In all cases, except those enumerated in section 802.1, 802.2, 802.2A, 802.2B, 802.2C,
802.2D, 802.2E, 802.2F, 802.2G, or 802.10, an indictment or information for a felony or
aggravated or serious misdemeanor shall be found within three years after its commission.
[C51, §2813; R60, §4515; C73, §4167; C97, §5165; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §13444; C46, 50, 54,
58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §752.3; C79, 81, §802.3; 81 Acts, ch 204, §10]
85 Acts, ch 174, §3; 92 Acts, ch 1199, §7; 2000 Acts, ch 1027, §2; 2001 Acts, ch 63, §2; 2006
Acts, ch 1084, §1; 2014 Acts, ch 1097, §9; 2016 Acts, ch 1035, §3; 2023 Acts, ch 56, §1; 2024
Acts, ch 1029, §3
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Notes of Decisions
State of Iowa v. Eddie Tipton, 897 N.W.2d 653 (Iowa 2017).
· cites it 58× “” Iowa Code § 802.3 . There are, however, two potentially applicable exceptions to the general three-year statute of limitations in Iowa Code section 802.”
State of Iowa v. Daniel Logan Walden, 870 N.W.2d 842 (Iowa 2015).
· cites it 18× “” Iowa Code § 802.3 . 3 The word “enumerate” means “to ascertain the number of’; “to relate one after another.”
State v. Wilson, 573 N.W.2d 248 (Iowa 1998).
· cites it 15× “5 provides in part: If the period prescribed in section 802.3 [statute of limitations for felonies and aggravated or serious misdemeanors] and 802.”
State v. Wagner, 410 N.W.2d 207 (Iowa 1987).
· cites it 4× “Iowa Code § 802.3 provides that an indictment or information for a felony (except murder or sexual abuse) or aggravated or serious misdemeanor shall be found within three years after its commission.”
State v. Francois, 577 N.W.2d 417 (Iowa 1998).
· cites it 4× “See Iowa Code § 802.3 . The State resisted, contending that absence from custody is a continuing offense under Iowa Code section 802.”
State v. Gansz, 376 N.W.2d 887 (Iowa 1985).
· cites it 2× “Iowa Code § 802.3 . The State asserts that the relevant statutory language can be read to merely require that the contradictory statements be made within three years of each other and one of the statements must be made within three years of the indictment or information.”
State v. Harrison, 561 N.W.2d 28 (Iowa 1997).
· cites it 4× “He argues that theft by exercising control over stolen property is not a continuing offense for purposes of the statute of limitations set forth in Iowa Code section 802.3; therefore, the district court erred in denying his motion to dismiss.”
State v. Edwards, 571 N.W.2d 497 (Iowa Ct. App. 1997).
· cites it 2× “Iowa Code § 802.3 (1997). Although two thirds of the statute of limitations lapsed on this charge, the State nevertheless charged the defendant within the requisite time.”
State v. Bean, 474 N.W.2d 116 (Iowa Ct. App. 1991).
· cites it 4× “Iowa Code section 802.3 provides: In all cases, except those enumerated in section 802.”
State v. Sunclades, 305 N.W.2d 491 (Iowa 1981).
“See § 802.3, The Code Supp. 1977. Defendant’s indictment for these offenses was within the statutory period.”
— Iowa Code § 802.3(1) — 1 case
State v. Wilson, 573 N.W.2d 248 (Iowa 1998).
“5 provides in part: If the period prescribed in section 802.3 [statute of limitations for felonies and aggravated or serious misdemeanors] and 802.”
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