Iowa legal term
Services in Iowa Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Iowa legislative session
In Iowa criminal law, “Services” 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 “Services” mean in Iowa criminal law?
“Services” means performing activities under the supervision of or for the benefit of an actor, including commercial sexual activity and sexually explicit performances. 11. “Sexually explicit performance” means a live or public act or show intended to arouse or satisfy the sexual desires or appeal to the prurient interest of patrons. 12. “Venture” means any group of two or more persons associated in fact, whether or not a legal entity. 13. “Victim” means any of the following: a. (Iowa Code § 710A.1)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Presentence investigation
- Credit cards
- Crimes involving gift cards
- Elder abuse initiation of charges penalty
- Financial exploitation of an older individual
- Gatherings where controlled substances unlawfully used penalties
- Human trafficking
- Illegal use of scanning device or encoding machine
- Intellectual property counterfeiting
- Prostitution
- Sexual exploitation by counselor, therapist, school employee, or adult providing training or instruction
- Accepting bribe
Related terms in the same statutes
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