2018 Iowa Code
Title XVI - CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE
Chapter 719 - OBSTRUCTING JUSTICE
Section 719.3 - Preventing apprehension, obstructing prosecution, or obstructing defense.

Universal Citation: IA Code § 719.3 (2018)

719.3

Preventing apprehension, obstructing prosecution, or obstructing defense.

A person who, with intent to prevent the apprehension or obstruct the prosecution or defense of any person, knowingly does any of the following acts, commits an aggravated misdemeanor:

1. Destroys, alters, conceals or disguises physical evidence which would be admissible in the trial of another for a public offense, or makes available false evidence or furnishes false information with the intent that it be used in the trial of that case.

2. Induces a witness having knowledge material to the subject at issue to leave the state or hide, or to fail to appear when subpoenaed.

[C51, §2654; R60, §4281; C73, §3946; C97, §4882; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §13170; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §723.1; C79, 81, §719.3]

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