Iowa legal term
Injury in Iowa Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Iowa legislative session
In Iowa criminal law, “Injury” 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 “Injury” mean in Iowa criminal law?
“Injury” means an animal’s disfigurement; the impairment of an animal’s health; or an impairment to the functioning of an animal’s limb or organ, including physical damage or harm to an animal’s muscle, tissue, organs, bones, hide, or skin. 11. “Law enforcement officer” means a regularly employed member of a police force of a city or county, including a sheriff, who is responsible for the prevention and detection of crime and the enforcement of the criminal laws of this state. 12. “Local authority” means a city as defined in section 362.2 or a county as provided in chapter 331. 13. “Maintenanc (Iowa Code § 717B.1)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Animal abuse penalties
- Animal facilities
- Animal neglect penalties
- Disorderly conduct
- Elder abuse initiation of charges penalty
- False reports to or communications with public safety entities
- Financial exploitation of an older individual
- Human trafficking
- Persons under eighteen
- Possessing contraband
- Removal of an officer’s communication or control device
- Stalking
Related terms in the same statutes
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