{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-715e.4","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 715E.4","heading":"Surveillance by use of remotely piloted aircraft — offense.","body":"1. A person commits surveillance by the use of a remotely piloted aircraft if the person knowingly does any of the following:\na. Controls the flight of a remotely piloted aircraft equipped with a surveillance device over a homestead, if the homestead is not owned or leased by the person, and the remotely piloted aircraft remains over the homestead.\nb. Controls the flight of a remotely piloted aircraft equipped with a surveillance device over a farmstead, if the farmstead is not owned or leased by the person, and the remotely piloted aircraft remains within a secured area of four hundred feet surrounding a farm animal, farm equipment, or a farm structure located on the farmstead. However, the secured area shall not include any space that is in the corporate limits of a city.\n2. a. A person who commits surveillance by the use of a remotely piloted aircraft is guilty of a serious misdemeanor.\nb. Notwithstanding paragraph “a”, a person who commits surveillance by the use of a remotely piloted aircraft is guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor if the person has previously been convicted of any of the following:\n(1) Intrusion by the use of a remotely piloted aircraft as provided in section 715E.3.\n(2) Surveillance by the use of a remotely piloted aircraft as provided in this section.","path":["Title XVI - CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE (Ch. 687 - 916)","Chapter 715E - REMOTELY PILOTED AIRCRAFT"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/715E.4.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:18Z","sha256":"14da630d32395ae938a7e7b541f48b5c263e7c29b0b1b8e698d5774068aa982b","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-715e.3","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-715e.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}