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Iowa Code § 694.1 (2026)
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As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates:
1. “Missing person” means a person who is missing and meets one of the following characteristics:
a. Is a person with a physical or mental disability.
b. Is missing under circumstances indicating that the person’s safety may be in danger.
c. Is missing under circumstances indicating that the disappearance was not voluntary.
d. Is an unemancipated minor.
2. “Unemancipated minor” means a minor who has not married and who resides with a parent or other legal guardian. 84 Acts, ch 1084, §1; 90 Acts, ch 1051, §1; 90 Acts, ch 1233, §40; 96 Acts, ch 1129, §107; 2013 Acts, ch 90, §220 Referred to in §692.3, 694.10 \n
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 14
cases, 1952–2010 · leading case: State v. Fountain, 786 N.W.2d 260 (Iowa 2010).
State v. Fountain, 786 N.W.2d 260 (Iowa 2010). “Iowa Code § 694.1 (1975). 3 . For the reasons outlined above, we have recently amended Iowa Rule of Criminal Procedure 2.”
State v. Vick, 205 N.W.2d 727 (Iowa 1973). “He subsequently appealed to the Dickinson district court, trial was had to a jury and a verdict convicting defendant of assault in violation of section 694.1 was returned. He has appealed from the judgment entered thereon.”
State v. Goff, 244 N.W.2d 579 (Iowa 1976). “Defendant, George Goff, appeals his conviction for the crime of assault and battery in violation of section 694.1, The Code, 1974, on the ground he was denied his right to a speedy trial.”
State v. Habhab, 209 N.W.2d 73 (Iowa 1973). “Similarly assault under section 694.1 may be included within the offense of assault and battery under the same section.”
State v. Redmon, 244 N.W.2d 792 (Iowa 1976). “The offense of an assault, or an assault and battery, is declared criminal by section 694.1, The Code; but, for a description of the offense, or in order to ascertain what would amount to an assault, or an assault and battery, we must resort to the common law definition.”
Watson v. Nix, 551 F. Supp. 1 (S.D. Iowa 1982). “Iowa Code § 694.1 (1973). 8 . Evidence of Miss Berry’s declarations to Mr.”
State v. McNeal, 167 N.W.2d 674 (Iowa 1969). “Section 694.1 of the 1966 Code provides: “Whoever is convicted of an assault, or an assault and battery, where no other punishment is prescribed, shall be imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding thirty days, or be fined not exceeding one hundred dollars.”
State v. Delay, 320 N.W.2d 831 (Iowa 1982). “, § 694.1, The Code 1977; therefore, the common law definition was used.”
Comm. on Prof'l Ethics & Conduct of the Iowa State Bar Ass'n v. Wilson, 270 N.W.2d 613 (Iowa 1978). “Assault and battery is a simple misdemeanor under section 694.1, The Code, 1977. A criminal conviction, however, is not a condition precedent to a disciplinary proceeding when the facts themselves warrant discipline.”
State v. Leahy, 54 N.W.2d 447 (Iowa 1952). “As pointed out in the previous division the trial court submitted the crime of simple assault.”
State v. Yanda, 146 N.W.2d 255 (Iowa 1966). “869 , these offenses were defined substantially as follows: (1) an assault is an attempt to apply unlawful physical force to the person of another, coupled with the apparent present ability to execute the attempt; and (2) an assault and battery is the unpermitted and unlawful…”
State v. Lavin, 204 N.W.2d 844 (Iowa 1973). “10; “assault” in § 694.1; “break and enter” in § 708.1; “lewdness” in § 725.”
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