Iowa legal term
Consent in Iowa Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Iowa legislative session
In Iowa criminal law, “Consent” 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 “Consent” mean in Iowa criminal law?
“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” means a person that, alone or jointly with others, determines the purpose a (Iowa Code § 715D.1)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Presentence investigation
- Animal abuse penalties
- Animal facilities
- Crimes involving gift cards
- Crops or crop operation property damage
- Elder abuse initiation of charges penalty
- Interference with transportation of agricultural animals
- Nonconsensual termination
- Persons under eighteen
- Sexual exploitation by counselor, therapist, school employee, or adult providing training or instruction
- Unauthorized sampling
- Violating custodial order
Related terms in the same statutes
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