{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-717.2","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 717.2","heading":"Livestock neglect.","body":"1. A person who impounds or confines livestock, in any place, and does any of the following commits the offense of livestock neglect:\na. Fails to provide livestock with care consistent with customary animal husbandry practices.\nb. Deprives livestock of necessary sustenance.\nc. Injures or destroys livestock by any means which causes pain or suffering in a manner inconsistent with customary animal husbandry practices.\n2. A person who commits the offense of livestock neglect is guilty of a simple misdemeanor. A person who intentionally commits the offense of livestock neglect which results in serious injury to or the death of livestock is guilty of a serious misdemeanor. However, a person shall not be guilty of more than one offense of livestock neglect punishable as a serious misdemeanor, when care or sustenance is not provided to multiple head of livestock during any period of uninterrupted neglect.\n3. This section does not apply to a research facility, as defined in section 162.2, provided that the research facility performs functions within the scope of accepted practices and disciplines associated with the research facility.","path":["Title XVI - CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE (Ch. 687 - 916)","Chapter 717 - INJURY TO LIVESTOCK"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/717.2.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:18Z","sha256":"ae6d7898f610d5ea31fbb37aa8fe9ce0e3d4c5a6356f5e1944b16e87de13f05f","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-717.1a","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-717.2a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}