Iowa legal term
Alcohol in Iowa Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Iowa legislative session
In Iowa criminal law, “Alcohol” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the Iowa criminal code.
What does “Alcohol” mean in Iowa criminal law?
“Alcohol” means ethanol, isopropanol, or methanol. b. “Confirmed positive test result” means, except for alcohol testing conducted pursuant to subsection 7, paragraph “g”, subparagraph (2), the results of a hair, blood, urine, or oral fluid test in which the level of controlled substances or metabolites in the sample analyzed meets or exceeds nationally accepted standards for determining detectable levels of controlled substances as adopted by the United States department of health and human services’ substance abuse and mental health services administration. (Iowa Code § 730.5)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Sexual exploitation by counselor, therapist, school employee, or adult providing training or instruction
- Consumption or intoxication in public places
- Private transportation of prisoners
- Persons under eighteen years of age, persons eighteen, nineteen, or twenty years of age, and persons twenty-one years of age and older
Related terms in the same statutes
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