{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-716a.4","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 716A.4","heading":"Use of encryption — criminal penalty.","body":"A person who willfully uses encryption to further a violation of this chapter is guilty of an offense which is separate and distinct from the predicate criminal activity and punishable as an aggravated misdemeanor.","path":["Title XVI - CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE (Ch. 687 - 916)","Chapter 716A - ELECTRONIC MAIL"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/716A.4.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:18Z","sha256":"9aceeeb0f38cf297e4c986eb2e186dae3c4c2dec6aaa6e9b0309f8335f54bbda","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-716a.3","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-716a.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}