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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLVI
CRIMES
Chapter 828
ANIMALS: CRUELTY; SALES; ANIMAL ENTERPRISE PROTECTION
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F.S. 828.126
828.126 Sexual activities involving animals.
(1) As used in this section, the term “sexual contact with an animal” means any act committed between a person and an animal for the purpose of sexual gratification, abuse, or financial gain which involves:
(a) Contact between the sex organ or anus of one and the mouth, sex organ, or anus of the other;
(b) The fondling of the sex organ or anus of an animal; or
(c) The insertion, however slight, of any part of the body of a person or any object into the vaginal or anal opening of an animal, or the insertion of any part of the body of an animal into the vaginal or anal opening of a person.
(2) A person may not:
(a) Knowingly engage in any sexual contact with an animal;
(b) Knowingly cause, aid, or abet another person to engage in any sexual contact with an animal;
(c) Knowingly permit any sexual contact with an animal to be conducted on any premises under his or her charge or control;
(d) Knowingly organize, promote, conduct, aid, abet, participate in as an observer, or advertise, offer, solicit, or accept an offer of an animal for the purpose of sexual contact with such animal, or perform any service in the furtherance of an act involving any sexual contact with an animal; or
(e) Knowingly film, distribute, or possess any pornographic image or video of a person and an animal engaged in any of the activities prohibited by this section.
(3) A person who violates this section commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
(4) In addition to other penalties prescribed by law, the court shall issue an order prohibiting a person convicted under this section from harboring, owning, possessing, or exercising control over any animal; from residing in any household in which animals are present; and from engaging in an occupation, whether paid or unpaid, or participating in a volunteer position at any establishment at which animals are present. The order may be effective for up to 5 years after the date of the conviction, regardless of whether adjudication is withheld.
(5) This section does not apply to accepted animal husbandry practices, including, but not limited to, bona fide agricultural purposes, assistance with the birthing process or artificial insemination of an animal for reproductive purposes, accepted conformation judging practices, or accepted veterinary medical practices.
History.s. 1, ch. 2011-42; s. 4, ch. 2022-212.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 828.126
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S828.126 2a - CONSERVATION-ANIMALS - SEXUAL CONTACT WITH ANIMAL - F: T
S828.126 2b - CONSERVATION-ANIMALS - AID ABET SEX CONTACT WITH ANIMAL - F: T
S828.126 2c - CONSERVATION-ANIMALS - PERMIT SEX CONTACT WITH ANIMAL ON PREMISES - F: T
S828.126 2d - CONSERVATION-ANIMALS - ORGANIZE PROMOTE ADVERT SEX CONTACT W ANIMAL - F: T
S828.126 2e - CONSERVATION-ANIMALS - FILM POSSESS IMAGE VIDEO ANIMAL SEX ACTIVITY - F: T
S828.126 3 - CONSERVATION-ANIMALS - RENUMBERED. SEE REC # 9762 - M: F

Cases Citing Statute 828.126

Total Results: 2

In re Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases-Report No. 2012-04

131 So. 3d 720, 38 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 877, 2013 WL 6305393, 2013 Fla. LEXIS 2640

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Dec 5, 2013 | Docket: 60238161

Cited 5 times | Published

2013. 29.13(c) SEXUAL ACTIVITY WITH AN ANIMAL § 828.126, Fla. Stat. To prove the crime of Sexual Activity

In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases-Report 2018-04.

257 So. 3d 370

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Nov 15, 2018 | Docket: 8193607

Published

29.13(c) SEXUAL ACTIVITY WITH AN ANIMAL § 828.126, Fla. Stat. To prove the crime of Sexual