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Iowa Criminal Charges
340 offenses defined by Iowa statute, each with its classification and penalty table.
- Abandoned or unattended refrigeratorsSimple Misdemeanor
- Abandonment of cats and dogs penalties
- Abuse of a corpseClass “C” Felony
- Accepting bribeClass “C” Felony
- Accessory after the fact
- Administering harmful substancesClass “D” Felony
- Admitting minors to premises where obscene material is exhibited
- Aggravated theft
- Agricultural production facility fraud
- Agricultural production facility trespass
- Animal abuse penalties
- Animal facilities
- Animal neglect penalties
- Animal torture penalties
- Anthrax
- Application for permit to carry weapons background check requiredClass “D” Felony
- Arrest by warrantSimple Misdemeanor
- Arson in the first degreeClass “B” Felony
- Arson in the second degreeClass “C” Felony
- Arson in the third degreeAggravated Misdemeanor
- Assault committed by a person against whom a protective order is issuedClass “D” Felony
- Assault in violation of individual rights
- Assault while participating in a felony
- Assault with intent to commit sexual abuse
- Assaults on persons engaged in certain occupations
- Assisting prisoner to escape
- Assisting suicideClass “C” Felony
- Attempt to commit murderClass “B” Felony
- Attempted burglary in the first degreeClass “C” Felony
- Attempted burglary in the second degreeClass “D” Felony
- Attempted burglary in the third degree
- Bestiality
- BigamySerious Misdemeanor
- BriberyClass “D” Felony
- Bribery in sportsAggravated Misdemeanor
- Burglary in the first degreeClass “B” Felony
- Burglary in the second degreeClass “C” Felony
- Burglary in the third degree
- Cameras or electronic surveillance devices trespass
- Carrying firearms on school grounds penalty exceptionsClass “D” Felony
- Child endangerment
- Child stealingClass “C” Felony
- Civil and criminal penalties for violation of chapterClass “D” Felony
- Collection service prohibitedAggravated Misdemeanor
- Commercial briberyClass “D” Felony
- Commercial film and photographic print processor reports of depictions of minors engaged in prohibited sexual actsSimple Misdemeanor
- Compounding a felonyAggravated Misdemeanor
- Conditions of release
- Confidential nature of informationSimple Misdemeanor
- Confidentiality of recordsSerious Misdemeanor
- ConspiracyAggravated Misdemeanor
- Conspiracy to manufacture for delivery or delivery or intent or conspiracy to deliver to a minorClass “A” Felony
- Consumption or intoxication in public placesSimple Misdemeanor
- Continuous sexual abuse of a childClass “B” Felony
- Credit card fraud minor involved
- Credit cards
- Crimes involving gift cards
- Criminal gang participationClass “D” Felony
- Criminal mischief in the first degreeClass “C” Felony
- Criminal mischief in the fourth and fifth degrees
- Criminal mischief in the second degreeClass “D” Felony
- Criminal mischief in the third degreeAggravated Misdemeanor
- Criminal penalties
- Criminal penalties
- Criminal penaltiesAggravated Misdemeanor
- Criminal penaltiesAggravated Misdemeanor
- Criminal penaltiesSerious Misdemeanor
- Criminal penalties
- Criminal penaltySerious Misdemeanor
- Criminal sanctionsClass “B” Felony
- Criminal transmission of a contagious or infectious disease
- Critical infrastructure sabotage penaltiesClass “B” Felony
- Crops or crop operation property damage
- Degrees of theft
- Dependent adult abuse initiation of charges penalty
- Desecration of flag or insigniaSimple Misdemeanor
- Disarming a peace officer of a dangerous weapon
- Disclosure of information concerning use of videotapesSimple Misdemeanor
- Disorderly conduct
- Disorderly conduct
- Dissemination and exhibition of obscene material to minors
- Distributing dangerous substancesSimple Misdemeanor
- Distribution to person under age eighteen
- Domestic abuse assault
- Drag racing prohibitedSimple Misdemeanor
- Driving while license suspended, denied, revoked, or barredSerious Misdemeanor
- Drug paraphernaliaSimple Misdemeanor
