Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 725.10 (2026)

Pool selling — places used

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Any person who records or registers bets or wagers or sells pools upon the result of any trial or contest of skill, speed, or power of endurance of human or beast, or upon the result of any political nomination or election, and any person who keeps a place for the purpose of doing any such thing, and any owner, lessee, or occupant of any premises, who knowingly permits the same, or any part thereof, to be used for any such purpose, and anyone who, as custodian or depositary thereof, for hire or reward, receives any money, property, or thing of value staked, wagered, or bet upon any such result, shall be guilty of a serious misdemeanor. [C97, §4966; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §13216; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §726.6; C79, 81, §725.10] Referred to in §709A.1, 725.15

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases, 1977–2016 · leading case: State v. Robinson, 618 N.W.2d 306 (Iowa 2000).
State v. Robinson, 618 N.W.2d 306 (Iowa 2000). · cites it 7× “1267, § 10 (codified at Iowa Code § 725.10 (1975) and later transferred to Iowa Code § 728.”
State v. Harrison, 325 N.W.2d 770 (Iowa Ct. App. 1982). · cites it 14× “Iowa Code § 725.10 provides: Any person who records or registers bets or wagers.”
In Re Det. of Williams, 628 N.W.2d 447 (Iowa 2001). · cites it 2× “Iowa Code § 725.10 (1977). He was released after serving roughly one-half of his five-year sentence.”
State v. Buck, 275 N.W.2d 194 (Iowa 1979). · cites it 3× “Defendant was convicted of five counts of lascivious acts with a child, in violation of § 725.10, The Code, 1975. At his request he was sentenced under the provisions of The Code, Supp.”
State v. Haines, 259 N.W.2d 806 (Iowa 1977). · cites it 4× “Defendant was charged by county attorney’s information with the crime of having committed lascivious acts upon the person of one Casandra McGarry, a female child under the age of 16 years, in violation of § 725.10, The Code, 1975. Following his plea of not guilty, he was tried…”
State v. Cott, 283 N.W.2d 324 (Iowa 1979). · cites it 2× “Defendant Arthur Stewart Cott was charged and convicted of violating section 725.10, The Code 1977, which prohibits lascivious acts with persons under sixteen years of age for the purpose of arousing or satisfying sexual desires.”
State v. Hanna, 277 N.W.2d 605 (Iowa 1979). “We quote from that opinion: Defendant was charged under § 725.10, The Code, 1975, which defined the acts [of lascivious conduct] and proscribed them with any person under the age of 16.”
Willis v. Palmer, 175 F. Supp. 3d 1081 (N.D. Iowa 2016). · cites it 2× “Iowa Code § 725.10 (1977). He was released after serving roughly one-half of his five-year sentence.”
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