Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 124.406 (2026)

Distribution to person under age eighteen

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1. A person who is eighteen years of age or older who:

a. Unlawfully distributes or possesses with intent to distribute a substance listed in schedule I or II to a person under eighteen years of age commits a class “B” felony and shall serve a minimum term of confinement of five years. However, if the substance was distributed in or on, or within one thousand feet of, the real property comprising a public or private elementary or secondary school, public park, public swimming pool, public recreation center, or on a marked school bus, the person shall serve a minimum term of confinement of ten years.

b. Unlawfully distributes or possesses with the intent to distribute a controlled substance listed in schedule III to a person under eighteen years of age who is at least three years younger than the violator commits a class “C” felony.

c. Unlawfully distributes a controlled substance listed in schedule IV or V to a person under eighteen years of age who is at least three years younger than the violator commits an aggravated misdemeanor.

2. A person who is eighteen years of age or older who:

a. Unlawfully distributes or possesses with the intent to distribute a counterfeit substance listed in schedule I or II, or a simulated or imitation controlled substance represented to be a substance classified in schedule I or II, to a person under eighteen years of age commits a class “B” felony.

b. Unlawfully distributes or possesses with intent to distribute a counterfeit substance listed in schedule III, or a simulated or imitation controlled substance represented to be any substance listed in schedule III, to a person under eighteen years of age who is at least three years younger than the violator commits a class “C” felony.

c. Unlawfully distributes a counterfeit substance listed in schedule IV or V, or a simulated or imitation controlled substance represented to be a substance listed in schedule IV or V, to a person under eighteen years of age who is at least three years younger than the violator commits an aggravated misdemeanor.

3. It is unlawful for a person to deliver a controlled substance to another person in order to act with, enter into a common scheme or design with, conspire with, or recruit the other person for the purpose of delivering a controlled substance to one or more persons under eighteen years of age. A person who violates this subsection with respect to a controlled substance classified in schedule I, II, III, IV, or V is guilty of a class “D” felony. [C97, §5003; C24, 27, 31, 35, §3168, 3169; C39, §3169.21; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §204.22; C66, §204.20; C71, §204.20, 204A.11; C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §204.406; 82 Acts, ch 1147, §3] 84 Acts, ch 1013, §15; 89 Acts, ch 225, §12; 90 Acts, ch 1251, §6, 7 \n Tue Dec 09 22:28:00 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 124 (73, 1) §124.406, CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES 44\n\n C93, §124.406 94 Acts, ch 1172, §8, 9; 97 Acts, ch 33, §2, 3; 2017 Acts, ch 145, §13 Referred to in §124.416, 901.10, 903A.5 \n

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1999–2017 · leading case: State v. Greene, 592 N.W.2d 24 (Iowa 1999).

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State v. Greene, 592 N.W.2d 24 (Iowa 1999). · cites it 3× “Greene appeals his convictions, raising three issues: (1) the trial court abused its discretion in denying him the opportunity to impeach one of the State’s witnesses; (2) the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction of distribution of a controlled substance to a…”

State v. Ortiz, 618 N.W.2d 556 (Iowa 2000). · cites it 2× “401 (l)(c)(6) (1997) (Count I), one count of distributing methamphetamine to a person under age eighteen within 1000 feet of a public park, Iowa Code § 124.406 (l)(a) (Count II), one count of delivery or possession with intent to deliver cocaine while in possession of a firearm,…”

State of Iowa v. Lacey Lea Holtz (Iowa Ct. App. 2016). “See Iowa Code §§ 124.406 (distribution to person under age eighteen), 709A.”

State of Iowa v. Cain M. Hendrickson (Iowa Ct. App. 2017). “See Iowa Code §§ 124.406 (6)(i), 124.401; Jake Schaller, Not for Bathing: Bath Salts and the New Menace of Synthetic Drugs, 16 J.”

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