Iowa Code
Iowa Code § 718.1 (2026)
Insurrection
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An insurrection is three or more persons acting in concert and using physical violence against persons or property, with the purpose of interfering with, disrupting, or destroying the government of the state or any subdivision thereof, or to prevent any executive, legislative, or judicial officer or body from performing its lawful function. Participation in insurrection is a class “C” felony. [C51, §2565, 2567; R60, §4188, 4190; C73, §3845, 3847; C97, §4724, 4726; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12897, 12898, 12900, 12904; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §689.1, 689.2, 689.4, 689.8; C79, 81, §718.1]
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Cited in 38
cases, 1952–2014 · leading case: State v. Wagner, 410 N.W.2d 207 (Iowa 1987).
State v. Wagner, 410 N.W.2d 207 (Iowa 1987). “Iowa Code § 718.1 (1981). In view of the large number of individuals identified as involved in the uprising, Wagner’s role as a ringleader, the violence done to the hostages and the penitentiary, and the unquestionable disruption of State activities caused by the uprising,…”
State v. Hancock, 164 N.W.2d 330 (Iowa 1969). “On April 5, 1968 a county attorney's information was filed in Warren County District Court charging defendant, Margaret Jane Hancock, with the crime of forgery in violation of section 718.1, Code, 1966. On May 14, the first day of trial and after the jury had been sworn, the…”
State v. Jeffries, 430 N.W.2d 728 (Iowa 1988). “See Iowa Code §§ 718.1 ; 710.1, 710.3; 708.3; 708.”
State v. Misner, 410 N.W.2d 216 (Iowa 1987). “3 (1985), one count of insurrection, Iowa Code § 718.1 (1985), and one count of assault while participating in a felony, Iowa Code §§ 708.”
People v. Oram, 217 P.3d 883 (Colo. Ct. App. 2009). “Code § 385-48-2-1 ("breaks and enters") Iowa Code § 718.1 ("having no right, license or privilege to do so, enters") La.”
State v. Rife, 149 N.W.2d 846 (Iowa 1967). “Marion Rife was charged with the crime of forgery as defined in section 718.1, Code of Iowa, 1962, by the Polk County Grand Jury on October 28, 1965.”
State v. Kendrick, 173 N.W.2d 560 (Iowa 1970). “” The evidence showed defendant forged the indorsement of John E.”
State v. Bolds, 55 N.W.2d 534 (Iowa 1952). “” Nor is there merit to counsel’s contention that the signing of the note and wage assignment at the office of the Iowa Guarantee Company was not a forgery because it harmed no one; in other words, that defendant’s nefarious purpose having been thwarted by a refusal of the…”
State v. Craig, 106 N.W.2d 653 (Iowa 1960). “Count I accused him of forgery, as defined in section 718.1 of the 1958 Code of Iowa, and charged he forged the name of Thomas Bennett on the back of a written instrument described in words and figures.”
State v. Cupples, 152 N.W.2d 277 (Iowa 1967). “The sole question presented by this appeal is whether the trial court abused the discretion vested in it by Code section 718.1, subsection 9, which provides one convicted of forgery “shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than ten years or imprisoned in the county jail…”
State v. Patterson, 161 N.W.2d 736 (Iowa 1968). “Defendant was charged by county attorney’s Information with the crime of forgery in violation of section 718.1, Code of Iowa, 1966. He plead guilty to the charge and was subsequently sentenced to a term of not more than 10 years in the Men’s Reformatory at Anamosa, Iowa.”
State v. Judkins, 242 N.W.2d 266 (Iowa 1976). “On this appeal from conviction of forgery in violation of Code section 718.1 defendant asserts trial court erred in (1) allowing the State’s handwriting expert to testify that defendant’s expert confirmed his opinion and (2) refusing to prohibit testimony from proferred…”
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