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Iowa · Through Iowa Code 2026 edition

Iowa Code § 808.10: Maliciously suing out a warrant — officer exceeding authority.

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  1. Title XVI - CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE (Ch. 687 - 916)
  2. Chapter 808 - SEARCH AND SEIZURE

Whoever maliciously and without just cause procures a search warrant to be issued and executed is guilty of a serious misdemeanor. Anyone who, in executing a search warrant, willfully exceeds the person’s authority, or exercises it with unnecessary severity, is guilty of a serious misdemeanor.

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