2016 Iowa Code
Title XVI - CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE
Chapter 702 - DEFINITIONS
Section 702.17 - Sex act.

IA Code § 702.17 (2016) What's This?

702.17

Sex act.

The term “sex act” or “sexual activity” means any sexual contact between two or more persons by any of the following:

1. Penetration of the penis into the vagina or anus.

2. Contact between the mouth and genitalia or by contact between the genitalia of one person and the genitalia or anus of another person.

3. Contact between the finger or hand of one person and the genitalia or anus of another person, except in the course of examination or treatment by a person licensed pursuant to chapter 148, 148C, 151, or 152.

4. Ejaculation onto the person of another.

5. By use of artificial sexual organs or substitutes therefor in contact with the genitalia or anus.

[C75, 77, §725.1(7); C79, 81, §702.17]

89 Acts, ch 105, §1; 89 Acts, ch 296, §86; 2008 Acts, ch 1088, §138; 2013 Acts, ch 43, §1; 2014 Acts, ch 1092, §144

Referred to in §235B.2, §235E.1, §692A.101, §709.15, §709.18, §728.1, §728.14

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