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Iowa Code § 703.4 (2026)

Responsibility of employers

✓ Iowa Code 2026 (laws through the 2025 session)
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An employer or an employer’s agent, officer, director, or employee who supervises or directs the work of other employees, is guilty of the same public offense committed by an employee acting under the employer’s control, supervision, or direction in any of the following cases:

1. The person has directed the employee to commit a public offense.

2. The person knowingly permits an employee to commit a public offense, under circumstances in which the employer expects to benefit from the illegal activity of the employee.

3. The person assigns the employee some duty or duties which the person knows cannot be accomplished, or are not likely to be accomplished, unless the employee commits a public offense, provided that the offense committed by the employee is one which the employer can reasonably anticipate will follow from this assignment. [C79, 81, §703.4] \n Tue Dec 09 21:56:47 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 703 (18, 0) §703.5, PARTIES TO CRIME 2 \n

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1998–1998 · leading case: State v. Casey's Gen. Stores, Inc., 587 N.W.2d 599 (Iowa 1998).
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State v. Casey's Gen. Stores, Inc., 587 N.W.2d 599 (Iowa 1998). · cites it 2× “2d 9, 12 (1951)); accord Iowa Code §§ 703.4 , .5(2) (defining responsibility of employers for crimes committed by employees); Fullmer v.”
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