- Duty to preserve the life of the fetusSerious Misdemeanor
- Elder abuse initiation of charges penalty
- Electronic and mechanical eavesdroppingSerious Misdemeanor
- Electronic contraband criminal penalties
- Eluding or attempting to elude pursuing law enforcement vehicle
- Employment discrimination against witnesses prohibitedSimple Misdemeanor
- EnforcementSerious Misdemeanor
- Enhanced penaltyClass “A” Felony
- Enhanced sentencingAggravated Misdemeanor
- Enticing a minor
- Escape or absence from custody
- Exhibiting personsSerious Misdemeanor
- Explosive materials or destructive devices
- Exposing persons to X-ray radiationSimple Misdemeanor
- ExtortionClass “D” Felony
- Failure to appearSimple Misdemeanor
- Failure to assist
- Failure to comply
- Failure to disperseSimple Misdemeanor
- Fair employment practicesSimple Misdemeanor
- False charges concerning honestySimple Misdemeanor
- False imprisonmentSerious Misdemeanor
- False informationSimple Misdemeanor
- False reportsClass “D” Felony
- False reports to or communications with public safety entities
- False representation of records or processSimple Misdemeanor
- False statementAggravated Misdemeanor
- Falsely claiming emergencySimple Misdemeanor
- Falsifying driver’s licenses, nonoperator’s identification cards, or formsSerious Misdemeanor
- Falsifying public documentsClass “D” Felony
- Felonious misconduct in officeClass “D” Felony
- Female genital mutilationClass “D” Felony
- Feticide
- Financial exploitation of an older individual
- Firearm devicesAggravated Misdemeanor
- Firearm suppressors penaltyClass “D” Felony
- FireworksSimple Misdemeanor
- Forgery
- Fraudulent destruction, removal, or concealment of recordable instrumentsAggravated Misdemeanor
- Fraudulent practice in the fifth degreeSimple Misdemeanor
- Fraudulent practice in the first degreeClass “C” Felony
- Fraudulent practice in the fourth degreeSerious Misdemeanor
- Fraudulent practice in the second degreeClass “D” Felony
- Fraudulent practice in the third degreeAggravated Misdemeanor
- Fraudulent purchase of firearms or ammunitionClass “D” Felony
- Furnishing a controlled substance or intoxicating beverage to inmates at a detention facilityClass “D” Felony
- Gambling by underage personsSimple Misdemeanor
- Gambling penaltySerious Misdemeanor
- Gaming and betting
- Gang recruitment
- Gatherings where controlled substances unlawfully used penalties
- Giving false information when acquiring pistol or revolverClass “D” Felony
- Going armed with intentClass “D” Felony
- GroomingClass “D” Felony
- Harassment
- Harassment of public officers and employeesSimple Misdemeanor
- Harboring a runaway child prohibitedAggravated Misdemeanor
- Hazing
- Homicide or serious injury by vehicle
- Human reproductive cloning
- Human trafficking
- Identification requiredSimple Misdemeanor
- Identity theft
- Illegal reentry into state by certain aliens
- Illegal use of scanning device or encoding machine
- Impersonating a decorated military veteranSerious Misdemeanor
- Impersonating a public officialAggravated Misdemeanor
- IncestClass “D” Felony
- Indecent contact with a childAggravated Misdemeanor
- Indecent exposure masturbation
- Injury or interference with a police service dog
- Inmate assaults bodily fluids or secretionsClass “D” Felony
- InsurrectionClass “C” Felony
- Intellectual property counterfeiting
- Interest in public contractsSerious Misdemeanor
- Interference with judicial actsAggravated Misdemeanor
- Interference with official acts
- Interference with public disorder controlAggravated Misdemeanor
- Interference with transportation of agricultural animals
- Intimidation with a dangerous weapon
- Intrusion by use of remotely piloted aircraft offense
- Invasion of privacyAggravated Misdemeanor
- Involuntary manslaughter
- Keeping gambling housesSerious Misdemeanor
- Kidnapping in the first degreeClass “A” Felony
- Kidnapping in the second degreeClass “B” Felony
- Kidnapping in the third degreeClass “C” Felony
- Lascivious acts with a child
- Lascivious conduct with a minor
- Leasing premises for prostitutionSerious Misdemeanor
