Attorney's Note

Under the Iowa Code, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class D felonyup to 5 yearsbetween $1,025 and $10,245
Aggravated misdemeanorup to 2 yearsbetween $855 and $8,540
For details, see Iowa Code902.9 and Iowa Code§ 903.1

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Terms Used In Iowa Code 716.14

  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • 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
  • Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
716.14 Unauthorized sampling.
1. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
a. “”Agricultural animal”” means an animal belonging to the bovine, caprine, equine, ovine,
or porcine species; farm deer as defined in § 170.1; ostriches, rheas, and emus; turkeys,
chickens, domestic geese or ducks, or other domestic fowl; fish or other aquatic organisms
confined in private waters for human consumption; or honey bees.
b. “”Agricultural crop”” means a plant produced for food, animal feed, fiber, oil, or fuel if
the plant is classified as a forage or cereal plant, including but not limited to alfalfa, barley,
buckwheat, corn, flax, forage, hemp as defined in § 204.2, millet, oats, popcorn, rye,
sorghum, soybeans, sunflowers, wheat, and grasses used for forage or silage. A plant which
is a noxious weed pursuant to § 317.1A shall not be considered an agricultural crop
unless the plant is produced as a research crop.
c. (1) “”Convicted”” means the entry of a judgment of conviction under chapter 901 or
adjudicated delinquent for an act which is an indictable offense in this state or in another
state under chapter 232.
(2) “”Convicted”” does not mean a plea, sentence, adjudication, deferred sentence, or
deferred judgment which has been reversed or otherwise set aside.
2. A person commits unauthorized sampling if the person knowingly enters private
property, without consent of the owner or any other person having real or apparent authority
to grant consent, and obtains samples of any of the following:
a. Bodily fluids or substances from an agricultural animal.
b. Any product from an agricultural animal.
c. Soil, air, surface water, or ground water from land or structures used for the production
of an agricultural animal or the production of an agricultural crop.
3. A person who commits unauthorized sampling as provided in subsection 2 is guilty of
an aggravated misdemeanor.
4. Notwithstanding subsection 3, a person who commits unauthorized sampling as
provided in subsection 2 is guilty of a class “”D”” felony if the person has previously been
convicted of committing unauthorized sampling under subsection 2.
2021 Acts, ch 83, §1; 2022 Acts, ch 1032, §103