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Home » US Law » 2022 Iowa Code » Title XVI - CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE » Chapter 709 - SEXUAL ABUSE » Section 709.2 – Sexual abuse in the first degree.

709.2 Sexual abuse in the first degree.

1. A person commits sexual abuse in the first degree when in the course of committing sexual abuse the person causes another serious injury.

2. Sexual abuse in the first degree is a class “A” felony.

[C51, §2581; R60, §4204; C73, §3861; C97, §4756; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12966; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §698.1; C79, 81, §709.2]

2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127

Referred to in §321.375, 664A.2, 692A.101, 692A.102, 709.19, 903B.10

Definition of forcible felony, §702.11

Sentencing restrictions for forcible felonies and mandatory reporters of child abuse, see §907.3