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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
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.
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.
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:
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.
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.
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.
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.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Iowa Code Title XVI. Criminal Law and Procedure [Chs. 687-916] § 692A.114. Residency restrictions--presence--child care facilities and schools - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ia/title-xvi-criminal-law-and-procedure-chs-687-916/ia-code-sect-692a-114/
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