{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-710a.3","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 710A.3","heading":"Affirmative defense.","body":"It shall be an affirmative defense, in addition to any other affirmative defenses for which a defendant may be eligible, to a prosecution for a criminal violation of section 152C.5B, 152C.5C, 157.4A, 157.4B, 710A.2, 710A.2A, or 710A.2B, that the violation directly resulted from the defendant’s status as a victim of any human trafficking crime under chapter 710A.","path":["Title XVI - CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE (Ch. 687 - 916)","Chapter 710A - HUMAN TRAFFICKING"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/710A.3.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:17Z","sha256":"da2c0ece63ccb3910ff97105354d8c6530f10bb161c283421358f0f0e129712e","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-710a.2b","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-710a.4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}