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2025 Iowa Code
Title XVI - CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE
Chapter 708 - ASSAULT
Section 708.4 - Willful injury.

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IA Code § 708.4 (2025)
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708.4 Willful injury. Any person who does an act which is not justified and which is intended to cause serious injury to another commits willful injury, which is punishable as follows:

1. A class "C" felony, if the person causes serious injury to another.

2. A class "D" felony, if the person causes bodily injury to another. [C51, §2577, 2594; R60, §4200, 4217; C73, §3857, 3875; C97, §4752, 4771, 4797; S13, §4771; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12928, 12934, 12962; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §693.1, 694.6, 697.2; C79, 81, §708.4] 99 Acts, ch 65, §5; 2013 Acts, ch 90, §184 Referred to in §80A.4, 702.11 Serious injury, §702.18

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