Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 692A.114 (2026)

Residency restrictions — presence — child care facilities and schools

✓ current as of July 2026
Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section IA-LEGlegis.iowa.gov JustiaTitle on Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar

1. As used in this section:

a. “Minor” means a person who is under eighteen years of age or who is enrolled in a secondary school.

b. “School” means a public or nonpublic elementary or secondary school.

c. “Sex offender” means a person required to be registered under this chapter who has been convicted of an aggravated offense against a minor.

2. A sex offender shall not reside within two thousand feet of the real property comprising a school or a child care facility.

3. A sex offender residing within two thousand feet of the real property comprising a school or a child care facility does not commit a violation of this section if any of the following apply:

a. The sex offender is required to serve a sentence at a jail, prison, juvenile facility, or other correctional institution or facility.

b. The sex offender is subject to an order of commitment under chapter 229A.

c. The sex offender has established a residence prior to July 1, 2002.

d. The sex offender has established a residence prior to any newly located school or child care facility being established.

e. The sex offender is a minor.

f. The sex offender is a protected person in a guardianship, and a district judge or associate probate judge grants an exemption from the residency restriction.

g. The sex offender is a patient or resident at a health care facility as defined in section 135C.1 or a patient in a hospice program, and a district judge or associate probate judge grants an exemption from the residency restriction. 2009 Acts, ch 119, §14; 2024 Acts, ch 1009, §97 Referred to in §692A.107, 692A.109, 692A.111, 692A.121, 692A.123, 692A.129 \n

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 2014–2024 · leading case: In the Interest of T.H., Minor Child, 913 N.W.2d 578 (Iowa 2018).
In the Interest of T.H., Minor Child, 913 N.W.2d 578 (Iowa 2018). · cites it 6× “§ 692A.114(2). As well, should the juvenile court see fit, T.”
State of Iowa v. Bradley Steven Graham, 897 N.W.2d 476 (Iowa 2017). · cites it 2× “Graham’s counsel also argued that “the 2,000-foot rule” established in Iowa Code section 692A.114 was punitive and the court had the authority to suspend part of the sentence under section 901.”
State of Iowa v. Darrell Allen Showens, 845 N.W.2d 436 (Iowa 2014). · cites it 2× “See Iowa Code § 692A.114(l)(c) (2011). However, while residency restrictions were relaxed, the legislature added the exclusionary zone provisions.”
People v. Mosley, 344 P.3d 788 (Cal. 2015). · cites it 2× “) Today’s opinion acknowledges the realities described in Taylor , which addressed an as-applied challenge, but disclaims any awareness of how section 3003.”
The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Petitioner/Cross-Respondent, IN the INTEREST OF T.B., Respondent/Cross-Petitioner, 489 P.3d 752 (Colo. 2021). “§ 42-1-15 ( 2021 ) ; Iowa Code § 692A.114 ( 2021 ) ; Okla. Stat.”
In the Interest of T.H., Minor Child (Iowa 2018). · cites it 3× “§ 692A.114(2). As well, should the juvenile court see fit, T.”
State of Iowa v. Earl Dean Dawson (Iowa Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 4× “(h) Inform the sex offender who was convicted of an aggravated offense against a minor of the prohibitions established under section 692A.114 by providing the offender with a written 15 copy of section 692A.”
Amended August 16, 2017 State of Iowa v. Bradley Steven Graham (Iowa 2017). · cites it 2× “Graham’s counsel also argued that “the 2,000-foot rule” established in Iowa Code section 692A.114 was punitive and the court had the authority to suspend part of the sentence under section 901.”
State of Iowa v. Samuel Edward Seidell Jr. (Iowa Ct. App. 2022). · cites it 2× “He is also subject to the 2000-foot residency restrictions imposed by Iowa Code section 692A.114. In June 2020, Seidell obtained a stipulation from the Iowa Department of Corrections (DOC) that he had fulfilled the criteria to apply for modification of the 1 The statutory…”
Leland Brent Saul, Applicant-Appellant v. State of Iowa (Iowa Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 2× “Although the trial information mistakenly stated Saul had been previously convicted of section 692A.114(2) instead of section 692A.”
Nathan Daniel Olsen v. State of Iowa (Iowa 2024). “§ 692A.114(2). An offender’s registration information is publicized on Iowa’s sex offender registry website, which is “searchable by name, county, city, zip code, and geo- graphic radius.”
— Iowa Code § 692A.114(2) — 4 cases
In the Interest of T.H., Minor Child, 913 N.W.2d 578 (Iowa 2018). “§ 692A.114(2). As well, should the juvenile court see fit, T.”
In the Interest of T.H., Minor Child (Iowa 2018). “§ 692A.114(2). As well, should the juvenile court see fit, T.”
Leland Brent Saul, Applicant-Appellant v. State of Iowa (Iowa Ct. App. 2015). “Although the trial information mistakenly stated Saul had been previously convicted of section 692A.114(2) instead of section 692A.”
Nathan Daniel Olsen v. State of Iowa (Iowa 2024). “§ 692A.114(2). An offender’s registration information is publicized on Iowa’s sex offender registry website, which is “searchable by name, county, city, zip code, and geo- graphic radius.”
— Iowa Code § 692A.114(3) — 1 case
In the Interest of T.H., Minor Child, 913 N.W.2d 578 (Iowa 2018). “§ 692A.114(2). As well, should the juvenile court see fit, T.”
— Iowa Code § 692A.114(3)(e) — 2 cases
In the Interest of T.H., Minor Child, 913 N.W.2d 578 (Iowa 2018). “§ 692A.114(2). As well, should the juvenile court see fit, T.”
In the Interest of T.H., Minor Child (Iowa 2018). “§ 692A.114(2). As well, should the juvenile court see fit, T.”
— Iowa Code § 692A.114(l)(c) — 1 case
State of Iowa v. Darrell Allen Showens, 845 N.W.2d 436 (Iowa 2014). “See Iowa Code § 692A.114(l)(c) (2011). However, while residency restrictions were relaxed, the legislature added the exclusionary zone provisions.”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.