716.5 Criminal mischief in the third degree.
1. Criminal mischief is criminal mischief in the third degree if any of the following apply:
a. The cost of replacing, repairing, or restoring the property that is damaged, defaced, altered, or destroyed exceeds seven hundred fifty dollars, but does not exceed one thousand five hundred dollars.
b. The property is a deed, will, commercial paper or any civil or criminal process or other instrument having legal effect.
c. The act consists of rendering substantially less effective than before any light, signal, obstruction, barricade, or guard which has been placed or erected for the purpose of enclosing any unsafe or dangerous place or of alerting persons to an unsafe or dangerous condition.
d. The person intentionally disinters human remains from a burial site without lawful authority.
e. The person intentionally disinters human remains that have state and national significance from an historical or scientific standpoint for the inspiration and benefit of the United States without the permission of the state archaeologist.
f. The act is committed upon property that consists of a device that has the ability to process a payment card as defined in section 715A.10.
2. Criminal mischief in the third degree is an aggravated misdemeanor.
[C51, §2638, 2714, 2746; R60, §4265, 4356, 4396; C73, §3929, 4017, 4075; C97, §4865, 4945, 5043; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §13050, 13100, 13148; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §713.5, 714.21, 718.10; C79, 81, §716.5]
83 Acts, ch 99, §1; 92 Acts, ch 1060, §10; 2009 Acts, ch 41, §169; 2018 Acts, ch 1011, §2; 2019 Acts, ch 140, §20
Referred to in §523I.316, 716.6A, 717A.3, 911.5
Structure Iowa Code
Title XVI - CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE
Chapter 716 - DAMAGE AND TRESPASS TO PROPERTY
Section 716.1 - Criminal mischief defined.
Section 716.2 - Multiple acts.
Section 716.3 - Criminal mischief in the first degree.
Section 716.4 - Criminal mischief in the second degree.
Section 716.5 - Criminal mischief in the third degree.
Section 716.6 - Criminal mischief in the fourth and fifth degrees.
Section 716.6A - Criminal mischief in violation of individual rights.
Section 716.6B - Unauthorized computer access — penalties — civil cause of action.
Section 716.7 - Trespass defined.
Section 716.7A - Food operation trespass.
Section 716.10 - Railroad vandalism.
Section 716.11 - Critical infrastructure sabotage — definitions.
Section 716.12 - Critical infrastructure sabotage — penalties.
Section 716.13 - Interference with transportation of agricultural animals.