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944.17

944.17 Sexual gratification.

944.17(1)

(1) In this section, "in public" means in a place where or in a manner such that the person knows or has reason to know that his or her conduct is observable by or in the presence of persons other than the person with whom he or she is having sexual gratification.

944.17(2)

(2) Whoever does any of the following is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor:

944.17(2)(a)

(a) Commits an act of sexual gratification in public involving the sex organ of one person and the mouth or anus of another.

944.17(2)(c)

(c) Commits an act of sexual gratification involving his or her sex organ and the sex organ, mouth or anus of an animal.

944.17(2)(d)

(d) Commits an act of sexual gratification involving his or her sex organ, mouth or anus and the sex organ of an animal.

944.17(3)

(3) Subsection (2) does not apply to a mother's breast-feeding of her child.

944.17 - ANNOT.

History: 1977 c. 173; 1983 a. 17; 1987 a. 332; 1995 a. 165.