{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-710.7","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 710.7","heading":"False imprisonment.","body":"A person commits false imprisonment when, having no reasonable belief that the person has any right or authority to do so, the person intentionally confines another against the other’s will. A person is confined when the person’s freedom to move about is substantially restricted by force, threat, or deception. False imprisonment is a serious misdemeanor.","path":["Title XVI - CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE (Ch. 687 - 916)","Chapter 710 - KIDNAPPING AND RELATED OFFENSES"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/710.7.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:17Z","sha256":"d7385cce695d11f4cf0da95218d37abc6b29a53999ecde94572bad5969bdd532","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-710.6","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-710.8"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}