Iowa legal term
Prosecution in Iowa Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Iowa legislative session
In Iowa criminal law, “Prosecution” 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 “Prosecution” mean in Iowa criminal law?
“Prosecution” means the commencement, including the filing of a complaint, and continuance of a criminal proceeding, and pursuit of that proceeding to final judgment on behalf of the state or other political subdivision. (Iowa Code § 801.4)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Credit cards
- Interference with transportation of agricultural animals
- Premises used for human trafficking
- Telephone dissemination of obscene material to minors
- Compounding a felony
- Confidentiality of records
- Consumption or intoxication in public places
- Criminal mischief in the fourth and fifth degrees
- Criminal penalty
- Enforcement
- Order to return to foreign nation
- Penalty
Related terms in the same statutes
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