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.

From 27 October 1827 to 23 February 1843, Fernando Po remained legally Spanish territory but was partly administered by the United Kingdom. Royal Navy personnel could be punished under Article II of the Naval Articles of War for “uncleanness” or “other scandalous actions” by any punishment a court-martial deemed appropriate; Royal Navy officers could also be dismissed under Article XXXIII, the officer-misconduct article for scandalous or infamous conduct unbecoming an officer. From 27 October 1827 to 22 March 1829, any British Army enlisted personnel there would have been governed by the Mutiny Act 1827 and the Army Articles of War catch-all for disorders or neglects prejudicial to good order and military discipline, while Army officers could be cashiered or dismissed under the Army Articles of War for scandalous or infamous conduct unbecoming the character of an officer. From 23 March 1829, British Army enlisted personnel could be punished for “disgraceful conduct” under the Mutiny Act 1829 and Army Articles of War, especially after the War Office circular of 23 November 1829 interpreted that category to include “unnatural” vice or misconduct; Army officers continued to be punishable by cashiering or dismissal for scandalous, disgraceful, or conduct unbecoming an officer.

In 1826, a decree was passed to criminalised sodomy in Nicaragua with up to 3 years in prison.

Date reflects beginning of British colonization of Malaysia. Homosexuality is illegal in Malaysia.

In 1823, The Supreme Court of Ohio ruled in Key v. Vattier that the state did not recognize common-law crimes; the legality of sodomy was no longer unclear.

The Penal Code of Revolutionary Greece (Ἀπάνθισμα τῶν Ἐγκληματικῶν; Collection of Criminal Offenses) criminalized men who engaged in same-sex practices (ἀρσενοκοῖται). However, for offenses considered to go against morality, the courts during the Greek Revolution did not apply the provisions of the Apanthisma, but rather the provisions of the Byzantine criminal law, the Basilika.

In 1822, Alabama's Supreme Court ruled in the case of Coburn v. Harwood that sodomy was not an indictable offense in Alabama under the common law.

The age of consent for homosexual relations is equal to that of heterosexual ones in El Salvador.

The first Penal Code in El Salvador removed all mentions of sodomy as a crime in 1822.

In 1821, Connecticut adopted a new criminal code, which reduced the penalty for sodomy from death to life imprisonment. The law said that only men could be victims but stated that any gender could be the perpetrator. It went into effect in 1822

The age of consent is set equally at 18 years of age in the Code for the protection of the rights of children and adolescents.

The 1822 Criminal Code of the Dominican Republic did not criminalise same sex activity between consenting adults in private. The Criminal Code was updated in 2007 but did not change this.