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Section 725.1 – Prostitution.

725.1 Prostitution. 1. a. Except as provided in paragraph “b”, a person who sells or offers for sale the person’s services as a partner in a sex act commits an aggravated misdemeanor. b. If the person who sells or offers for sale the person’s services as a partner in a sex act is under the […]

Section 725.10 – Pool selling — places used.

725.10 Pool selling — places used. Any person who records or registers bets or wagers or sells pools upon the result of any trial or contest of skill, speed, or power of endurance of human or beast, or upon the result of any political nomination or election, and any person who keeps a place for […]

Section 725.12 – Lotteries and lottery tickets — definition — prosecution.

725.12 Lotteries and lottery tickets — definition — prosecution. 1. If any person makes or aids in making or establishing, or advertises or makes public a scheme for a lottery; or advertises, offers for sale, sells, distributes, negotiates, disposes of, purchases, or receives a ticket or part of a ticket in a lottery or number […]

Section 725.13 – Definition of bookmaking.

725.13 Definition of bookmaking. “Bookmaking” means advancing gambling activity by accepting bets upon the outcome of future contingent events as a business other than as permitted in chapters 99B, 99D, 99E, and 99F. These events include but are not limited to the results of a trial or contest of skill, speed, power, or endurance of […]

Section 725.15 – Exceptions for legal gambling.

725.15 Exceptions for legal gambling. Sections 725.5 through 725.10 and 725.12 do not apply to a game, activity, ticket, or device when lawfully possessed, used, conducted, or participated in pursuant to chapter 99B, 99E, 99F, or 99G. [C75, 77, §726.11; C79, 81, §725.15] 85 Acts, ch 33, §126; 86 Acts, ch 1125, §5; 88 Acts, […]

Section 725.16 – Gambling penalty.

725.16 Gambling penalty. A person who commits an offense declared in chapter 99B to be a misdemeanor shall be guilty of a serious misdemeanor. [C51, §2721, 2730; R60, §4363, 4377; C73, §4026, 4043; C97, §4962, 5000; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §13198, 13218; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §726.1, 726.8; C75, §99B.9, […]

Section 725.17 – Protection money prohibited.

725.17 Protection money prohibited. Any officer or employee of this state, or of a county, city, or judicial district who asks for, receives or collects any money or other consideration for and with the understanding that the officer or employee will aid, exempt, or otherwise protect another person from detection, arrest or conviction of any […]

Section 725.18 – Collection service prohibited.

725.18 Collection service prohibited. Any person who knowingly offers, gives or sells the person’s services for use in collecting or enforcing any debt arising from gambling, whether or not lawful gambling, commits an aggravated misdemeanor. [C77, §726.16; C79, 81, §725.18]

Section 725.19 – Gambling by underage persons.

725.19 Gambling by underage persons. 1. Any person under the age of twenty-one years shall not make or attempt to make a gambling wager, except as permitted under chapter 99B. A person who violates this subsection commits a scheduled violation under section 805.8C, subsection 5, paragraph “a”. 2. A person who knowingly permits a person […]

Section 725.2 – Pimping.

725.2 Pimping. 1. A person who solicits a patron for a prostitute, or who knowingly takes or shares in the earnings of a prostitute, or who knowingly furnishes a room or other place to be used for the purpose of prostitution, whether for compensation or not, commits a class “D” felony. 2. A person who […]

Section 725.3 – Pandering.

725.3 Pandering. 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 […]

Section 725.4 – Leasing premises for prostitution.

725.4 Leasing premises for prostitution. A person who has rented or let any building, structure or part thereof, boat, trailer or other place offering shelter or seclusion, and who knows, or has reason to know, that the lessee or tenant is using such for the purposes of prostitution, and who does not, immediately upon acquiring […]

Section 725.5 – Keeping gambling houses.

725.5 Keeping gambling houses. Any person who keeps a house, shop, or place resorted to for the purpose of gambling, or permits any person in any house, shop, or other place under the person’s control or care to conduct bookmaking or to play at cards, dice, faro, roulette, equality, punchboard, slot machine or other game […]

Section 725.6 – “Keeper” defined.

725.6 “Keeper” defined. In a prosecution under section 725.5, any person who has the charge of or attends to any such house, shop, or place is the keeper thereof. [C51, §2721; R60, §4363; C73, §4026; C97, §4962; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §13199; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §726.2; C79, […]

Section 725.7 – Gaming and betting — penalty.

725.7 Gaming and betting — penalty. 1. Except as permitted in chapters 99B and 99D, a person shall not do any of the following: a. Participate in a game for any sum of money or other property of any value. b. Make any bet. c. For a fee, directly or indirectly, give or accept anything […]

Section 725.8 – Wagers — forfeiture.

725.8 Wagers — forfeiture. Property, whether real or personal, offered as a stake, or any moneys, property, or other thing of value staked, paid, bet, wagered, laid, or deposited in connection with or as a part of any game of chance, lottery, gambling scheme or device, gift enterprise, or other trade scheme unlawful under the […]

Section 725.9 – Possession of gambling devices prohibited — exception for manufacturing.

725.9 Possession of gambling devices prohibited — exception for manufacturing. 1. “Antique slot machine” means a slot machine which is twenty-five years old or older. 2. “Gambling device” means a device used or adapted or designed to be used for gambling and includes, but is not limited to, roulette wheels, klondike tables, punchboards, faro layouts, […]