Any damage, defacing, alteration, or destruction of property is criminal mischief when done
intentionally by one who has no right to so act.
[C51, §2679, 2681 – 2683, 2686 – 2688, 2690, 2715, 2753; R60, §1766, 4319, 4321 – 4323,
4326 – 4328, 4330 – 4332, 4357, 4403; C73, §1564, 3897 – 3899, 3978, 3980 – 3982, 3985 – 3987,
3989 – 3992, 4021, 4082; C97, §588, 2466, 4800 – 4806, 4808, 4809, 4812, 4822 – 4828, 5054;
S13, §1989-a15, 4808, 4822, 4823, 4830-a, -b, -c; SS15, §2900-e; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §13080,
13082, 13083, 13085, 13088 – 13091, 13093 – 13099, 13102, 13107, 13112 – 13117, 13122,
13124; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §714.1, 714.3 – 714.5, 714.8 – 714.11, 714.14 –
714.20, 714.23, 714.28, 716.1 – 716.6, 716.9, 716.12; C79, 81, §716.1]
2002 Acts, ch 1049, §1
Referred to in §717A.3
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Notes of Decisions
Cited in
74
cases (
15 in the last 5 years), 1978–2025 · leading case:
State v. Hagedorn, 679 N.W.2d 666 (Iowa 2004).
State v. Hagedorn, 679 N.W.2d 666 (Iowa 2004).
· cites it 16× “(emphasis added) (quoting Iowa Code section 716.1 (1991)). The defendant argued that "because he had an ownership interest in the property [damaged], he had the `right to so act' under section 716.”
State v. Zeien, 505 N.W.2d 498 (Iowa 1993).
· cites it 14× “Tommy Lee Zeien was convicted of criminal mischief, Iowa Code § 716.1 (1991), for damaging contents in the home of his estranged wife, Judy.”
State v. Li-Yu Chang, 587 N.W.2d 459 (Iowa 1998).
· cites it 9× “Iowa Code § 716.1 . Criminal mischief in the second degree, as set forth in section 716.”
State v. Tesch, 704 N.W.2d 440 (Iowa 2005).
· cites it 3× “” Iowa Code § 716.1 . Criminal mischief is criminal mischief in the second degree “if the cost of replacing, repairing, or restoring the property .”
State v. McKnight, 511 N.W.2d 389 (Iowa 1994).
· cites it 6× “See Iowa Code §§ 716.1 , 716.4. Count II alleged assault causing bodily injury.”
State v. Banes, 910 N.W.2d 634 (Iowa Ct. App. 2018).
“2(2), criminal mischief in the second degree, in violation of Iowa Code sections 716.1 and 716.4, and ongoing criminal conduct, in violation of Iowa Code sections 706A.”
State v. Perry, 440 N.W.2d 389 (Iowa 1989).
· cites it 4× “The district court found the general criminal mischief statutes, Iowa Code sections 716.1 and 716.4 (1987), to be irreconcilable with the willful injury or tampering with a motor vehicle statute, Iowa Code section 321.”
State of Iowa v. Terran E. Roache, 920 N.W.2d 93 (Iowa 2018).
“The State charged Roache with eleven counts: two counts of criminal mischief in the second degree in violation of Iowa Code sections 716.1, 716.2, and 716.4 ; six counts of burglary in the third degree in violation of sections 713.”
State of Iowa v. Darryl B. Shears Jr., 920 N.W.2d 527 (Iowa 2018).
“The State charged Darryl Shears with three crimes: criminal mischief in the second degree in violation of Iowa Code sections 716.1 and 716.4(1) (2015), possession of a controlled substance, second offense, in violation of Iowa Code section 124.”
State v. Peck, 539 N.W.2d 170 (Iowa 1995).
· cites it 2× “Section 716.1 (1991) defined criminal mischief as actions “by one who has no right to so act.”
State v. Wolford Corp., 689 N.W.2d 471 (Iowa 2004).
· cites it 2× “25(5) (criminalizing the failure to file a tax return as a fraudulent practice); id.”
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