Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 725.3 (2026)

Pandering

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1. A person who persuades, arranges, coerces, or otherwise causes another, not a minor, to become a prostitute or to return to the practice of prostitution after having abandoned it, or keeps or maintains any premises for the purposes of prostitution or takes a share in the income from such premises knowing the character and content of such income, commits a class “D” felony.

2. A person who persuades, arranges, coerces, or otherwise causes a minor to become a prostitute or to return to the practice of prostitution after having abandoned it, or keeps or maintains any premises for the purpose of prostitution involving minors or knowingly shares in the income from such premises knowing the character and content of such income, commits a class “C” felony. [C51, §2584; R60, §4207; C73, §3865; C97, §4760; S13, §4944-i, -j; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §13179, 13181, 13182; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §724.7, 724.9, 724.10; C79, 81, §725.3] 86 Acts, ch 1046, §2; 87 Acts, ch 115, §82 Referred to in §229A.2, 321.375, 692A.102, 692A.126, 901A.1, 911.2A \n

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 18 cases, 1973–2014 · leading case: State v. Williams, 315 N.W.2d 45 (Iowa 1982).
State v. Williams, 315 N.W.2d 45 (Iowa 1982). · cites it 28× “2, The Code, and pandering in violation of section 725.3, The Code. We affirm. The facts of this case are essentially as follows.”
State v. Lee, 315 N.W.2d 60 (Iowa 1982). · cites it 52× “Defendant, Barbara Nan Lee, appeals from her conviction by jury verdict of pandering in violation of section 725.3, The Code. She contends: (1) the trial court erred in finding that section 725.”
State v. Wedelstedt, 213 N.W.2d 652 (Iowa 1973). · cites it 18× “Defendants-appellants seek reversal of their lower court convictions for violation of Code section 725.3, an obscenity statute, first enacted in 1909.”
State v. Clark, 406 N.W.2d 802 (Iowa Ct. App. 1987). · cites it 20× “On January 22, 1986, the Polk County attorney filed a trial information charging defendant with the crime of pandering, in violation of section 725.3, Iowa Code (1985). Section 725.”
State v. Gilmour, 522 N.W.2d 595 (Iowa 1994). · cites it 8× “Iowa Code § 725.3 (2). Gilmour argues that the evidence does not show he persuaded, arranged, coerced, or otherwise caused Cassandra to become a prostitute.”
State of Iowa v. Jabari Lamar Walker, 856 N.W.2d 179 (Iowa 2014). · cites it 4× “Pandering involving a minor in violation of section 725.3, subsection 2. e. Any offense involving an attempt to commit an offense contained in this section.”
Chelsea Theater Corp. v. City of Burlington, 258 N.W.2d 372 (Iowa 1977). · cites it 3× “When an Iowa obscenity statute, § 725.3, The Code, 1971, was subsequently attacked in State v.”
United States v. Kerwin Lamont Summage, 481 F.3d 1075 (8th Cir. 2007). “…a prostitute ... or keeps or maintains any premises for the purposes of prostitution ... commits a class 'D' felony.” Iowa Code § 725.3 (1) (2003).”
United States v. Johnelle Bell, 761 F.3d 900 (8th Cir. 2014). “See Iowa Code §§ 725.3 (offense of pandering) and 902.”
State v. Harrington, 608 N.W.2d 440 (Iowa 2000). · cites it 4× “Pandering involving a minor in violation of section 725.3, subsection 2. e. Any offense involving an attempt to commit an offense contained in this section.”
State v. Kueny, 215 N.W.2d 215 (Iowa 1974). “Wedelstedt, supra, this court held lack of specificity of the word “obscene” required us to hold Code § 725.3 unconstitutionally vague. Since the questioned terms employed in § 725.”
Goings v. Chickasaw Cnty., IA, 523 F. Supp. 2d 892 (N.D. Iowa 2007). · cites it 2× “8 On July 16, 2004, David Goings was charged in the Iowa District Court for Floyd County with Pandering, in violation of Iowa Code section 725.3(1) (2003). On December 6, 2004, David Goings pled guilty to Prostitution, in violation of Iowa Code section 725.”
Iowa Code § 725.3(1): 1 case
Goings v. Chickasaw Cnty., IA, 523 F. Supp. 2d 892 (N.D. Iowa 2007). “8 On July 16, 2004, David Goings was charged in the Iowa District Court for Floyd County with Pandering, in violation of Iowa Code section 725.3(1) (2003). On December 6, 2004, David Goings pled guilty to Prostitution, in violation of Iowa Code section 725.”
Iowa Code § 725.3(2): 1 case
State v. Gilmour, 522 N.W.2d 595 (Iowa 1994). “Iowa Code § 725.3 (2). Gilmour argues that the evidence does not show he persuaded, arranged, coerced, or otherwise caused Cassandra to become a prostitute.”
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