Iowa legal term
Employment in Iowa Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Iowa legislative session
In Iowa criminal law, “Employment” 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 “Employment” mean in Iowa criminal law?
“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 reference to where the sex offender actually lives, which could be some place other than a mailing address or primary address but would entail a place where the sex offender lives on an intermittent basis. 14. “Incarcerated” means to be imprisoned by placing a person in a jai (Iowa Code § 692A.101)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Conditions of release
- Financial exploitation of an older individual
- Identity theft
- Carrying firearms on school grounds penalty exceptions
- Commercial bribery
- Commercial film and photographic print processor reports of depictions of minors engaged in prohibited sexual acts
- Employment discrimination against witnesses prohibited
- Fair employment practices
- Forgery
- Misuse of public records and files
- Nonfelonious misconduct in office
- Prohibitions relating to false academic degrees, grades, or honors
Related terms in the same statutes
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