The Iowa Sex Offender Registry became law on July 1, 1995 and is found in Chapter 692A Code of Iowa. This site allow members of the public a means to protect themselves from individuals who have committed an offense that requires registration.
we begin with a review of that law. Iowa Code chapter 663A governs postconviction relief procedure in Iowa. See Iowa Code ch. 663A (1991) (now codified at Iowa Code ch. 822 (1993)). Under this chapter any person convicted of, or sentenced for, a public offense may file ...
Although O'Kelly applied to a felony arrest, the authority to make a citizen's arrest under section 804.9 applies to any "public offense," not just a felony. Iowa Code section 701.2 defines "public offense" as "that which is prohibited by statute and is punishable by fine or imprisonment....
(3)The commission of a sexual offense with or to a child pursuant tochapter 709,section 726.2, orsection 728.12, subsection 1, as a result of the acts or omissions of the person responsible for the care of the child or of a person who is fourteen years of age or older and resides in...
Iowa, along with other states such asIndianaandIllinois, basically prohibits just about any form of unregulated gambling by identifying the act of wagering as the chargeable offense. While Iowa law makes frequent mention of "games of skill" and "games of chance," the laws of the state do no...
S. 55 (1899), which concerned the admissibility of prior convictions of codefendants to prove an element of the offense Page 487 U. S. 1017 of receiving stolen Government property, we described the operation of the Clause as follows: "[A] fact which can be primarily established only by ...
sections 902.9 and 903.1, a person who commits a public offense involving a firearm or offensive weapon, within a weapons free zone, in violation of this or any other chapter shall be subject to a fine of twice the maximum amount which may otherwise be imposed for the public offense. ...
Iowa Code Section 716.7describes criminal trespassing as: Entering a property without permission with the intent to alter, damage or remove something, harass someone, or commit a public offense. Entering or staying on a property after being notified or requested to leave it. ...
The Sioux City Journal editorialized Jan. 13: “For the sake of public safety, we again this year share our support for making illegal in Iowa the practice of using a hand-held cell phone while driving. … At a minimum, the state should making texting while driving a primary offense.”...
The New Jersey Code of Criminal Justice defines the offense of impersonation/identity theft to include "impersonat[ing] another or assuming a false identity and do[ing] an act in such assumed character or false identity . . . to injure or defraud another." Thornton tried to get the case ...