A person commits false imprisonment when, having no reasonable belief that the person has any right or authority to do so, the person intentionally confines another against the other’s will. A person is confined when the person’s freedom to move about is substantially restricted by force, threat, or deception. False imprisonment is a serious misdemeanor.
Iowa Code § 710.7
False imprisonment
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case State of Iowa v. Jabari Lamar Walker (2014)
Most recently applied in In re the Detention of Nicholas Wygle (April 2018)
[C79, 81, §710.7]
Official source: Iowa Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Iowa statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.