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Terms Used In Iowa Code 704.7

  • 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
704.7 Resisting forcible felony.
A person who reasonably believes that a forcible felony is being or will imminently
be perpetrated is justified in using reasonable force, including deadly force, against the perpetrator or perpetrators to prevent or terminate the perpetration of that felony.
[C79, 81, §704.7]
2017 Acts, ch 69, §42
Forcible felony defined, see §702.11
Liability of perpetrator of forcible felony, see chapter 670A