Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 715.6 (2026)

Exceptions

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Sections 715.4 and 715.5 shall not apply to the following:

1. The monitoring of, or interaction with, an owner’s or an operator’s internet or other network connection, service, or computer, by a telecommunications carrier, cable operator, computer hardware or software provider, or provider of information service or interactive computer service for network or computer security purposes, diagnostics, technical support, maintenance, repair, authorized updates of computer software or system firmware, authorized remote system management, or detection, criminal investigation, or prevention of the use of or fraudulent or other illegal activities prohibited in this chapter in connection with a network, service, or computer software, including scanning for and removing computer software prescribed under this subchapter. Nothing in this subchapter shall limit the rights of providers of wire and electronic communications under 18 U.S.C. §2511.

2. The nonpayment or a violation of the terms of a legal contract with the owner or operator.

3. For complying with federal, state, and local law enforcement requests. 2005 Acts, ch 94, §6; 2007 Acts, ch 126, §108; 2007 Acts, ch 215, §257; 2023 Acts, ch 77, §4 \n

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 17 cases, 1979–1998 · leading case: State v. Sanders, 309 N.W.2d 144 (Iowa Ct. App. 1981).
State v. Sanders, 309 N.W.2d 144 (Iowa Ct. App. 1981). · cites it 36× “Defendant, Carl Eugene Sanders, appeals from conviction and sentence imposed upon his plea of guilty to false use of a financial instrument in violation of section 715.6, Supplement to the Code 1977.”
State v. Koplin, 402 N.W.2d 423 (Iowa 1987). · cites it 23× “That portion of Iowa Code section 715.6 relevant here proscribes “[t]he use of a financial instrument with the intent to obtain fraudulently anything of value by a user who knows that the instrument is not what it purports to be.”
State v. Schoelerman, 315 N.W.2d 67 (Iowa 1982). · cites it 8× “Defendant appeals from the judgment entered on his plea of guilty to the crime of false use of a financial instrument (FUFI), a violation of section 715.6, The Code 1979. It is undisputed that on September 1, 1980, in exchange for merchandise and ten dollars in cash, defendant…”
State v. Propps, 376 N.W.2d 619 (Iowa 1985). · cites it 6× “See Iowa Code § 715.6 (1985). Defendant and Darlene Avant went to a Des Moines store to purchase automobile parts.”
State v. Phillips, 569 N.W.2d 816 (Iowa 1997). · cites it 12× “Iowa Code § 715.6 (1979). We interpreted section 715.”
State v. Tussing, 340 N.W.2d 257 (Iowa 1983). · cites it 10× “Defendant Diane Tussing contends her conviction under section 715.6 for false use of a financial instrument must be vacated because her guilty plea lacked a factual basis.”
State v. Janz, 358 N.W.2d 547 (Iowa 1984). · cites it 2× “*548 Defendant Caroline Marie Janz pleaded guilty to false use of a financial instrument in the first degree, a violation of Iowa Code section 715.6 (1983). The sentencing court included in her judgment of conviction and sentence of incarceration a specific order requiring her…”
State v. Martin, 341 N.W.2d 728 (Iowa 1983). · cites it 4× “We granted the State’s application to review a court of appeals decision that reversed defendant’s conviction for false use of a financial instrument (FUFI), a violation of Iowa Code section 715.6. We affirm the court of appeals decision and remand to district court for judgment…”
State v. Popes, 290 N.W.2d 926 (Iowa 1980). · cites it 4× “After pleading guilty to a charge of false use of a financial statement in violation of section 715.6, Supplement to the Code 1977, defendant was sentenced as an habitual criminal under the provisions of section 902.”
State v. Combs, 316 N.W.2d 880 (Iowa 1982). · cites it 2× “Defendant was first tried and acquitted on a charge of false use of a financial instrument (§ 715.6, The Code 1979). He was then charged and convicted of theft in the second degree (§§ 714.”
State v. Suchanek, 326 N.W.2d 263 (Iowa 1982). · cites it 2× “On November 3, 1980, the defendant entered a negotiated plea of guilty to the charge of false use of a financial instru *264 ment in violation of section 715.6 of the 1979 Code of Iowa. On January 16, 1981, pursuant to the plea bargain, the district court, the Honorable T.”
Mills v. State, 383 N.W.2d 574 (Iowa 1986). · cites it 4× “The Polk County Attorney charged Robert Ray Mills with false use of a financial instrument in violation of section 715.6 of the Iowa Code of 1979. The minutes of testimony stated that a check for $200 was made out to cash with a notation on the bottom, “John McDermott”, and that…”
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