Iowa Code Title XVI. Criminal Law and Procedure [Chs. 687-916] § 715E.4. Surveillance by use of remotely piloted aircraft--offense

a. Controls the flight of a remotely piloted aircraft equipped with a surveillance device 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 a remotely piloted aircraft equipped with a surveillance device over a 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 surveillance by the use of a remotely piloted aircraft is guilty of a serious misdemeanor.

b. Notwithstanding paragraph “a”, a person who commits surveillance by the use of a remotely piloted aircraft is guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor if the person has previously been convicted of any of the following: