{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-716.7a","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 716.7A","heading":"Food operation trespass.","body":"1. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:\na. “Apiary” and “bee” mean the same as defined in section 160.1A.\nb. “Food animal” means an animal belonging to the bovine, caprine, ovine, or porcine species; farm deer as defined in section 170.1; turkeys, chickens, or other poultry; fish or other aquatic organisms confined in private waters for human consumption; or bees.\nc. “Food establishment”, “food processing plant”, and “farmers market” mean the same as defined in section 137F.1.\nd. (1) “Food operation” means any of the following:\n(a) A location where a food animal is produced, maintained, or otherwise housed or kept, or processed in any manner.\n(b) A location other than as described in subparagraph division (a) where a food animal is kept, including an apiary, livestock market, vehicle or trailer attached to a vehicle, fair, exhibition, or a business operated by a person licensed to practice veterinary medicine pursuant to chapter 169.\n(c) A location where a meat food product, poultry product, milk or milk product, eggs or an egg product, aquatic product, or honey is prepared for human consumption, including a food processing plant, a slaughtering establishment operating under the provisions of 21 U.S.C. §451 et seq. or 21 U.S.C. §601 et seq.; or a slaughtering establishment subject to state inspection as provided in chapter 189A.\n(2) “Food operation” does not include a food establishment or farmers market.\ne. “Meat food product”, “poultry product”, and “prepared” mean the same as defined in section 189A.2.\n2. A person commits food operation trespass by entering or remaining on the property of a food operation without the consent of a person who has real or apparent authority to allow the person to enter or remain on the property.\n3. Subsection 2 does not apply to any of the following:\na. A person entering a right-of-way, if the person has not been notified or requested by posted signage or other means to abstain from entering onto the right-of-way or to vacate the right-of-way.\nb. A person having lawful authority to enter onto the property of the food operation, including but not limited to a federal, state, or local government official.\nc. A person who is given express permission by the owner of the food operation to enter onto or remain on the property of the food operation.\nd. A person employed by a food operation while acting in the course of employment.","path":["Title XVI - CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE (Ch. 687 - 916)","Chapter 716 - DAMAGE AND TRESPASS TO PROPERTY"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/716.7A.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:18Z","sha256":"20a3b1c6d8115d8a686003f5bd40ceda90148198eb0652fa52372dea81ed1806","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-716.7","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-716.8"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}