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2011 Iowa Code
TITLE XVI CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE
SUBTITLE 1 CRIME CONTROL AND CRIMINAL ACTS
CHAPTER 710 KIDNAPPING AND RELATED OFFENSES
710.7 False imprisonment.
IA Code § 710.7 What's This?
710.7 False imprisonment.
A person commits false imprisonment when, having no reasonable belief that the person has any right or authority to do so, the person intentionally confines another against the other s will. A person is confined when the person s freedom to move about is substantially restricted by force, threat, or deception. False imprisonment is a serious misdemeanor.
[C79, 81, §710.7]
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