Iowa legal term
Department in Iowa Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Iowa legislative session
In Iowa criminal law, “Department” 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 “Department” mean in Iowa criminal law?
“Department” means the department of public safety of the state of Iowa. 9. “Dispense” means to deliver a controlled substance to an ultimate user or research subject by or pursuant to the lawful order of a practitioner, including the prescribing, administering, packaging, labeling, or compounding necessary to prepare the substance for that delivery. 10. “Dispenser” means a practitioner who dispenses. 11. “Distribute” means to deliver other than by administering or dispensing a controlled substance. 12. “Distributor” means a person who distributes. 13. “Drug” means: a. (Iowa Code § 124.101)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Animal facilities
- Animal neglect penalties
- Animal torture penalties
- Electronic contraband criminal penalties
- Escape or absence from custody
- False reports to or communications with public safety entities
- Possessing contraband
- Prostitution
- Tampering with witnesses, jurors, or reporting parties
- Abandonment of cats and dogs penalties
- Application for permit to carry weapons background check required
- Carrying firearms on school grounds penalty exceptions
Related terms in the same statutes
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