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

1. Definitions. For purposes of this section : a. “Consumer fireworks” includes first-class consumer fireworks and second-class consumer fireworks as those terms are defined in section 10A.519, subsection 1 . “Consumer fireworks” does not include novelties enumerated in chapter 3…

Any person who abandons or otherwise leaves unattended any refrigerator, icebox, or similar container, with doors that may become locked, outside of buildings and accessible to children, or any person who allows any such refrigerator, ice box, or similar container, to remain outs…

Any person other than one licensed to practice medicine, osteopathic medicine, chiropractic, or dentistry, or one acting under the direction of a person so licensed, who knowingly exposes any other person to X-ray radiation, commits a simple misdemeanor. [C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77,…

An emergency communication is any telephone call or radio transmission to a fire department or police department for aid, or a call or transmission for medical aid or ambulance service, when human life or property is in jeopardy and the prompt summoning of aid is essential. A per…

Any person who secures the use of a telephone or telephone line by falsely stating that such telephone or line is needed for an emergency call commits a simple misdemeanor. [C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §714.35; C79, 81, §727.6 ] Referred to in §727.7

Every telephone company doing business in this state shall print a copy of sections 727.5 and 727.6 in a prominent place in every telephone directory published by it. Any person, firm, or corporation providing telephone service which distributes or causes to be distributed in thi…

1. “Monitoring device” means a digital video or audio streaming or recording device that records, listens to, or otherwise intercepts video or audio communications in order to provide proof of or prevent criminal activity that is placed outside of a person’s dwelling or other str…

A person committing a trespass as defined in section 716.7 who knowingly places or uses a camera or electronic surveillance device that transmits or records images or data while the device is on the trespassed property commits an aggravated misdemeanor for a first offense and a c…

Unless another penalty is specifically provided, any person who without a license carries on or transacts any business or occupation for which a license is required by any law of this state, commits a simple misdemeanor. [C51, §2737; R60, §4380; C73, §4046; C97, §5010; C24, 27, 3…