2011 Iowa Code
TITLE XVI CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE
SUBTITLE 1 CRIME CONTROL AND CRIMINAL ACTS
CHAPTER 701 GENERAL CRIMINAL LAW PROVISIONS
701.7 Felony defined and classified.


IA Code § 701.7 What's This?

701.7 Felony defined and classified.

A public offense is a felony of a particular class when the statute defining the crime declares it to be a felony. Felonies are class A felonies, class B felonies, class C felonies, and class D felonies. Where the statute defining the offense declares it to be a felony but does not state what class of felony it is or provide for a specific penalty, that felony shall be a class D felony.

[C51, §2817; R60, §4429; C73, §4104; C97, §5093; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12890; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §687.2; C79, 81, §701.7]

See §902.9; see also §724.25

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