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

1. A person shall not intentionally, willfully, and without authorization do any of the following: a. Access, attempt to access, cause to be accessed, or exceed the person’s authorized access to all or a part of a computer network, computer control language, computer, computer so…

As used in this chapter : 1. “Credit card” means a writing purporting to evidence an undertaking to pay for property or services delivered or rendered to or upon the order of a designated person or bearer and includes a debit card or access device used to engage in an electronic …

1. A person commits a class “D” felony if the person does any of the following: a. Directly or indirectly uses a scanning device to access, read, obtain, memorize, or store, temporarily or permanently, information encoded on a payment card without the permission of the authorized…

1. A person shall not manufacture, market, sell, distribute, use, or possess synthetic urine or a urine additive for the purpose of defrauding a drug or alcohol test. 2. A person shall not knowingly use the person’s own urine expelled or withdrawn prior to the collection of a uri…

1. A person is guilty of forgery if, with intent to defraud or injure anyone, or with knowledge that the person is facilitating a fraud or injury to be perpetrated by anyone, the person does any of the following: a. Alters a writing of another without the other’s permission. b. M…

1. An employer is subject to the civil penalty in this section if the employer does either of the following: a. Hires a person when the employer or an agent or employee of the employer knows that the document evidencing the person’s authorized stay or employment in the United Sta…

A person commits a serious misdemeanor if, with intent to defraud anyone or with knowledge that the person is facilitating a fraud to be perpetrated by anyone, the person makes, alters, or utters any object so that it appears to have value because of antiquity, rarity, source, or…

A person commits an aggravated misdemeanor if, with the intent to deceive or injure anyone, the person destroys, removes, or conceals a will, deed, mortgage, security instrument, or other writing for which the law provides public recording. 87 Acts, ch 150, §4

A person commits an aggravated misdemeanor if, knowing that the person has no privilege to do so, the person falsifies, destroys, removes, or conceals a writing or record, with the intent to deceive or injure anyone or to conceal any wrongdoing. 87 Acts, ch 150, §5

1. a. A person commits a public offense by using a credit card for the purpose of obtaining property or services with knowledge of any of the following: (1) The credit card is stolen or forged. (2) The credit card has been revoked or canceled. (3) For any other reason the use of …

1. As used in this section , “academic degree” means a diploma, certificate, license, transcript, or other document which signifies or purports to signify completion of the academic requirements of a secondary, postsecondary, professional, or governmental program of study. 2. A p…

1. For purposes of this section , “minor” means any person under the age of eighteen. 2. A person commits a public offense if the person applies for a credit card in the name of a minor, other than the person, without the consent of the minor’s parent, guardian, or legal custodia…

A single information, indictment, or complaint charging a violation of a provision of this chapter may allege more than one such violation against a person. The multiple charges shall be set out in separate counts, and the accused person shall be acquitted or convicted upon each …

1. a. For purposes of this section , “identification information” includes but is not limited to the name, address, date of birth, telephone number, driver’s license number, nonoperator’s identification card number, social security number, student identification number, military …

1. The value of credit, property, services, or other benefit obtained is its highest value by any reasonable standard at the time the identity theft is committed. Any reasonable standard includes but is not limited to market value within the community, actual value, or replacemen…

1. The attorney general, in cooperation with any law enforcement agency, may issue an identity theft passport to a person who meets both of the following requirements: a. Is a victim of identity theft in this state or resides in this state at the time the person is a victim of id…

As used in this chapter : 1. “Artist” means the creator of a work of fine art or, in the case of multiples, the person who conceived or created the image which is contained in or which constitutes the master from which the individual print was made. 2. “Art merchant” means a pers…

1. If an art merchant sells or exchanges a work of fine art or multiple and furnishes to a buyer of the work who is not an art merchant a certificate of authenticity or any similar written instrument presumed to be part of the basis of the bargain, the art merchant creates an exp…

A person who makes, alters, or issues a certificate of authenticity or any similar written instrument for a work of fine art or multiple attesting to material facts about the work which are not true, or who makes representations regarding a work of fine art or a multiple attestin…

1. An art merchant who sells a work of fine art or a multiple to a buyer under a warranty attesting to facts about the work which are not true is liable to the buyer to whom the work was sold. a. If the warranty was untrue through no fault of the art merchant, the merchant’s liab…

As used in this chapter , unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Breach of security” means unauthorized acquisition of personal information maintained in computerized form by a person that compromises the security, confidentiality, or integrity of the personal information. “B…

1. Any person who owns or licenses computerized data that includes a consumer’s personal information that is used in the course of the person’s business, vocation, occupation, or volunteer activities and that was subject to a breach of security shall give notice of the breach of …

As used in this chapter , unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Affiliate” means a legal entity that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with another legal entity or shares common branding with another legal entity. For the purposes of this definition, “co…

1. This chapter applies to a person conducting business in the state or producing products or services that are targeted to consumers who are residents of the state and that during a calendar year does either of the following: a. Controls or processes personal data of at least on…

