Terms Used In Iowa Code > Chapter 717D - Animal Contest Events

• Animal: means a nonhuman vertebrate. See Iowa Code 717D.1
• Contest device: means equipment designed to enhance an animal's entertainment value during training or a contest event, including a device to improve the contest animal's competitiveness. See Iowa Code 717D.1
• Contest event: means a function organized for the entertainment or profit of spectators where an animal is injured, tormented, or killed, including but not limited to a bull involved in a bullfight or bull baiting, a bear involved in bear baiting, a chicken involved in cock fighting, or a dog involved in dog fighting. See Iowa Code 717D.1
• Establishment: means the location where a contest event occurs or is to occur, regardless of whether an animal is present at the establishment or the contest animal is witnessed by means of an electronic signal transmitted to the location. See Iowa Code 717D.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 the same as defined in section 717. See Iowa Code 717D.1
• Local authority: means the same as defined in section 717B. See Iowa Code 717D.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
• Promoter: means a person who charges admission for entry into an establishment or organizes, holds, advertises, or otherwise conducts a contest event. See Iowa Code 717D.1
• property: includes personal and real property. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Spectator: means a person who attends an establishment knowingly to watch or observe a contest event. See Iowa Code 717D.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
• Trainer: means a person who trains an animal for purposes of engaging in a contest event, regardless of where the contest event is located. See Iowa Code 717D.1
• Transporter: means a person who moves an animal for delivery to a training location or a contest event location. See Iowa Code 717D.1
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.