Iowa legal term
Minor in Iowa Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Iowa legislative session
In Iowa criminal law, “Minor” 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 “Minor” mean in Iowa criminal law?
“Minor” means a person under eighteen years of age. 20. “Principal residence” for a sex offender means: a. (Iowa Code § 692A.101)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Bestiality
- Enticing a minor
- Persons under eighteen
- Prostitution
- Sexual exploitation by counselor, therapist, school employee, or adult providing training or instruction
- Telephone dissemination of obscene material to minors
- Admitting minors to premises where obscene material is exhibited
- Commercial film and photographic print processor reports of depictions of minors engaged in prohibited sexual acts
- Conspiracy to manufacture for delivery or delivery or intent or conspiracy to deliver to a minor
- Credit card fraud minor involved
- Female genital mutilation
- Gang recruitment
Related terms in the same statutes
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