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

1. The prosecuting attorney or an aggrieved person may institute civil proceedings against any person in district court seeking relief from conduct constituting a violation of this chapter or to prevent, restrain, or remedy such violation. 2. The district court has jurisdiction t…

A person who violates section 706A.2, subsection 1, 2, or 4 , commits a class “B” felony. 96 Acts, ch 1133, §29

1. The provisions of this chapter shall be liberally construed to effectuate its remedial purposes. Civil remedies under this chapter shall be supplemental and not mutually exclusive. Civil remedies under this chapter do not preclude and are not precluded by other provisions of l…

In this chapter , unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Proceeds” means property acquired or derived directly or indirectly from, produced through, realized through, or caused by an act or omission and includes any property of any kind. 2. “Property” means anything of value,…

1. It is unlawful for a person to commit money laundering by doing any of the following: a. To knowingly transport, receive, or acquire property or to conduct a transaction involving property, knowing that the property involved is the proceeds of some form of unlawful activity, w…

1. The provisions of this chapter shall be liberally construed to effectuate its remedial purposes. Civil remedies under this chapter shall be supplemental and not mutually exclusive. The civil remedies do not preclude and are not precluded by other provisions of law. 2. The prov…

A person who kills another person with malice aforethought either express or implied commits murder. [C51, §2568; R60, §4191; C73, §3848; C97, §4727, 4796; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 12910, 12961; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §690.1, 697.1; C79, 81, §707.1 ] Referred to i…

A person who performs or induces a termination of a human pregnancy and who willfully fails to exercise that degree of professional skill, care, and diligence available to preserve the life and health of a viable fetus shall be guilty of a serious misdemeanor. [C79, 81, §707.10 ]…

1. A person commits the offense of attempt to commit murder when, with the intent to cause the death of another person and not under circumstances which would justify the person’s actions, the person does any act by which the person expects to set in motion a force or chain of ev…

1. A person commits murder in the first degree when the person commits murder under any of the following circumstances: a. The person willfully, deliberately, and with premeditation kills another person. b. The person kills another person while participating in a forcible felony.…

1. A person commits murder in the second degree when the person commits murder which is not murder in the first degree. 2. Murder in the second degree is a class “B” felony. However, notwithstanding section 902.9, subsection 1 , paragraph “b” , the maximum sentence for a person c…

1. A person who commands, entreats, or otherwise attempts to persuade another to commit murder as defined in section 707.1 , with the intent that such act be done and under circumstances which corroborate that intent by clear and convincing evidence, solicits another to commit th…

1. A person commits voluntary manslaughter when that person causes the death of another person, under circumstances which would otherwise be murder, if the person causing the death acts solely as the result of sudden, violent, and irresistible passion resulting from serious provo…

1. A person commits involuntary manslaughter punishable as: a. A class “D” felony when the person unintentionally causes the death of another person by the commission of a public offense other than a forcible felony or escape. b. An aggravated misdemeanor when the person unintent…

1. A person who injures or causes the death of the aggressor through application of reasonable force in defense of the person’s person or property shall not be held civilly liable for such injury or death. 2. A person who injures or causes the death of the aggressor through appli…

1. A person commits a class “B” felony when the person unintentionally causes the death of another by operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, as prohibited by section 321J.2 . 1A. Upon a plea or verdict of guilty of a violation of subsection 1 , the defendant shall surrender…

1. Any person who intentionally terminates a human pregnancy, with the knowledge and voluntary consent of the pregnant person, after the end of the second trimester of the pregnancy where death of the fetus results commits feticide. Feticide is a class “C” felony. 2. Any person w…

1. A person who terminates a human pregnancy without the consent of the pregnant person during the commission of a forcible felony is guilty of a class “B” felony. 2. A person who terminates a human pregnancy without the consent of the pregnant person during the commission of a f…

1. As used in this section , unless the context otherwise requires: a. “Abortion” means abortion as defined in section 146.1 . b. “Fetus” means a human fetus. c. “Partial-birth abortion” means an abortion in which a person partially vaginally delivers a living fetus before killin…

A person who intentionally kills a viable fetus aborted alive shall be guilty of a class “B” felony. [C79, 81, §707.9 ] Definition of “viability”, §702.20

As used in this chapter , unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Licensed health care professional” means a physician and surgeon, podiatric physician, osteopathic physician and surgeon, physician assistant, nurse, dentist, or pharmacist required to be licensed under chapter …

A person commits a class “C” felony if the person intentionally or knowingly assists, solicits, or incites another person to commit or attempt to commit suicide, or participates in a physical act by which another person commits or attempts to commit suicide. 96 Acts, ch 1002, §2 …

1. A licensed health care professional who administers, prescribes, or dispenses medications or who performs or prescribes procedures to relieve another person’s pain or discomfort, even if the medication or procedure may hasten or increase the risk of death, does not violate sec…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Iowa Stem Cell Research and Cures Initiative” . 2007 Acts, ch 6, §1

