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2016 Iowa Code
Title XVI - CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE
Chapter 707 - HOMICIDE AND RELATED CRIMES
Section 707.6 - Civil liability.
IA Code § 707.6 (2016) What's This?
707.6
Civil liability.
No person who injures the aggressor through application of reasonable force in defense of the person’s person or property may be held civilly liable for such injury.
No person who injures the aggressor through application of reasonable force in defense of a second person may be held civilly liable for such injury.
[C79, 81, §707.6]
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