Iowa § 717A.3A Agricultural production facility fraud

Iowa Statutes

§ 717A.3A — Agricultural production facility fraud

Iowa § 717A.3A

Title XVICRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE

Ch. 717AOFFENSES RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION

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1.A person is guilty of agricultural production facility fraud if the person willfully does any of the following:

a.Obtains access to an agricultural production facility by false pretenses.

b.Makes a false statement or representation as part of an application or agreement to be employed at an agricultural production facility, if the person knows the statement to be false, and makes the statement with an intent to commit an act not authorized by the owner of the agricultural production facility, knowing that the act is not authorized. 5 OFFENSES RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, §717A.4

2.Apersonwhocommitsagriculturalproductionfacilityfraudundersubsection1isguilty of the following:

a.For the first conviction, a serious misdemeanor.

b.For a second or subsequent conviction, an aggrav

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1. A person is guilty of agricultural production facility fraud if the person willfully does
any of the following:
a. Obtains access to an agricultural production facility by false pretenses.
b. Makes a false statement or representation as part of an application or agreement to be
employed at an agricultural production facility, if the person knows the statement to be false,
and makes the statement with an intent to commit an act not authorized by the owner of the
agricultural production facility, knowing that the act is not authorized.
5 OFFENSES RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, §717A.4
2. Apersonwhocommitsagriculturalproductionfacilityfraudundersubsection1isguilty
of the following:
a. For the first conviction, a serious misdemeanor.
b. For a second or subsequent conviction, an aggravated misdemeanor.
3. a. A person who conspires to commit agricultural production facility fraud under
subsection 1 is subject to the provisions of chapter 706. A person who aids and abets in
the commission of agricultural production facility fraud under subsection 1 is subject to
the provisions of chapter 703. When two or more persons, acting in concert, knowingly
participate in committing agricultural production facility fraud under subsection 1, each
person is responsible for the acts of the other person as provided in section 703.2. A person
who has knowledge that agricultural production facility fraud under subsection 1 has been
committed and that a certain person committed it, and who does not stand in the relation of
husband or wife to the person committing the agricultural production facility fraud under
subsection 1, and who harbors, aids, or conceals the person committing the agricultural
production facility fraud under subsection 1, with the intent to prevent the apprehension
of the person committing the agricultural production facility fraud under subsection 1, is
subject to section 703.3.
b. A trial information or an indictment relating to agricultural production facility fraud
under subsection 1 need not contain allegations of vicarious liability as provided in chapter
703.