724.8 Persons ineligible for permit to carry weapons.
No professional or nonprofessional permit to carry weapons shall be issued to a person who is subject to any of the following:
1. Is less than eighteen years of age for a professional permit or less than twenty-one years of age for a nonprofessional permit.
2. Is addicted to the use of alcohol.
3. Probable cause exists to believe, based upon documented specific actions of the person, where at least one of the actions occurred within two years immediately preceding the date of the permit application, that the person is likely to use a weapon unlawfully or in such other manner as would endanger the person’s self or others.
4. Is subject to the provisions of section 724.26.
5. Has, within the previous three years, been convicted of any serious or aggravated misdemeanor defined in chapter 708 not involving the use of a firearm or explosive.
6. Is prohibited by federal law from shipping, transporting, possessing, or receiving a firearm.
[C79, 81, §724.8]
2010 Acts, ch 1178, §6, 19
Referred to in §80A.13, 724.6, 724.7, 724.8B, 724.10, 724.11, 724.27
Structure Iowa Code
Title XVI - CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE
Section 724.1 - Offensive weapons.
Section 724.1A - Firearm suppressors — certification.
Section 724.1B - Firearm suppressors — penalty.
Section 724.1C - Short-barreled rifle or short-barreled shotgun — penalty.
Section 724.2 - Authority to possess offensive weapons.
Section 724.2A - Peace officer — defined — reserved peace officer included.
Section 724.3 - Unauthorized possession of offensive weapons.
Section 724.4 - Use of a dangerous weapon in the commission of a crime.
Section 724.4A - Weapons free zones — enhanced penalties.
Section 724.4B - Carrying firearms on school grounds — penalty — exceptions.
Section 724.4C - Possession or carrying of dangerous weapons while under the influence.
Section 724.4D - Carrying of dangerous weapons — duty to cooperate — reasonable suspicion.
Section 724.4E - Possession of dangerous weapons and loaded firearms by minors.
Section 724.6 - Professional permit to carry weapons.
Section 724.7 - Nonprofessional permit to carry weapons.
Section 724.8 - Persons ineligible for permit to carry weapons.
Section 724.8B - Persons ineligible to carry dangerous weapons.
Section 724.9 - Firearm safety training.
Section 724.9A - Approval of organizations that may certify handgun safety training instructors.
Section 724.10 - Application for permit to carry weapons — background check required.
Section 724.11 - Issuance of permit to carry weapons.
Section 724.11A - Recognition.
Section 724.12 - Permit to carry weapons not transferable.
Section 724.14 - Nonprofessional permit — change of residence to another county.
Section 724.15 - Acquiring pistols or revolvers.
Section 724.16 - Prohibited transfers of firearms.
Section 724.16A - Trafficking in stolen weapons.
Section 724.17 - Permit to acquire — criminal history check.
Section 724.18 - Procedure for making application for permit to acquire.
Section 724.19 - Issuance of permit to acquire.
Section 724.20 - Validity of permit to acquire pistols or revolvers.
Section 724.21 - Giving false information when acquiring pistol or revolver.
Section 724.22 - Persons under twenty-one — sale, loan, gift, making available — possession.
Section 724.23 - Records kept by commissioner and issuing officers.
Section 724.24 - Purchase or sale of firearms in contiguous states.
Section 724.25 - Felony and antique firearm defined.
Section 724.27 - Offenders’ rights restored.
Section 724.28 - Prohibition of regulation by political subdivisions — exception.
Section 724.28A - Authority to carry firearm — peace officers.
Section 724.29 - Firearm devices.
Section 724.29A - Fraudulent purchase of firearms or ammunition.
Section 724.30 - Reckless use of a firearm.
Section 724.31A - Identifying information — background checks.