Title XVI, CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE (Ch. 687 - 916)

This chapter does not prohibit the establishment and operation of a state racing and gaming commission and pari-mutuel betting on horse or dog races as provided in chapter 99D . 83 Acts, ch 187, §35

Sections 725.5 through 725.10 and 725.12 do not apply to a game, activity, ticket, or device when lawfully possessed, used, conducted, or participated in pursuant to chapter 99B , 99E , 99F , or 99G . [C75, 77, §726.11; C79, 81, §725.15 ] 85 Acts, ch 33, §126 ; 86 Acts, ch 1125, …

A person who commits an offense declared in chapter 99B to be a misdemeanor shall be guilty of a serious misdemeanor. [C51, §2721, 2730; R60, §4363, 4377; C73, §4026, 4043; C97, §4962, 5000; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 13198, 13218; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §726.1, 726.8; C75,…

Any officer or employee of this state, or of a county, city, or judicial district who asks for, receives or collects any money or other consideration for and with the understanding that the officer or employee will aid, exempt, or otherwise protect another person from detection, …

Any person who knowingly offers, gives or sells the person’s services for use in collecting or enforcing any debt arising from gambling, whether or not lawful gambling, commits an aggravated misdemeanor. [C77, §726.16; C79, 81, §725.18 ]

1. Any person under the age of twenty-one years shall not make or attempt to make a gambling wager, except as permitted under chapter 99B . A person who violates this subsection commits a scheduled violation under section 805.8C, subsection 5 , paragraph “a” . 2. A person who kno…

1. A person who solicits a patron for a prostitute, or who knowingly takes or shares in the earnings of a prostitute, or who knowingly furnishes a room or other place to be used for the purpose of prostitution, whether for compensation or not, commits a class “D” felony. 2. A per…

1. A person who persuades, arranges, coerces, or otherwise causes another, not a minor, to become a prostitute or to return to the practice of prostitution after having abandoned it, or keeps or maintains any premises for the purposes of prostitution or takes a share in the incom…

A person who has rented or let any building, structure or part thereof, boat, trailer or other place offering shelter or seclusion, and who knows, or has reason to know, that the lessee or tenant is using such for the purposes of prostitution, and who does not, immediately upon a…

Any person who keeps a house, shop, or place resorted to for the purpose of gambling, or permits any person in any house, shop, or other place under the person’s control or care to conduct bookmaking or to play at cards, dice, faro, roulette, equality, punchboard, slot machine or…

In a prosecution under section 725.5 , any person who has the charge of or attends to any such house, shop, or place is the keeper thereof. [C51, §2721; R60, §4363; C73, §4026; C97, §4962; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 13199; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §726.2; C79, 81, §72…

1. Except as permitted in chapters 99B and 99D , a person shall not do any of the following: a. Participate in a game for any sum of money or other property of any value. b. Make any bet. c. For a fee, directly or indirectly, give or accept anything of value to be wagered or to b…

Property, whether real or personal, offered as a stake, or any moneys, property, or other thing of value staked, paid, bet, wagered, laid, or deposited in connection with or as a part of any game of chance, lottery, gambling scheme or device, gift enterprise, or other trade schem…

1. “Antique slot machine” means a slot machine which is twenty-five years old or older. 2. “Gambling device” means a device used or adapted or designed to be used for gambling and includes, but is not limited to, roulette wheels, klondike tables, punchboards, faro layouts, keno l…