1. A person who impounds or confines livestock, in any place, and does any of the following commits the offense of livestock neglect:
a. Fails to provide livestock with care consistent with customary animal husbandry practices.
b. Deprives livestock of necessary sustenance.
c. Injures or destroys livestock by any means which causes pain or suffering in a manner inconsistent with customary animal husbandry practices.
2. A person who commits the offense of livestock neglect is guilty of a simple misdemeanor. A person who intentionally commits the offense of livestock neglect which results in serious injury to or the death of livestock is guilty of a serious misdemeanor. However, a person shall not be guilty of more than one offense of livestock neglect punishable as a serious misdemeanor, when care or sustenance is not provided to multiple head of livestock during any period of uninterrupted neglect.
3. This section does not apply to a research facility, as defined in section 162.2, provided that the research facility performs functions within the scope of accepted practices and disciplines associated with the research facility. [C51, §2716; R60, §4358; C73, §4031, 4034; C97, §4969, 4972; S13, §4969; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §13133, 13134; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §717.2, 717.3; C79, 81, §717.2] 86 Acts, ch 1121, §3; 87 Acts, ch 179, §1; 94 Acts, ch 1103, §9; 2008 Acts, ch 1058, §18 Referred to in §717.1A, 717.2A, 717.5 \n
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
4
cases, 1983–2004 · leading case:
State v. Wells, 629 N.W.2d 346 (Iowa 2001).
State v. Wells, 629 N.W.2d 346 (Iowa 2001).
· cites it 33× “Iowa Code § 717.2 (l)(a), (b). 1 The crime is classified as a simple misdemeanor.”
People v. Allen, 657 P.2d 447 (Colo. 1983).
“272, § 77 (West 1972); Mich. Stat.Ann. § 28.161 [M.C.L.A.”
McClendon v. Story Cnty. Sheriff's Dep't, 312 F. Supp. 2d 1146 (S.D. Iowa 2004).
· cites it 4× “Thompson’s testimony was entitled to great weight and that SCACD had not met its burden of showing the horses were neglected as defined by Iowa Code § 717.2 . 6 PROCEDURAL HISTORY On December 4, 2002, McClendon filed this § 1983 action alleging the Defendants, while acting under…”
Mcclendon v. Story Cnty. Sheriff's Dept., 312 F. Supp. 2d 1146 (S.D. Iowa 2004).
· cites it 4× “Thompson's testimony was entitled to great weight and that SCACD had not met its burden of showing the horses were neglected as defined by Iowa Code § 717.2 . [6] PROCEDURAL HISTORY On December 4, 2002, McClendon filed this § 1983 action alleging the Defendants, while acting…”
— Iowa Code § 717.2(1) — 1 case
State v. Wells, 629 N.W.2d 346 (Iowa 2001).
“Iowa Code § 717.2 (l)(a), (b). 1 The crime is classified as a simple misdemeanor.”
— Iowa Code § 717.2(2) — 1 case
State v. Wells, 629 N.W.2d 346 (Iowa 2001).
“Iowa Code § 717.2 (l)(a), (b). 1 The crime is classified as a simple misdemeanor.”
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