All persons are presumed to know the law. Evidence of an accused person’s ignorance or mistake as to a matter of either fact or law shall be admissible in any case where it shall tend to prove the existence or nonexistence of some element of the crime with which the person is charged.
Iowa Code § 701.6
Ignorance or mistake
Known as the Iowa Criminal Code
The act spans §§ 701–701 (13 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case State of Iowa v. Travis Howard Richard Beck (2014)
Most recently applied in State of Iowa v. Travis Howard Richard Beck (February 2014)
[C79, 81, §701.6]
Official source: Iowa Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Iowa statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.