{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-704.3","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 704.3","heading":"Defense of self or another.","body":"A person is justified in the use of reasonable force when the person reasonably believes that such force is necessary to defend oneself or another from any actual or imminent use of unlawful force.","path":["Title XVI - CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE (Ch. 687 - 916)","Chapter 704 - FORCE — REASONABLE OR DEADLY — DEFENSES"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/704.3.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:17Z","sha256":"4d94214685853fcddb8f9524e9459210aded07a6e4ba7a4b2539cf7d0c4f9593","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-704.2b","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-704.4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}