A violation of sections 712.3 through 712.8, which is also a hate crime as defined in section 729A.2, shall be classified and punished as an offense one degree higher than the underlying offense.
92 Acts, ch 1157, §4
Iowa Code § 712.9
Violations of individual rights — penalties
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