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Iowa Code § 694.6 (2026)
False information — penalty
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A person who knowingly makes a false report of missing person, or knowingly makes a false statement in the report, to a law enforcement agency is guilty of a simple misdemeanor. 84 Acts, ch 1084, §6
\n694.7 through 694.9 Reserved.
\nNotes of Decisions
Cited in 32
cases, 1952–1981 · leading case: State v. Goff, 244 N.W.2d 579 (Iowa 1976).
State v. Goff, 244 N.W.2d 579 (Iowa 1976). “May 20, 1975, a county attorney's information was filed charging defendant with the crime of assault with intent to commit great bodily injury (section 694.6). At the May 23 arraignment Goff pleaded not guilty, and trial was set for the following June 23.”
Mallory v. Paradise, 173 N.W.2d 264 (Iowa 1969). “(Section 694.6, Code of Iowa.) He appeared in municipal court for preliminary hearing without counsel.”
Schmidt v. Uhlenhopp, 140 N.W.2d 118 (Iowa 1966). “Petitioner was charged with the crime of assault with intent to inflict great bodily injury in violation of section 694.6, Code, 1962. When he appeared in municipal court in response to the preliminary information he asked that an attorney be appointed to represent him,…”
State v. Paulsen, 265 N.W.2d 581 (Iowa 1978). “He pleaded not guilty to the information charging him with assault with intent to do great bodily injury, was tried to a jury, convicted and sentenced.”
State v. Edwards, 279 N.W.2d 9 (Iowa 1979). “September 14, 1977, the State filed a preliminary information charging defendant Orville Edwards III with assault with intent to inflict great bodily injury, a violation of section 694.6, The Code 1977. December 6, following plea negotiations, an assistant county attorney agreed…”
State v. Hanna, 277 N.W.2d 605 (Iowa 1979). “6, The Code, 1977, was convicted of the included offense of assault with intent to inflict great bodily injury, § 694.6. While the charges were pending, the county attorney filed a supplementary information accusing defendant of the “crime” of being a habitual criminal and…”
State v. Schmidt, 145 N.W.2d 631 (Iowa 1966). “October 15, 1965, defendant, David Joseph Schmidt, was charged by county attorney information in Story County with the crime of assault with intent to inflict great bodily injury in violation of section 694.6, Code 1962, to which he entered a plea of not guilty.”
State v. Conley, 222 N.W.2d 501 (Iowa 1974). “The material facts are that defendant was charged in the Black Hawk County District Court on March 26, 1973, with assault with intent to inflict great bodily injury in violation of Code § 694.6, and with being an habitual criminal in violation of Code § 747.”
State v. Robbins, 257 N.W.2d 63 (Iowa 1977). “5 and § 694.6 (assault). *70 We hold that- the legislature intended sentences under § 321.”
State v. Welton, 300 N.W.2d 157 (Iowa 1981). “Although the definition of serious injury bears some resemblance to the injury included in the crimes of assault with intent to inflict bodily injury, § 694.6, The Code 1977, and mayhem, ch. 693, The Code 1977, there are substantial differences between the new crime and its…”
State v. Chase, 234 N.W.2d 871 (Iowa 1975). “Defendant, Michael John Chase, age 23, was charged, tried, convicted and sentenced for assault with intent to inflict bodily injury in violation of Code section 694.6 and has appealed. We affirm with modification of the sentence.”
State v. Leahy, 54 N.W.2d 447 (Iowa 1952). “Leahy, assault another, to wit, Harry Gibbons, with the intent to inflict great bodily injury, all in violation of section 694.6 of the 1950 Code of Iowa.” This indictment was sufficient since it is largely in the words of the statute and it refers to the section of the Code…”
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