707.6 Civil liability.
1. A person who injures or causes the death of the aggressor through application of reasonable force in defense of the person’s person or property shall not be held civilly liable for such injury or death.
2. A person who injures or causes the death of the aggressor through application of reasonable force in defense of a second person shall not be held civilly liable for such injury or death.
[C79, 81, §707.6]
2017 Acts, ch 69, §44
Structure Iowa Code
Title XVI - CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE
Chapter 707 - HOMICIDE AND RELATED CRIMES
Section 707.1 - Murder defined.
Section 707.2 - Murder in the first degree.
Section 707.3 - Murder in the second degree.
Section 707.3A - Solicitation to commit murder.
Section 707.4 - Voluntary manslaughter.
Section 707.5 - Involuntary manslaughter.
Section 707.6 - Civil liability.
Section 707.6A - Homicide or serious injury by vehicle.
Section 707.8 - Nonconsensual termination — serious injury to a human pregnancy.
Section 707.8A - Partial-birth abortion prohibited — exceptions — penalties.
Section 707.9 - Murder of fetus aborted alive.