Definitions.

For purposes of this chapter , unless a different meaning is clearly indicated by the context: 1. “Department” means the department of justice. 2. “Emergency shelter services” include but are not limited to secure crisis shelters or housing for victims of sexual abuse. 3. “Plaintiff” includes a person filing an action on behalf of an unemancipated minor. 4. “Pro se” means proceeding on one’s own behalf without legal representation. 5. “Sexual abuse” means any commission of a crime defined in chapter 709 or section 726.2 or 728.12 . “Sexual abuse” also means any commission of a crime in another jurisdiction under a statute that is substantially similar to any crime defined in chapter 709 or section 726.2 or 728.12 . 6. “Support services” include but are not limited to legal services, counseling services, transportation services, child care services, and advocacy services. 2017 Acts, ch 121, §5 Referred to in §507B.4