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Terms Used In Iowa Code 659A.2

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • person: means individual, corporation, limited liability company, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal entity. See Iowa Code 4.1
659A.2 Definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “”Consent”” means affirmative, conscious, and voluntary authorization by an individual with legal capacity to give authorization.
2. “”Depicted individual”” means an individual whose body is shown in whole or in part in an intimate image.
3. “”Disclosure”” means transfer, publication, or distribution to another person. “”Disclose””
has a corresponding meaning.
4. “”Identifiable”” means recognizable by a person other than the depicted individual from any of the following:
a. An intimate image itself.
b. An intimate image and identifying characteristic displayed in connection with the intimate image.
5. “”Identifying characteristic”” means information that may be used to identify a depicted individual.
6. “”Individual”” means a human being.
7. “”Intimate image”” means a photograph, film, video recording, or other similar medium that shows any of the following:
a. The uncovered genitals, pubic area, anus, or female post-pubescent nipple of a depicted individual.
b. A depicted individual engaging in or being subjected to sexual conduct.
8. “”Person”” means an individual, estate, business or nonprofit entity, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or other legal entity.
9. “”Sexual conduct”” includes all of the following:
a. Masturbation, which means the same as “”masturbate”” as defined in § 709.9, subsection 2, paragraph “”c””.
b. Genital, anal, or oral sex.
c. Sexual penetration of, or with, an object.
d. Bestiality.
e. The transfer of semen onto a depicted individual.
2021 Acts, ch 56, §2
Referred to in §659A.4