- Livestock abuseAggravated Misdemeanor
- Livestock neglect
- Looting
- Lotteries and lottery ticketsSerious Misdemeanor
- Malicious prosecutionSerious Misdemeanor
- Maliciously suing out a warrantSerious Misdemeanor
- Minimum sentence for certain felonies eligibility for parole or work releaseClass “B” Felony
- Minors distributing obscene material to minorsSerious Misdemeanor
- Misuse of public records and filesSerious Misdemeanor
- Money laundering penalty
- Motor vehicle impoundment or immobilization
- Multiple acts of child endangerment penaltyClass “B” Felony
- Murder in the first degreeClass “A” Felony
- Murder in the second degreeClass “B” Felony
- Murder of fetus aborted aliveClass “B” Felony
- Neglect or abandonment of a dependent personClass “C” Felony
- Nonconsensual termination
- Nonfelonious misconduct in officeSerious Misdemeanor
- NonsupportClass “D” Felony
- Obstruction of emergency communicationsSimple Misdemeanor
- Obstruction of terrorism prosecution
- Older individual assault mandatory minimums, penalties enhanced extension of no-contact order
- Open containers in motor vehiclesSimple Misdemeanor
- Open containers in motor vehicles driversSimple Misdemeanor
- Operating vehicle without owner’s consentAggravated Misdemeanor
- Operating while under the influence of alcohol or a drug or while having an alcohol concentration of .08 or more (OWI)
- Operating without valid driver’s license or when disqualified
- Order to return to foreign nationAggravated Misdemeanor
- Organized retail theft
- Pandering
- Partial-birth abortion prohibitedClass “C” Felony
- Penalties
- Penalties
- Penalties
- Penalties for assault
- PenaltySerious Misdemeanor
- PenaltySimple Misdemeanor
- PenaltySimple Misdemeanor
- PenaltySerious Misdemeanor
- PenaltySimple Misdemeanor
- Penalty for violating sections 721.3 through 721.5Serious Misdemeanor
- Penalty for willful disobedienceSimple Misdemeanor
- Perjury, contradictory statements, and retractionClass “D” Felony
- Permit requirementsSerious Misdemeanor
- Permit to acquire criminal history checkClass “D” Felony
- Permitting prisoner to escape
- Persons ineligible to carry dangerous weaponsSerious Misdemeanor
- Persons under eighteen
- Persons under eighteen years of age, persons eighteen, nineteen, or twenty years of age, and persons twenty-one years of age and older
- Pet awards prohibitedSimple Misdemeanor
- Pimping
- Polygraph examination prohibitedSimple Misdemeanor
- Pool sellingSerious Misdemeanor
- Possessing contraband
- Possession of burglar’s toolsAggravated Misdemeanor
- Possession of dangerous weapons and loaded firearms by minors
- Possession of gambling devices prohibitedSerious Misdemeanor
- Possession or carrying of dangerous weapons while under the influenceSerious Misdemeanor
- Possession, receipt, transportation, or dominion and control of firearms, offensive weapons, and ammunition by felons and others
- Powers of enforcement personnelClass “D” Felony
- Premises used for human trafficking
- Presentence investigation
- Preventing apprehension, obstructing prosecution, or obstructing defenseAggravated Misdemeanor
- Private transportation of prisonersSerious Misdemeanor
- Profiting from inmatesSimple Misdemeanor
- Prohibited acts
- Prohibited actsClass “D” Felony
- Prohibited acts
- Prohibited actsSerious Misdemeanor
- Prohibited transfers of firearmsClass “D” Felony
- Prohibitions on tampering with, possessing, or transporting anhydrous ammonia or anhydrous ammonia equipmentSerious Misdemeanor
- Prohibitions relating to false academic degrees, grades, or honorsSerious Misdemeanor
- Prostitution
- Protection money prohibitedAggravated Misdemeanor
- Providing false identification informationSimple Misdemeanor
- Pseudoephedrine purchase restrictions from pharmacy or retailerSerious Misdemeanor
- Pseudoephedrine salesSimple Misdemeanor
- Public indecent exposure in certain establishments
- Publication requiredSimple Misdemeanor
- Punishment for violationAggravated Misdemeanor
- Punishment for violation of section 721.8Serious Misdemeanor
