1. A person who knowingly or intentionally removes or attempts to remove a dangerous weapon, as defined in section 702.7, from the possession of a peace officer, as defined in section 724.2A, when the officer is in the performance of any act which is within the scope of the lawful duty or authority of that officer and the person knew or should have known the individual to be a peace officer, commits the offense of disarming a peace officer.
2. A person who disarms or attempts to disarm a peace officer is guilty of a class “D” felony.
3. A person who discharges the dangerous weapon while disarming or attempting to disarm the peace officer commits a class “C” felony. 99 Acts, ch 44, §1 \n 708.14 Abuse of a corpse.
1. A person commits abuse of a human corpse if the person does any of the following:
a. Mutilates, disfigures, or dismembers a human corpse with the intent to conceal a crime.
b. Hides or buries a human corpse with the intent to conceal a crime.
c. Fails to disclose the known location of a corpse with the intent to conceal a crime.
2. A person who violates this section commits a class “C” felony. 2010 Acts, ch 1074, §3; 2021 Acts, ch 91, §1; 2021 Acts, ch 173, §1 \n
Notes of Decisions
State of Iowa v. Iowa Dist. Court for Dubuque Cnty., 870 N.W.2d 849 (Iowa 2015).
“The trial information was filed on June 24 charging Erickson with disarm(ing) or attempt to disarm a peace officer of a dangerous weapon in violation of Iowa Code sections 708.13(1) and 708.13(2) (2011). Assistant County Attorney Brigit M.”
State of Iowa v. Miguel Tojin Chivalan (Iowa Ct. App. 2021).
· cites it 9× “1(1)(b) (2018), and disarming a peace officer of a dangerous weapon, in violation of section 708.13. He claims the district court erred in instructing the jury.”
State of Iowa v. Joshua Benjamin Kutcher (Iowa Ct. App. 2024).
· cites it 6× “Iowa Code § 708.13 (1). On appeal, Kutcher focuses on the word “intentionally” in arguing that the court should have instructed the jury on specific intent.”
State of Iowa v. Stephen Joshua Wilson (Iowa Ct. App. 2023).
· cites it 4× “28, 2021) (finding no authority that Iowa Code section 708.13 requires “the State to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the officer complied with the Fourth Amendment”).”
State of Iowa v. Evan Blake Wooten (Iowa Ct. App. 2018).
· cites it 2× “Evan Wooten pleaded guilty to attempt to disarm a peace officer of a dangerous weapon, in violation of Iowa Code section 708.13(2) (2016), and assault on persons engaged in certain occupations, in violation of Iowa Code section 708.”
State of Iowa v. Stanley Lavell Donahue (Iowa Ct. App. 2025).
· cites it 2× “16A; one count of disarming a peace officer, a class “D” felony in violation of section 708.13(2); one count of felon in possession of a firearm, a class “D” felony in violation of section 724.”
— Iowa Code § 708.13(1) — 3 cases
State of Iowa v. Iowa Dist. Court for Dubuque Cnty., 870 N.W.2d 849 (Iowa 2015).
“The trial information was filed on June 24 charging Erickson with disarm(ing) or attempt to disarm a peace officer of a dangerous weapon in violation of Iowa Code sections 708.13(1) and 708.13(2) (2011). Assistant County Attorney Brigit M.”
State of Iowa v. Stephen Joshua Wilson (Iowa Ct. App. 2023).
“28, 2021) (finding no authority that Iowa Code section 708.13 requires “the State to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the officer complied with the Fourth Amendment”).”
State of Iowa v. Joshua Benjamin Kutcher (Iowa Ct. App. 2024).
“Iowa Code § 708.13 (1). On appeal, Kutcher focuses on the word “intentionally” in arguing that the court should have instructed the jury on specific intent.”
— Iowa Code § 708.13(2) — 3 cases
State of Iowa v. Evan Blake Wooten (Iowa Ct. App. 2018).
“Evan Wooten pleaded guilty to attempt to disarm a peace officer of a dangerous weapon, in violation of Iowa Code section 708.13(2) (2016), and assault on persons engaged in certain occupations, in violation of Iowa Code section 708.”
State of Iowa v. Joshua Benjamin Kutcher (Iowa Ct. App. 2024).
“Iowa Code § 708.13 (1). On appeal, Kutcher focuses on the word “intentionally” in arguing that the court should have instructed the jury on specific intent.”
State of Iowa v. Stanley Lavell Donahue (Iowa Ct. App. 2025).
“16A; one count of disarming a peace officer, a class “D” felony in violation of section 708.13(2); one count of felon in possession of a firearm, a class “D” felony in violation of section 724.”
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