Iowa Code § 715E.3
Intrusion by use of remotely piloted aircraft — offense
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Current — January 1, 2026
As of January 1, 2025
1. A person commits intrusion by the use of a remotely piloted aircraft if the person knowingly does any of the following:
1. A person commits intrusion by the use of a remotely piloted aircraft if the person knowingly does any of the following:
a. Controls the flight of a remotely piloted aircraft over a homestead, if the homestead is not owned or leased by the person, and the remotely piloted aircraft remains over the homestead.
a. Controls the flight of a remotely piloted aircraft over a homestead, if the homestead is not owned or leased by the person, and the remotely piloted aircraft remains over the homestead.
b. Controls the flight of remotely piloted aircraft over a secure farmstead area, if the secure farmstead area is not owned or leased by the person, and the remotely piloted aircraft remains over the secure farmstead area.
b. Controls the flight of remotely piloted aircraft over a secure farmstead, if the farmstead is not owned or leased by the person, and the remotely piloted aircraft remains within a secured area of four hundred feet surrounding a farm animal, farm equipment, or a farm structure located on the farmstead. However, the secured area shall not include any space that is in the corporate limits of a city.
2. a. A person who commits intrusion by the use of a remotely piloted aircraft is guilty of a simple misdemeanor.
2. a. A person who commits intrusion by the use of a remotely piloted aircraft is guilty of a simple misdemeanor.
b. Notwithstanding paragraph “a”, a person who commits intrusion by the use of a remotely piloted aircraft is guilty of a serious misdemeanor if the person has previously been convicted of any of the following:
b. Notwithstanding paragraph “a”, a person who commits intrusion by the use of a remotely piloted aircraft is guilty of a serious misdemeanor if the person has previously been convicted of any of the following:
(1) Intrusion by the use of a remotely piloted aircraft as provided in this section.
(1) Intrusion by the use of a remotely piloted aircraft as provided in this section.
(2) Surveillance by the use of a remotely piloted aircraft as provided in section 715E.4.
(2) Surveillance by the use of a remotely piloted aircraft as provided in section 715E.4.
NEW section
Subsection 1, paragraph b amended
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