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

1. An offender may request that the department determine whether the offense for which the offender has been convicted requires the offender to register under this chapter or whether the period of time during which the offender is required to register under this chapter has expir…

1. Registration forms and an electronic registration system shall be made available by the department. 2. Copies of blank forms shall be available upon request to any registering agency. 2009 Acts, ch 119, §17

The department shall perform all of the following duties: 1. Develop an electronic system and standard forms for use in the registration of, verifying addresses of, and verifying understanding of registration requirements by sex offenders. Forms used to verify addresses of sex of…

A sex offender registry fund is established as a separate fund within the state treasury under the control of the department. The fund shall consist of moneys received as a result of the imposition of the penalty imposed under section 692A.110 and other funds allocated for purpos…

The sheriff of each county shall comply with the requirements of this chapter and rules adopted by the department pursuant to this chapter . The sheriff of each county shall provide information and notices as provided in section 282.9 . 2009 Acts, ch 119, §20

1. The department shall maintain an internet site for the public and others to access relevant information about sex offenders. The internet site, at a minimum, shall be searchable by name, county, city, zip code, and geographic radius. 2. The department shall provide updated or …

An agency of state and local government that possesses information relevant to requirements that an offender register under this chapter shall provide that information to the court or the department upon request. All confidential records provided under this section shall remain c…

Criminal or juvenile justice agencies, state agencies, schools as defined in section 692A.114 , public libraries, and child care facilities, and their employees shall be immune from liability for acts or omissions arising from a good faith effort to comply with this chapter . 200…

1. A sex offender who is placed on probation, parole, work release, special sentence, or any other type of conditional release, may be supervised by an electronic tracking and monitoring system in addition to any other conditions of supervision. 2. The determination to use electr…

1. The registration requirements of this chapter shall apply to sex offenders convicted on or after July 1, 2009, of a sex offense classified under section 692A.102 . 2. The registration requirements of this chapter shall apply to a sex offender convicted of a sex offense or a co…

1. If a judge or jury makes a determination, beyond a reasonable doubt, that any of the following offenses for which a conviction has been entered on or after July 1, 2009, are sexually motivated, the person shall be required to register as provided in this chapter : a. Murder in…

A political subdivision of the state shall not adopt any motion, resolution, or ordinance regulating the residency location of a sex offender or any motion, resolution, or ordinance regulating the exclusion of a sex offender from certain real property. A motion, resolution, or or…

1. A sex offender may file an application in district court seeking to modify the registration requirements under this chapter . 2. For an offender whose requirement to register as a sex offender commenced prior to July 1, 2022, an application shall not be granted unless all of t…

A probation or parole officer supervising a sex offender is not precluded from imposing more restrictive exclusion zone requirements, employment prohibitions, and residency restrictions than under sections 692A.113 and 692A.114 . 2009 Acts, ch 119, §29

The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to administer this chapter . 2009 Acts, ch 119, §30

This chapter may be cited as the “National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact Act” . 2000 Acts, ch 1065, §1

The national crime prevention and privacy compact is enacted into law and entered into by this state with any other state or jurisdiction legally joining the compact in the form substantially as follows: 1. Article I — Definitions. As used in this compact, unless the context clea…

The commissioner of public safety shall be responsible to implement and administer this compact. 2000 Acts, ch 1065, §3

1. For purposes of this section : a. “Covered individual” means an individual who has, seeks to have, or may have access to children, the elderly, or individuals with disabilities served by a qualified entity and who is employed by, volunteers with, or seeks to volunteer with a q…

The commissioner of public safety may enter into such contracts as the commissioner may deem necessary for the purpose of utilizing a special radio broadcasting system for law enforcement and police work and for direct and rapid communication with the various peace officers of th…

Any such contract authorized in section 693.1 shall involve no expense to the state, except that the state may buy its own radio remote control system and install the same in the offices of the department of public safety in broadcasting communications and information direct to t…

Whenever the commissioner of public safety has entered into a contract and has established radio broadcasting facilities as is provided in this chapter , the commissioner shall at once notify the boards of supervisors of the respective counties that such a radio service has been …

The board of supervisors of each county shall install in the office of the sheriff a radio receiving set, and a set in at least one motor vehicle used by the sheriff, for use in connection with the state radio broadcasting system. The board of supervisors may install as many addi…

The council of each city of two thousand or more population may install at least one radio receiving set for use in law enforcement and police work. [C31, 35, §13417-d5; C39, § 13417.7; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §750.5; C79, 81, §693.5 ]

