1. A person is guilty of agricultural production facility fraud if the person willfully does
any of the following:
a. Obtains access to an agricultural production facility by false pretenses.
b. Makes a false statement or representation as part of an application or agreement to be
employed at an agricultural production facility, if the person knows the statement to be false,
and makes the statement with an intent to commit an act not authorized by the owner of the
agricultural production facility, knowing that the act is not authorized.\n\nTue Dec 09 21:55:58 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 717A (24, 0)
5 OFFENSES RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, §717A.4\n\n 2. A person who commits agricultural production facility fraud under subsection 1 is guilty
of the following:
a. For the first conviction, a serious misdemeanor.
b. For a second or subsequent conviction, an aggravated misdemeanor.
3. a. A person who conspires to commit agricultural production facility fraud under
subsection 1 is subject to the provisions of chapter 706. A person who aids and abets in
the commission of agricultural production facility fraud under subsection 1 is subject to
the provisions of chapter 703. When two or more persons, acting in concert, knowingly
participate in committing agricultural production facility fraud under subsection 1, each
person is responsible for the acts of the other person as provided in section 703.2. A person
who has knowledge that agricultural production facility fraud under subsection 1 has been
committed and that a certain person committed it, and who does not stand in the relation of
husband or wife to the person committing the agricultural production facility fraud under
subsection 1, and who harbors, aids, or conceals the person committing the agricultural
production facility fraud under subsection 1, with the intent to prevent the apprehension
of the person committing the agricultural production facility fraud under subsection 1, is
subject to section 703.3.
b. A trial information or an indictment relating to agricultural production facility fraud
under subsection 1 need not contain allegations of vicarious liability as provided in chapter
703.
2012 Acts, ch 1005, §2, 3
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Notes of Decisions
Animal Legal Def. Fund v. Reynolds, 353 F. Supp. 3d 812 (S.D. Iowa 2019).
· cites it 62× “BACKGROUND 1 Iowa created the crime of "agricultural production facility fraud," Iowa Code § 717A.3A, in 2012, on the heels of several industrial farm investigations that brought critical national attention to Iowa's agricultural industry.”
Animal Legal Def. Fund v. Kimberly Reynolds, 8 F.4th 781 (8th Cir. 2021).
· cites it 8× “Iowa Code § 717A.3A(1)(a)-(b) (2012). A first conviction under the statute constitutes a serious misdemeanor, and any subsequent conviction constitutes an aggravated misdemeanor.”
Fund v. Reynolds, 385 F. Supp. 3d 840 (S.D. Iowa 2019).
· cites it 6× “On February 14, 2019, the Court entered an order declaring § 717A.3A facially unconstitutional and permanently enjoining further enforcement of the statute.”
Animal Legal Def. Fund v. Kimberly Reynolds, 89 F.4th 1065 (8th Cir. 2024).
“Makes a false statement or representation as part of an application or agreement to be employed at an agricultural production facility, if the person knows the statement to be false, and makes the statement with an intent to commit an act not authorized by the owner of the…”
— Iowa Code § 717A.3A(1)(a) — 4 cases
Animal Legal Def. Fund v. Kimberly Reynolds, 8 F.4th 781 (8th Cir. 2021).
“Iowa Code § 717A.3A(1)(a)-(b) (2012). A first conviction under the statute constitutes a serious misdemeanor, and any subsequent conviction constitutes an aggravated misdemeanor.”
Animal Legal Def. Fund v. Reynolds, 353 F. Supp. 3d 812 (S.D. Iowa 2019).
“BACKGROUND 1 Iowa created the crime of "agricultural production facility fraud," Iowa Code § 717A.3A, in 2012, on the heels of several industrial farm investigations that brought critical national attention to Iowa's agricultural industry.”
Animal Legal Def. Fund v. Kimberly Reynolds, 89 F.4th 1065 (8th Cir. 2024).
“Makes a false statement or representation as part of an application or agreement to be employed at an agricultural production facility, if the person knows the statement to be false, and makes the statement with an intent to commit an act not authorized by the owner of the…”
— Iowa Code § 717A.3A(1)(b) — 3 cases
Animal Legal Def. Fund v. Kimberly Reynolds, 8 F.4th 781 (8th Cir. 2021).
“Iowa Code § 717A.3A(1)(a)-(b) (2012). A first conviction under the statute constitutes a serious misdemeanor, and any subsequent conviction constitutes an aggravated misdemeanor.”
Animal Legal Def. Fund v. Reynolds, 353 F. Supp. 3d 812 (S.D. Iowa 2019).
“BACKGROUND 1 Iowa created the crime of "agricultural production facility fraud," Iowa Code § 717A.3A, in 2012, on the heels of several industrial farm investigations that brought critical national attention to Iowa's agricultural industry.”
— Iowa Code § 717A.3A(2) — 2 cases
Animal Legal Def. Fund v. Reynolds, 353 F. Supp. 3d 812 (S.D. Iowa 2019).
“BACKGROUND 1 Iowa created the crime of "agricultural production facility fraud," Iowa Code § 717A.3A, in 2012, on the heels of several industrial farm investigations that brought critical national attention to Iowa's agricultural industry.”
— Iowa Code § 717A.3A(3)(a) — 2 cases
Animal Legal Def. Fund v. Reynolds, 353 F. Supp. 3d 812 (S.D. Iowa 2019).
“BACKGROUND 1 Iowa created the crime of "agricultural production facility fraud," Iowa Code § 717A.3A, in 2012, on the heels of several industrial farm investigations that brought critical national attention to Iowa's agricultural industry.”
— Iowa Code § 717A.3A(a) — 1 case
Animal Legal Def. Fund v. Reynolds, 353 F. Supp. 3d 812 (S.D. Iowa 2019).
“BACKGROUND 1 Iowa created the crime of "agricultural production facility fraud," Iowa Code § 717A.3A, in 2012, on the heels of several industrial farm investigations that brought critical national attention to Iowa's agricultural industry.”
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