Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 692.7 (2026)

Criminal penalties

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1. A person who willfully requests, obtains, or seeks to obtain criminal history data under false pretenses, or who willfully communicates or seeks to communicate criminal history data\n\nTue Dec 09 21:56:59 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 692 (31, 0) §692.7, CRIMINAL HISTORY AND INTELLIGENCE DATA 6\n\nto any agency or person except in accordance with this chapter, or a person connected with a research program authorized pursuant to this chapter who willfully falsifies criminal history data or any records relating thereto, shall, upon conviction, for each such offense be guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor.

2. Any person who willfully requests, obtains, or seeks to obtain intelligence data under false pretenses, or who willfully communicates or seeks to communicate intelligence data to any agency or person except in accordance with this chapter, shall for each such offense be guilty of a class “D” felony. Any person who knowingly, but without criminal purposes, communicates or seeks to communicate intelligence data except in accordance with this chapter shall for each such offense be guilty of a serious misdemeanor.

3. If a person convicted under this section is a peace officer, the conviction shall be grounds for discharge or suspension from duty without pay and if the person convicted is a public official or public employee, the conviction shall be grounds for removal from office.

4. Any reasonable grounds for belief that a public employee has violated any provision of this chapter shall be grounds for immediate removal from all access to criminal history data and intelligence data. [C75, 77, §749B.7; C79, 81, §692.7] 96 Acts, ch 1150, §6 Referred to in §692.5, 692.9 \n

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1980–2026 · leading case: Feeney v. Scott Cnty., 290 N.W.2d 885 (Iowa 1980).

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Feeney v. Scott Cnty., 290 N.W.2d 885 (Iowa 1980). “Chapter 692 is a criminal statute, see § 692.7, and such statutes must be strictly construed.”

Victoria Abrahamson, Hana Schroeder, Jody Schroeder, Terry Schroeder, Samantha Johnson, Bre Ahna Boggess f/k/a Bre Ahna Payne, Rebecca Bates, Tawni Hanson, Darby Jones, Hunter Miner, & the State of Iowa, ex rel. v. Benjamin Scheevel, individually & in his Off. capacity as Officer for the Estherville Police Dep't, Brent Shatto, individually & in his Off. capacity as Chief of the Estherville Police Dep't, City of Estherville, Iowa (Iowa 2026). · cites it 2× “On April 8, 2022, Scheevel was charged in an eighty-four-count trial information with stalking, ongoing criminal conduct, misconduct in office, 5 perjury, and unauthorized access to or dissemination of criminal history data in violation of Iowa Code section 692.7 (2019). Another…”

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