- Purchase or sale of individualClass “C” Felony
- Railroad vandalism
- Receipt of substance from outside the stateSerious Misdemeanor
- Reckless drivingSimple Misdemeanor
- Reckless use of a firearm
- Reckless use of fire, explosives, or destructive devicesSerious Misdemeanor
- Records filed with intent to harass or defraud
- Refund policies penaltySimple Misdemeanor
- Refusal to comply with order to return to foreign nationClass “C” Felony
- Refusing to assist officerSimple Misdemeanor
- Removal of an officer’s communication or control device
- Rental or sale of hard-core pornographyAggravated Misdemeanor
- Restrictions on use and installation of a pen register or a trap and trace deviceSerious Misdemeanor
- Revocation of licenseSerious Misdemeanor
- Rights not restorableAggravated Misdemeanor
- RiotClass “D” Felony
- Robbery in the first degreeClass “B” Felony
- Robbery in the second degreeClass “C” Felony
- Sale or offer for direct sale of prescription drugs
- Sale, transfer, furnishing, or receipt for unlawful purposeClass “C” Felony
- Sexual abuse in the first degreeClass “A” Felony
- Sexual abuse in the fourth degree health care professionals
- Sexual abuse in the second degreeClass “B” Felony
- Sexual abuse in the third degreeClass “C” Felony
- Sexual abuse of a corpseClass “D” Felony
- Sexual exploitation by counselor, therapist, school employee, or adult providing training or instruction
- Sexual exploitation of a minor
- Sexual misconduct with offenders and juvenilesAggravated Misdemeanor
- Short-barreled rifle or short-barreled shotgun penaltyClass “D” Felony
- Simulating objects of antiquity or raritySerious Misdemeanor
- Solicitation
- Solicitation of commercial sexual activityClass “D” Felony
- Solicitation to commit murderClass “C” Felony
- Soliciting or providing material support or resources for terrorism
- Spring guns and trapsAggravated Misdemeanor
- Stalking
- Statements regarding dischargeSerious Misdemeanor
- Stowing awaySimple Misdemeanor
- Student athlete prohibitions
- Suborning perjuryClass “D” Felony
- Surveillance by use of remotely piloted aircraft offense
- Synthetic urine and urine additives defrauding drug or alcohol test
- Tampering with recordsAggravated Misdemeanor
- Tampering with witnesses, jurors, or reporting parties
- Telephone dissemination of obscene material to minors
- Temporary restricted license ignition interlock devicesSerious Misdemeanor
- TerrorismClass “B” Felony
- Theft against an older individual
- Theft detection devices
- Theft of pseudoephedrine
- Threat of terrorismClass “D” Felony
- ThreatsClass “D” Felony
- Trafficking in stolen weapons
- Transacting business without a licenseSimple Misdemeanor
- Transmission of unsolicited bulk electronic mail
- Treble damage liability for corporations, partnerships and associationsAggravated Misdemeanor
- Trustees
- Unauthorized computer access
- Unauthorized placement of global positioning deviceSerious Misdemeanor
- Unauthorized possession of offensive weaponsClass “D” Felony
- Unauthorized sampling
- Unlawful actsClass “D” Felony
- Unlawful assemblyAggravated Misdemeanor
- Unlawful disposal of hazardous waste penalties
- Unlawful transportation of hazardous waste penalties
- Unlawful treatment or storage of hazardous waste penalties
- Use of a dangerous weapon in the commission of a crimeAggravated Misdemeanor
- Use of encryptionAggravated Misdemeanor
- Use of pathogens to threaten animals and cropsClass “B” Felony
- Use of persons under age eighteen in the drug tradeClass “C” Felony
- Use of unmanned aerial vehicle prohibitionsClass “D” Felony
- Using a juvenile to commit certain offensesClass “C” Felony
- Vendor reportingSerious Misdemeanor
- Violating custodial order
- Violation of individual rights penaltyClass “D” Felony
- Violation of no-contact order or protective orderSimple Misdemeanor
- Violations
- Voluntary manslaughterClass “C” Felony
- Wanton neglect of a resident of a health care facility
- Wanton neglect or nonsupport of a dependent adult
- Willful disturbanceSerious Misdemeanor
- Willful injury