1. A consumer may invoke the consumer rights authorized pursuant to this section at any time by submitting a request to the controller, through the means specified by the controller pursuant to section 715D.4, subsection 6 , specifying the consumer rights the consumer wishes to i…

1. A controller shall adopt and implement reasonable administrative, technical, and physical data security practices to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of personal data. Such data security practices shall be appropriate to the volume and nature of the pe…

1. A processor shall assist a controller in duties required under this chapter , taking into account the nature of processing and the information available to the processor by appropriate technical and organizational measures, insofar as is reasonably practicable, as follows: a. …

1. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require the following: a. A controller or processor to re-identify de-identified data or pseudonymous data. b. Maintaining data in identifiable form. c. Collecting, obtaining, retaining, or accessing any data or technology, in orde…

1. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to restrict a controller’s or processor’s ability to do the following: a. Comply with federal, state, or local laws, rules, or regulations. b. Comply with a civil, criminal, or regulatory inquiry, investigation, subpoena, or summons b…

1. The attorney general shall have exclusive authority to enforce the provisions of this chapter . Whenever the attorney general has reasonable cause to believe that any person has engaged in, is engaging in, or is about to engage in any violation of this chapter , the attorney g…

1. This chapter supersedes and preempts all rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, and other laws adopted by a city, county, municipality, or local agency regarding the processing of personal data by controllers or processors. 2. Any reference to federal, state, or local law or s…

As used in this chapter : 1. a. “Convicted” means the entry of a judgment of conviction under chapter 901 or adjudicated delinquent for an act which is an indictable offense in this state or in another state under chapter 232 . b. “Convicted” does not mean a plea, sentence, adjud…

In measuring the distance from an object to a remotely piloted aircraft in flight under this chapter , it shall be presumed as a matter of law that the remotely piloted aircraft is flying parallel to the object. The distance between the object and remotely piloted aircraft shall …

1. A person commits intrusion by the use of a remotely piloted aircraft if the person knowingly does any of the following: a. Controls the flight of a remotely piloted aircraft over a homestead, if the homestead is not owned or leased by the person, and the remotely piloted aircr…

1. A person commits surveillance by the use of a remotely piloted aircraft if the person knowingly does any of the following: a. Controls the flight of a remotely piloted aircraft equipped with a surveillance device over a homestead, if the homestead is not owned or leased by the…

1. A person who is the owner or lessee of a homestead or farmstead may petition the district court to obtain an order for a temporary injunction to prevent the respondent from using any remotely piloted aircraft equipped with a surveillance device, if a preponderance of evidence …

Sections 715E.3 and 715E.4 do not prohibit a person from controlling a remotely piloted aircraft flying over a person’s homestead or farmstead if the person controlling the remotely piloted aircraft is any of the following: 1. A person who acts with the consent of the owner of th…

Any damage, defacing, alteration, or destruction of property is criminal mischief when done intentionally by one who has no right to so act. [C51, §2679, 2681 – 2683, 2686 – 2688, 2690, 2715, 2753; R60, §1766, 4319, 4321 – 4323, 4326 – 4328, 4330 – 4332, 4357, 4403; C73, §1564, 3…

1. A person commits railroad vandalism when the person does any of the following: a. Shoots, fires, or otherwise discharges a firearm or other device at a train or train component. b. Launches, releases, propels, casts, or directs a projectile, missile, or other device at a train…

Solely for purposes of this section and section 716.12 , unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Critical infrastructure” means any of the following: a. An electrical power generating, transmission, or delivery system. b. A gas, oil, petroleum, refined petroleum product, renew…

A person who commits critical infrastructure sabotage as defined in section 716.11 is guilty of a class “B” felony, and in addition to the provisions of section 902.9, subsection 1 , paragraph “b” , shall be punished by a fine of not less than eighty-five thousand dollars nor mor…

1. As used in this section , unless the context otherwise requires: a. “Agricultural animal” means an animal belonging to the bovine, caprine, equine, ovine, or porcine species; farm deer as defined in section 170.1 ; ostriches, rheas, and emus; turkeys, chickens, domestic geese …

1. As used in this section , unless the context otherwise requires: a. “Agricultural animal” means an animal belonging to the bovine, caprine, equine, ovine, or porcine species; farm deer as defined in section 170.1 ; ostriches, rheas, and emus; turkeys, chickens, domestic geese …

Whenever criminal mischief is committed upon more than one item of property at approximately the same location or time period, so that all of these acts of mischief can be attributed to a single scheme, plan or conspiracy, such acts shall be considered as a single act of criminal…

1. Criminal mischief is criminal mischief in the first degree if either of the following apply: a. The cost of replacing, repairing, or restoring the property that is damaged, defaced, altered, or destroyed is more than ten thousand dollars. b. The acts are intended to or do in f…

1. Criminal mischief is criminal mischief in the second degree if any of the following apply: a. The cost of replacing, repairing, or restoring the property that is damaged, defaced, altered, or destroyed exceeds one thousand five hundred dollars but does not exceed ten thousand …