Homosexual activity was illegal in Mauritius until 2023; however, the law criminalizing it was unenforced.

In 1838, Arkansas removed the life imprisonment penalty for sodomy and replaced it with 5 to 21 years in prison.

The 1837 Penal Code of Nicaragua technically legalised homosexuality as sodomy was not mentioned in the code. However, the clause against public indecency was potentially used to arrest homosexuals.

Following the country's independence from the Ottoman Empire, the penal code of 1834 stipulated in Article 274 that anyone guilty of sodomy shall be punished with at least one year imprisonment and police surveillance. Lesbians were not mentioned or acknowledged in the Greek Criminal Code.

In 1835, male homosexuality was criminalised in Moldova.

The 1835 Russian Penal Code applied to Moldova and criminalised sodomy.

Although proposed in a draft penal code of 1754, sodomy was not criminalized until the 1835 penal code.

Age of consent for Anal or Vaginal sex is 14 years old.

Same-sex sexual activity in Bolivia has been legal since 1831 as the Penal Code did not mention homosexuality.

Since decriminalisation in 1830, the age of consent for homosexual relations has always remained equal to that of heterosexual ones in Brazil. According to the Brazilian Penal Code of 1940, the age of consent for sexual intercourse is the same for both heterosexual and homosexual couples: 14 years old.

Shortly after Brazil gained independence from Portugal, in 1830, the Imperial Penal Code decriminalized sodomy. Brazil's 1988 Constitution further strengthened affirmative protections by prohibiting any form of discrimination. Since then courts have since affirmed this additionally applies to sexual orientation.

France began to control parts of Algeria in 1830; under French control, homosexuality was not criminalized.

In 1830, in the case of State v. Cawood, the same court ruled that Congresses common law applied to Alabama. In 1833, a new code specifically adopted common-law crimes.