The department of public safety shall maintain law enforcement communications with local enforcement agencies. [C75, 77, §750.7; C79, 81, §693.7 ]

As used in this chapter , unless the context otherwise indicates: 1. “Missing person” means a person who is missing and meets one of the following characteristics: a. Is a person with a physical or mental disability. b. Is missing under circumstances indicating that the person’s …

1. As used in this section : a. “Missing person” means a missing person as defined in section 694.1 whose temporary or permanent residence is in Iowa, or is believed to be in Iowa, whose location has not been determined, and who has been reported as missing to a law enforcement a…

1. A person may file a complaint of a missing person with a law enforcement agency having jurisdiction. The complaint shall include, but is not limited to, the following information: a. The name of the complainant. b. The relationship of the complainant to the missing person. c. …

A law enforcement agency in which a complaint of a missing person has been filed shall prepare, as soon as practicable, a report on a missing person. That report shall include, but is not limited to, the following: 1. All information contained in the complaint on a missing person…

Upon completion of the report, a copy of the report shall be forwarded to: 1. All law enforcement agencies having jurisdiction of the location in which the missing person lives or was last seen. 2. All law enforcement agencies considered to be potentially involved by the law enfo…

1. If a report of missing person involves an unemancipated minor, the law enforcement agency shall immediately transmit the proper information for inclusion in the national crime information center computer. 2. If a report of missing person involves an unemancipated minor, a law …

A person who knowingly makes a false report of missing person, or knowingly makes a false statement in the report, to a law enforcement agency is guilty of a simple misdemeanor. 84 Acts, ch 1084, §6

Chapters 701 through 728 shall be known and may be cited as the “Iowa Criminal Code” . [C79, 81, §701.1 ] 2020 Acts, ch 1063, §373

The fact that one may be subjected to a criminal prosecution in no way limits the right which anyone may have to a civil remedy. [C79, 81, §701.10 ]

1. In a criminal prosecution in which a defendant has been charged with sexual abuse, evidence of the defendant’s commission of another sexual abuse is admissible and may be considered for its bearing on any matter for which the evidence is relevant. This evidence, though relevan…

1. A person under the age of twenty-one years shall not be charged or prosecuted for the violation of any of the following offenses if the evidence for the charge was obtained as a result of the person in good faith seeking emergency medical assistance for the person or another p…

A person expecting to be made a party to a criminal prosecution shall not be entitled to conduct a deposition in the criminal proceeding prior to the person being indicted for a criminal offense. 2023 Acts, ch 98, §1

A public offense is that which is prohibited by statute and is punishable by fine or imprisonment. [C51, §2816 – 2818; R60, §4428 – 4430; C73, §4103 – 4105; C97, §5092 – 5094; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 12889 – 12891; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §687.1, 687.2, 687.4; C79…

Every person is presumed innocent until proved guilty. No person shall be convicted of any offense unless the person’s guilt thereof is proved beyond a reasonable doubt. [C51, §2819; R60, §4431, 4807; C73, §4106, 4428; C97, §5095, 5376; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 12892, 13917; C46, 5…

A person shall not be convicted of a crime if at the time the crime is committed the person suffers from such a diseased or deranged condition of the mind as to render the person incapable of knowing the nature and quality of the act the person is committing or incapable of disti…

The fact that a person is under the influence of intoxicants or drugs neither excuses the person’s act nor aggravates the person’s guilt, but may be shown where it is relevant in proving the person’s specific intent or recklessness at the time of the person’s alleged criminal act…

All persons are presumed to know the law. Evidence of an accused person’s ignorance or mistake as to a matter of either fact or law shall be admissible in any case where it shall tend to prove the existence or nonexistence of some element of the crime with which the person is cha…

A public offense is a felony of a particular class when the statute defining the crime declares it to be a felony. Felonies are class “A” felonies, class “B” felonies, class “C” felonies, and class “D” felonies. Where the statute defining the offense declares it to be a felony bu…

All public offenses which are not felonies are misdemeanors. Misdemeanors are aggravated misdemeanors, serious misdemeanors, or simple misdemeanors. Where an act is declared to be a public offense, crime or misdemeanor, but no other designation is given, such act shall be a simpl…

No person shall be convicted of a public offense which is necessarily included in another public offense of which the person is convicted. If the jury returns a verdict of guilty of more than one offense and such verdict conflicts with this section , the court shall enter judgmen…

Wherever a term, word or phrase is defined in the criminal code, such meaning shall be given wherever it appears in the Code, unless it is being specially defined for a special purpose. [C79, 81, §702.1 ]