It is the purpose of this chapter to ensure that Iowa patients have access to stem cell therapies and cures and that Iowa researchers may conduct stem cell research and develop therapies and cures in the state, and to prohibit human reproductive cloning. 2007 Acts, ch 6, §2

As used in this chapter , unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Human reproductive cloning” means human asexual reproduction, using somatic cell nuclear transfer, for implantation or attempted implantation into a woman’s uterus or substitute for a woman’s uterus. “Human repr…

1. A person shall not intentionally or knowingly do any of the following: a. Perform or attempt to perform human reproductive cloning. b. Participate in performing or in an attempt to perform human reproductive cloning. c. Transfer or receive, in whole or in part, for the purpose…

1. An assault as defined in this section is a general intent crime. 2. A person commits an assault when, without justification, the person does any of the following: a. Any act which is intended to cause pain or injury to, or which is intended to result in physical contact which …

1. a. A person commits an act of hazing when the person intentionally or recklessly engages in any act or acts involving forced activity which endanger the physical health or safety of a student for the purpose of initiation or admission into, or affiliation with, any organizatio…

1. As used in this section , unless the context otherwise requires: a. “Accompanying offense” means any public offense committed as part of the course of conduct engaged in while committing the offense of stalking. b. “Course of conduct” means repeatedly maintaining a visual or p…

1. A person commits unauthorized placement of a global positioning device when the person, without the consent of the other person, places a global positioning device on the other person or an object in order to track the movements of the other person without a legitimate purpose…

1. As used in this section , “officer” means peace officer as defined in section 724.2A or a correctional officer. 2. A person who knowingly or intentionally removes or attempts to remove a communication device or any device used for control from the possession of an officer, whe…

1. A person who knowingly or intentionally removes or attempts to remove a dangerous weapon, as defined in section 702.7 , from the possession of a peace officer, as defined in section 724.2A , when the officer is in the performance of any act which is within the scope of the law…

1. A person commits abuse of a human corpse if the person does any of the following: a. Mutilates, disfigures, or dismembers a human corpse with the intent to conceal a crime. b. Hides or buries a human corpse with the intent to conceal a crime. c. Fails to disclose the known loc…

A person convicted of any indictable offense under this chapter shall be required to register as a sex offender pursuant to the provisions of chapter 692A , if the offense was committed against a minor and the fact finder makes a determination that the offense was sexually motiva…

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 , a person who knowingly circumcises, excises, or infibulates, in whole or in part, the labia majora, labia minora, or clitoris of a minor commits a class “D” felony. 2. A surgical procedure is not a violation of subsection 1 if the…

1. A person who commits an assault, as defined in section 708.1 , with the intent to inflict a serious injury upon another, is guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor. 2. A person who commits an assault, as defined in section 708.1 , and who causes bodily injury or mental illness, is…

1. For the purposes of this chapter , “domestic abuse assault” means an assault, as defined in section 708.1 , which is domestic abuse as defined in section 236.2, subsection 2 , paragraph “a” , “b” , “c” , or “d” . 2. On a first offense of domestic abuse assault, the person comm…

1. As used in this section , “district department” means a judicial district department of correctional services, established pursuant to section 904.104A . 2. A person convicted of, or receiving a deferred judgment for, domestic abuse assault as defined in section 708.2A , shall…

1. For the purposes of this chapter , “assault in violation of individual rights” means an assault, as defined in section 708.1 , which is a hate crime as defined in section 729A.2 . 2. A person who commits an assault in violation of individual rights, with the intent to inflict …

1. For the purposes of this section : a. “Older individual” means an individual who is sixty years of age or older. b. “Older individual assault” means an assault, as defined in section 708.1 , of an older individual. 2. On a first offense of older individual assault, the person …

1. For purposes of this section : a. “Assault” means any offense defined in section 708.1 or 708.2A . b. “Protective order” means a protective order issued by a court of this state and in effect pursuant to chapter 236 or chapter 664A , or a protective order issued by a court of …

Any person who commits an assault as defined in section 708.1 while participating in a felony other than a sexual abuse is guilty of: 1. A class “C” felony if the person thereby causes serious injury to any person. 2. A class “D” felony if no serious injury results. [C51, §2592, …

1. A person who commits an assault, as defined in section 708.1 , against a peace officer, jailer, correctional or juvenile detention staff, member or employee of the board of parole, health care provider, employee of the department of health and human services, employee of the d…

A person who, while confined in a jail or in an institution or facility under the control of the department of corrections, commits any of the following acts commits a class “D” felony: 1. An assault, as defined under section 708.1 , upon an employee of the jail or institution or…

Any person who does an act which is not justified and which is intended to cause serious injury to another commits willful injury, which is punishable as follows: 1. A class “C” felony, if the person causes serious injury to another. 2. A class “D” felony, if the person causes bo…