Iowa legal term
Employee in Iowa Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Iowa legislative session
In Iowa criminal law, “Employee” 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 “Employee” mean in Iowa criminal law?
“Employee” means an offender who is self-employed, employed by another, and includes a person working under contract, or acting or serving as a volunteer, regardless of whether the self-employment, employment by another, or volunteerism is performed for compensation. 11. “Employment” means acting as an employee. 12. “Foreign court” means a court of a foreign nation that is recognized by the United States department of state that enforces the right to a fair trial during the period in which a conviction occurred. 13. “Habitually lives” means living in a place with some regularity, and with refe (Iowa Code § 692A.101)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Criminal penalties
- Escape or absence from custody
- Identity theft
- Illegal use of scanning device or encoding machine
- Sexual exploitation by counselor, therapist, school employee, or adult providing training or instruction
- Trustees
- Accepting bribe
- Bribery
- Confidential nature of information
- Employment discrimination against witnesses prohibited
- Extortion
- False charges concerning honesty
Related terms in the same statutes
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