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Iowa Code § 599.1 (2026)

Period of minority — exception for certain inmates

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1. The period of minority extends to the age of eighteen years, but all minors attain their majority by marriage. 2. A person who is less than eighteen years old, but who is tried, convicted, and sentenced as an adult and committed to the custody of the director of the department of corrections shall be deemed to have attained the age of majority for purposes of making decisions and giving consent to medical care, related services, and treatment during the period of the person’s incarceration. [C51, §1487; R60, §2539; C73, §2237; C97, §3188; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10492; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §599.1] 93 Acts, ch 46, §2; 2020 Acts, ch 1062, §94 Referred to in §97B.34A, 144G.1, 421.59, 915.38

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 40 cases (5 in the last 5 years), 1957–2025 · leading case: City of Des Moines v. Reisman, 83 N.W.2d 197 (Iowa 1957).
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City of Des Moines v. Reisman, 83 N.W.2d 197 (Iowa 1957). · cites it 58× “He was acquitted in Municipal Court, the decision being based on section 599.1 of the Iowa Code 1954, I.C.”
State of Iowa v. Denem Anthony Null, 836 N.W.2d 41 (Iowa 2013). · cites it 2× “§ 599.1. Minors may disavow contracts within a reasonable period of time after obtaining majority.”
Stotts v. Eveleth, 688 N.W.2d 803 (Iowa 2004). · cites it 3× “Pursuant to Iowa Code section 599.1, “[t]he period of minority extends to the age of eighteen years.”
Jane Doe v. New London Cmty. Sch. Dist., 848 N.W.2d 347 (Iowa 2014). · cites it 4× “2d 362, 364 (Iowa 1994); see also Iowa Code § 599.1 (stating all minors attain their majority by marriage).”
Haafke v. Mitchell, 347 N.W.2d 381 (Iowa 1984). · cites it 4× “See Iowa Code § 599.1 . Because most cases dealing with sale of intoxicants to underage customers are couched in terms of their being "minors," we will use that term in this opinion, although there is a difference.”
Willcox v. Bradrick, 319 N.W.2d 216 (Iowa 1982). · cites it 8× “At the time of the original decree majority age was defined in section 599.1, The Code 1966, as twenty-one years.”
Lewis v. State, 256 N.W.2d 181 (Iowa 1977). · cites it 2× “Section 599.1. Count II was based upon the statutory provisions relied *185 upon in Count I and sections 25A.”
State v. Garman, 93 N.W.2d 105 (Iowa 1958). · cites it 16× “Appellant contends that under the terms and provisions of Section 599.1 of the 1954 Code of Iowa, I.”
Counts v. Hosp. Employees, Inc., 518 N.W.2d 358 (Iowa 1994). · cites it 4× “Iowa Code § 599.1 ; 1993 Iowa Acts ch. 46, § 2.”
Lomholt v. Burt, 219 F. Supp. 2d 977 (N.D. Iowa 2002). · cites it 4× “38(1)) (“a court may protect a minor, as defined in section 599.1, from trauma caused by testifying in the physical presence of the defendant where it would impair the minor’s ability to communicate .”
Frideres v. Schiltz, 540 N.W.2d 261 (Iowa 1995). · cites it 2× “Iowa Code § 599.1 (1966). Linda was married on August 19, 1972.”
Claus v. Whyle, 526 N.W.2d 519 (Iowa 1994). · cites it 2× “See Iowa Code § 599.1 (“[A]ll minors attain their majority by marriage.”
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— Iowa Code § 599.1(1) — 1 case
State of Iowa v. Benjamin James Work (Iowa Ct. App. 2024).
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