Iowa legal term
Child in Iowa Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Iowa legislative session
In Iowa criminal law, “Child” 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 “Child” mean in Iowa criminal law?
“Child” means any natural person younger than thirteen years of age. 6. “Consent” means a clear affirmative act signifying a consumer’s freely given, specific, informed, and unambiguous agreement to process personal data relating to the consumer. “Consent” may include a written statement, including a statement written by electronic means, or any other unambiguous affirmative action. 7. “Consumer” means a natural person who is a resident of the state acting only in an individual or household context and excluding a natural person acting in a commercial or employment context. 8. “Controller” mea (Iowa Code § 715D.1)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Persons under eighteen
- Prostitution
- Sexual abuse in the fourth degree health care professionals
- Stalking
- Violating custodial order
- Admitting minors to premises where obscene material is exhibited
- Child stealing
- Criminal penalties
- Grooming
- Harboring a runaway child prohibited
- Incest
- Indecent contact with a child
Related terms in the same statutes
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