{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-124.406","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 124.406","heading":"Distribution to person under age eighteen.","body":"1. A person who is eighteen years of age or older who:\na. Unlawfully distributes or possesses with intent to distribute a substance listed in schedule I or II to a person under eighteen years of age commits a class “B” felony and shall serve a minimum term of confinement of five years. However, if the substance was distributed in or on, or within one thousand feet of, the real property comprising a public or private elementary or secondary school, public park, public swimming pool, public recreation center, or on a marked school bus, the person shall serve a minimum term of confinement of ten years.\nb. Unlawfully distributes or possesses with the intent to distribute a controlled substance listed in schedule III to a person under eighteen years of age who is at least three years younger than the violator commits a class “C” felony.\nc. Unlawfully distributes a controlled substance listed in schedule IV or V to a person under eighteen years of age who is at least three years younger than the violator commits an aggravated misdemeanor.\n2. A person who is eighteen years of age or older who:\na. Unlawfully distributes or possesses with the intent to distribute a counterfeit substance listed in schedule I or II, or a simulated or imitation controlled substance represented to be a substance classified in schedule I or II, to a person under eighteen years of age commits a class “B” felony.\nb. Unlawfully distributes or possesses with intent to distribute a counterfeit substance listed in schedule III, or a simulated or imitation controlled substance represented to be any substance listed in schedule III, to a person under eighteen years of age who is at least three years younger than the violator commits a class “C” felony.\nc. Unlawfully distributes a counterfeit substance listed in schedule IV or V, or a simulated or imitation controlled substance represented to be a substance listed in schedule IV or V, to a person under eighteen years of age who is at least three years younger than the violator commits an aggravated misdemeanor.\n3. It is unlawful for a person to deliver a controlled substance to another person in order to act with, enter into a common scheme or design with, conspire with, or recruit the other person for the purpose of delivering a controlled substance to one or more persons under eighteen years of age. A person who violates this subsection with respect to a controlled substance classified in schedule I, II, III, IV, or V is guilty of a class “D” felony.","path":["Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH (Ch. 123 - 158)","Chapter 124 - CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES","Subchapter IV - OFFENSES AND PENALTIES"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/124.406.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:02Z","sha256":"74601c2fdc78b025a04a077dd7ada91a75e0203096b6bd1b4b00b2511b69ced5","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-124.405","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-124.406a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}