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Iowa Code § 728.3 (2026)

Admitting minors to premises where obscene material is exhibited

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1. A person who knowingly sells, gives, delivers, or provides a minor who is not a child with a pass or admits the minor to premises where obscene material is exhibited is guilty of a public offense and upon conviction is guilty of a serious misdemeanor.

2. A person who knowingly sells, gives, delivers, or provides a child with a pass or admits a child to premises where obscene material is exhibited is guilty of a public offense and upon conviction is guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor. [C51, §2717; R60, §4359; C73, §4022; C97, §4951; S13, §4944-k; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §13185, 13189; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §725.3, 725.4; C75, 77, §725.3; C79, 81, §728.3] 83 Acts, ch 167, §2 Referred to in §692A.102, 728.8, 728.9 \n

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 2005–2013 · leading case: State v. Seering, 701 N.W.2d 655 (Iowa 2005).
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State v. Seering, 701 N.W.2d 655 (Iowa 2005). · cites it 4× “It applies equally to a person convicted of admitting a minor to a premise where obscene material is exhibited in violation of section 728.3 and to a person convicted of first degree sexual abuse in violation of section 709.”
State of Iowa v. Denem Anthony Null, 836 N.W.2d 41 (Iowa 2013). · cites it 2× “§ 728.3. Finally, Iowa law recognizes that juveniles lack judgment to exercise constitutional rights in legal settings.”
Mall Real Est., L.L.C., an Iowa Ltd. Liab. Co. v. City of Hamburg, an Iowa Mun. Corp., 818 N.W.2d 190 (Iowa 2012). · cites it 2× “§ 728.3. 18 However, if we did not construe “material” to include live performances, then that same minor could view the same obscene sex act live in an establishment falling under the theater exception of section 728.”
Kruse v. Iowa Dist. Court for Howard Cnty., 712 N.W.2d 695 (Iowa 2006). · cites it 2× “Admitting minors to premises where obscene material is exhibited in violation of section 728.3. l. Stalking in violation of section 708.”
State v. Jorgensen, 785 N.W.2d 708 (Iowa Ct. App. 2009). · cites it 2× “2), admitting a minor to premises where obscene material is exhibited (section 728.3), and public indecent exposure in a place of business (section 728.”
Isaac Benjamin Kruse Vs. Iowa (Iowa 2006). · cites it 2× “Admitting minors to premises where obscene material is exhibited in violation of section 728.3. l. Stalking in violation of section 708.”
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