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Iowa Code § 720.7 (2026)

Interference with judicial acts — penalty

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1. As used in this section:

a. “Court employee” means the same as defined in section 602.1101.

b. “Family member” means a spouse, son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, first cousin, nephew, niece, grandfather, grandmother, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, father, mother, stepfather, stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister, half brother, or half sister.\n\nTue Dec 09 21:55:47 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 720 (17, 0) 3 INTERFERENCE WITH JUDICIAL PROCESS, §720.7\n\n c. “Judicial officer” means the same as defined in section 602.1101.

2. A person who harasses a judicial officer, court employee, or a family member of a judicial officer or a court employee in violation of section 708.7, with the intent to interfere with or improperly influence, or in retaliation for, the official acts of a judicial officer or court employee, commits an aggravated misdemeanor. 2009 Acts, ch 77, §1\n\nTue Dec 09 21:55:47 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 720 (17, 0) \n

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2016–2017 · leading case: State of Iowa v. Elmer Paul Scheckel (Iowa Ct. App. 2017).
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State of Iowa v. Elmer Paul Scheckel (Iowa Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 4× “” Iowa Code § 720.7 (2). A person commits harassment when “with intent to intimidate, annoy, or alarm another person,” the person communicates in writing “without legitimate purpose and in a manner likely to cause the other person annoyance or harm.”
State of Iowa v. Timothy John Miller (Iowa Ct. App. 2016). “§ 720.7. 3 A reasonable juror could have found the following facts.”
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