{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-804.12","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 804.12","heading":"Use of force in resisting arrest.","body":"A person is not authorized to use force to resist an arrest, either of the person’s self, or another which the person knows is being made either by a peace officer or by a private person summoned and directed by a peace officer to make the arrest, even if the person believes that the arrest is unlawful or the arrest is in fact unlawful.","path":["Title XVI - CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE (Ch. 687 - 916)","Chapter 804 - COMMENCEMENT OF ACTIONS — ARREST — DISPOSITIONS OF PRISONERS"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/804.12.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:19Z","sha256":"21290d33dee4c4f072415a251080538f48c0263d99c18478190d0b755a43e57f","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-804.11","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-804.13"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}