Iowa Code 169A.14 – Tampering

1. A person shall not do any of the following to an animal:

a. Brand, attempt to brand, or cause to be branded livestock, without authorization from the owner.

b. Efface, deface, or obliterate or attempt to efface, deface, or obliterate a brand, without authorization from the owner of the livestock.

c. Brand, attempt to brand, or cause to be branded a recorded brand on livestock, without authorization of the owner of the brand.

d. Install an electronic device or remove or damage an installed electronic device, without authorization from the owner of an animal.

Animal: means a creature belonging to the bovine, caprine, equine, ovine, or porcine species; ostriches, rheas, or emus; farm deer as defined in section 170. See Iowa Code 169A.1
Brand: means an identification mark that is burned into the hide of a live animal by a hot iron or another method approved by the secretary. See Iowa Code 169A.1
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
Livestock: means horses, cattle, sheep, mules, or asses. See Iowa Code 169A.1
Owner: shall mean the person holding record title to real estate to include both legal and equitable interests under recorded real estate contracts. See Iowa Code 172D.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

2. A person violating this section is guilty of a fraudulent practice as provided in chapter 714.