Iowa Code § 692A.114
Residency restrictions — presence — child care facilities and schools
Redline — January 1, 2012 → current.View current text →
Current — January 1, 2026
As of January 1, 2012
1. As used in this section:
1. As used in this section:
a. “Minor” means a person who is under eighteen years of age or who is enrolled in a secondary school.
a. “Minor” means a person who is under eighteen years of age or who is enrolled in a secondary school.
b. “School” means a public or nonpublic elementary or secondary school.
b. “School” means a public or nonpublic elementary or secondary school.
c. “Sex offender” means a person required to be registered under this chapter who has been convicted of an aggravated offense against a minor.
c. “Sex offender” means a person required to be registered under this chapter who has been convicted of an aggravated offense against a minor.
2. A sex offender shall not reside within two thousand feet of the real property comprising a school or a child care facility.
2. A sex offender shall not reside within two thousand feet of the real property comprising a school or a child care facility.
3. A sex offender residing within two thousand feet of the real property comprising a school or a child care facility does not commit a violation of this section if any of the following apply:
3. A sex offender residing within two thousand feet of the real property comprising a school or a child care facility does not commit a violation of this section if any of the following apply:
a. The sex offender is required to serve a sentence at a jail, prison, juvenile facility, or other correctional institution or facility.
a. The sex offender is required to serve a sentence at a jail, prison, juvenile facility, or other correctional institution or facility.
b. The sex offender is subject to an order of commitment under chapter 229A.
b. The sex offender is subject to an order of commitment under chapter 229A.
c. The sex offender has established a residence prior to July 1, 2002.
c. The sex offender has established a residence prior to July 1, 2002.
d. The sex offender has established a residence prior to any newly located school or child care facility being established.
d. The sex offender has established a residence prior to any newly located school or child care facility being established.
e. The sex offender is a minor.
e. The sex offender is a minor.
f. The sex offender is a ward in a guardianship, and a district judge or associate probate judge grants an exemption from the residency restriction.
f. The sex offender is a protected person in a guardianship, and a district judge or associate probate judge grants an exemption from the residency restriction.
g. The sex offender is a patient or resident at a health care facility as defined in section 135C.1 or a patient in a hospice program, and a district judge or associate probate judge grants an exemption from the residency restriction.
g. The sex offender is a patient or resident at a health care facility as defined in section 135C.1 or a patient in a hospice program, and a district judge or associate probate judge grants an exemption from the residency restriction.
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