertion of the genitals or mouth of a human into an orifice of an animal's body;\n(3) the intentional insertion of an object into the genitals or anus of an animal; and\n(4) contact, handling or stimulation of the genitals or anus of an animal by a human.\n\"Sexual contact with an animal\" does not include accepted veterinary medical practices; accepted animal husbandry, care and grooming practices in the caretaking of animals; accepted practices related to the insemination of animals for the purpose of procreation; or accepted practices related to conformation judging; and\nF. \"solicit\" means to entice, induce, encourage or attempt to persuade another person to commit an act of bestiality.","path":["Chapter 30 - Criminal Offenses","ARTICLE 9A Animal Sexual Abuse"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18530/index.do","current_through":"2026-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:19Z","sha256":"2ef39797bb1ee6063e43617224e9ac677291537d1f70138f4faf457606e85cf8","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/30-9a-1","next":"us-nm/30-9a-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}