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Iowa Code § 726.6A (2026)

Multiple acts of child endangerment — penalty

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A person who engages in a course of conduct including three or more acts of child endangerment as defined in section 726.6 within a period of twelve months involving the same child or a minor with a mental or physical disability, where one or more of the acts results in serious injury to the child or minor or results in a skeletal injury to a child under the age of four years, is guilty of a class “B” felony. Notwithstanding section 902.9, subsection 1, paragraph “b”, a person convicted of a violation of this section shall be confined for no more than fifty years. 94 Acts, ch 1172, §59; 96 Acts, ch 1129, §110; 2013 Acts, ch 30, §253

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726.7 Wanton neglect of a resident of a health care facility. Transferred to §726.27; 2022 Acts, ch 1132, §8.

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726.8 Wanton neglect or nonsupport of a dependent adult. Transferred to §726.28; 2022 Acts, ch 1132, §8.

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 17 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1998–2023 · leading case: State of Iowa v. Christopher Craig Thompson, 837 N.W.2d 180 (Iowa 2013).
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State of Iowa v. Christopher Craig Thompson, 837 N.W.2d 180 (Iowa 2013). · cites it 16× “6 (2009), and one count of multiple acts of child endangerment, in violation of section 726.6A. On January 21, 2010, Jherica reached a plea agreement, under which she pled guilty to child endangerment causing serious injury, child endangerment causing bodily injury, and neglect…”
State of Iowa v. Jonas Dorian Neiderbach, 836 N.W.2d 470 (Iowa 2013). · cites it 14× “6 (2009), and one count of multiple acts of child endangerment, in violation of section 726.6A. On January 21, 2010, Jherica reached a plea agreement, under which she pled guilty to child endangerment causing serious injury, child endangerment causing bodily injury, and neglect…”
State v. Watkins, 659 N.W.2d 526 (Iowa 2003). · cites it 10× “Defendant, Heidi Watkins, appeals from a conviction of multiple acts of child endangerment in violation of Iowa Code section 726.6A (1999). That judgment was entered following a bench trial.”
State v. Yeo, 659 N.W.2d 544 (Iowa 2003). · cites it 7× “The district court also concluded that Clarence violated Iowa Code section 726.6A by engaging in a course of conduct including three or more acts of child endangerment .”
State v. Hickman, 576 N.W.2d 364 (Iowa 1998). · cites it 10× “4 (1995) and multiple acts of child endangerment in violation of Iowa Code section 726.6A. We find ample evidence to support the willful injury conviction and to support a conviction of child endangerment.”
State of Iowa v. Andrew Lee Russell, 897 N.W.2d 717 (Iowa 2017). · cites it 2× “On December 4, 2015, the State charged defendant Andrew RusSell with one count of child endangerment in violation of Iowa Code section 726.6A (2015)'. On March 15, 2016, the State filed’a motion to regulate discovery and requested that the district court enter an order…”
State v. Fix, 830 N.W.2d 744 (Iowa Ct. App. 2013). · cites it 2× “6(4); and child endangerment, multiple acts, in violation of section 726.6A. Eight months later, the State and Fix entered a written memorandum of plea agreement, outlining the following charging concessions: count one was amended from first-degree murder, a class “A” felony, to…”
State of Iowa v. Benjamin G. Trane (Iowa 2019). · cites it 4× “As Trane’s present counsel pointed out below, the idea for this instruction appears to have originated 12This point is illustrated by Iowa Code section 726.6A, which under some circumstances punishes “a course of conduct including three or more acts of child endangerment as…”
State of Iowa v. Benjamin G. Trane (Iowa 2019). · cites it 4× “As Trane’s present counsel pointed out below, the idea for this instruction appears to have originated 12This point is illustrated by Iowa Code section 726.6A, which under some circumstances punishes “a course of conduct including three or more acts of child endangerment as…”
State of Iowa v. Holly Ann Johnson (Iowa Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 4× “The court found several of the counts were lesser included offenses of the child endangerment count charged under Iowa Code section 726.6A and held the district court should have dismissed those counts.”
Amended August 30, 2017 State of Iowa v. Andrew Lee Russell (Iowa 2017). · cites it 2× “On December 4, 2015, the State charged defendant Andrew Russell with one count of child endangerment in violation of Iowa Code section 726.6A (2015). On March 15, 2016, the State filed a motion to 1A subpoena duces tecum is a “subpoena ordering the witness to appear in court and…”
State of Iowa v. Zachary Alfred Hayes (Iowa Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 2× “Zachary Hayes was convicted of multiple acts of child endangerment resulting in serious injury, in violation of Iowa Code section 726.6A (2016), and neglect of a dependent person, in violation of Iowa Code section 726.”
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