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Terms Used In Iowa Code 716A.5

  • 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
  • property: includes personal and real property. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • 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
  • Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
716A.5 Venue for criminal violations.
For the purpose of venue, a violation of this chapter shall be considered to have been committed in any county in which any of the following apply:
1. An act was performed in furtherance of any course of conduct which violated this chapter.
2. The owner has a place of business in the state.
3. An offender has control or possession of any proceeds of the violation, or of any books,
records, documents, property, financial instrument, computer software, computer program,
computer data, or other material or objects used in furtherance of the violation.
4. Access to a computer or computer network was made by wires, electromagnetic waves,
microwaves, or any other means of communication.
5. The offender resides.
6. A computer which is an object or an instrument of the violation is located at the time
of the alleged offense.
2005 Acts, ch 123, §5