Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 722.1 (2026)

Bribery

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A person who offers, promises, or gives anything of value or any benefit to a person who is serving or has been elected, selected, appointed, employed, or otherwise engaged to serve in a public capacity, including a public officer or employee, a referee, juror, or jury panel member, or a witness in a judicial or arbitration hearing or any official inquiry, or a member of a board of arbitration, pursuant to an agreement or arrangement or with the understanding that the promise or thing of value or benefit will influence the act, vote, opinion, judgment, decision, or exercise of discretion of the person with respect to the person’s services in that capacity commits a class “D” felony. In addition, a person convicted under this section is disqualified from holding public office under the laws of this state. [C51, §2647, 2649, 2650, 2652; R60, §4274, 4276, 4277, 4279; C73, §3939, 3941, 3942, 3944; C97, §4875, 4877, 4878, 4880, 4886; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §13292, 13294, 13295, 13297, 13302; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §739.1, 739.3, 739.4, 739.6, 739.11; C79, 81, §722.1] 87 Acts, ch 213, §9 Referred to in §88A.10, 89A.17

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases, 1977–2016 · leading case: State v. Burt, 249 N.W.2d 651 (Iowa 1977).

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State v. Burt, 249 N.W.2d 651 (Iowa 1977). “See §§ 722.1, 722.2, 773.50, The Code. From the testimony concerning *653 defendant’s offer to pay for the coat, the jury could have inferred he had in fact stolen it and wanted to avoid prosecution for a public offense.”

State v. Halleck, 308 N.W.2d 56 (Iowa 1981). “12 (restitution after sentence and probation). However, restitution from Congdon was not immediately possible because he was indigent, unemployed and in jail awaiting trial on the theft charge.”

State v. Pinckney, 276 N.W.2d 433 (Iowa 1979). “This appeal is unaffected by §§ 722.1 and 722.2, The Code, Supp.1977. In the recent Code revision bribery and the acceptance of bribes are proscribed for any public officer or employee.”

State v. Bryant, 819 N.W.2d 564 (Iowa Ct. App. 2012). · cites it 26× “” Iowa Code § 722.1 (2011). The broadened scope of persons falling under the statute coupled with the broad language prohibiting the offering or giving of “anything of value or any benefit” resulted in academics claiming that “Iowa continues to have ‘very likely the strictest…”

Oduah D. Osaro, M.D. & Clinton Urgent Care, P.L.c v. Iowa Dep't of Human Servs. (Iowa Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 2× “See Iowa Code § 722.1 (2011). Dr. Osaro appealed the termination decision in March 2013.”

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