{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-719.3","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 719.3","heading":"Preventing apprehension, obstructing prosecution, or obstructing defense.","body":"A person who, with intent to prevent the apprehension or obstruct the prosecution or defense of any person, knowingly does any of the following acts, commits an aggravated misdemeanor:\n1. Destroys, alters, conceals or disguises physical evidence which would be admissible in the trial of another for a public offense, or makes available false evidence or furnishes false information with the intent that it be used in the trial of that case.\n2. Induces a witness having knowledge material to the subject at issue to leave the state or hide, or to fail to appear when subpoenaed.","path":["Title XVI - CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE (Ch. 687 - 916)","Chapter 719 - OBSTRUCTING JUSTICE"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/719.3.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:18Z","sha256":"603fc7d65cba104ae94e95019eabfa52c34c6de1a20fabcd041ba9738f975096","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-719.2","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-719.4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}