Draft chapter 40: Public Peace
§ 40.04 Failure To Disperse
The 2026 draft's § 40.04 beside the current code's § 40.05: removed words are struck through, added words underlined.
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A comparison with the August 2026 draft recodification prepared by Iowa Codification for the City. The draft has not been adopted and can still change; the current code (unofficial compilation) governs until a recodified Code is adopted. Matches between sections are made by machine from the texts and are reviewed where uncertain.
Renumbered or moved largely rewritten (51% same words)
Notable changes
- Penalty: …hearing distance of such command shall refuse to
obey.obey, commits a simple misdemeanor. (Code of Iowa, Sec. 723.3)…
What changed
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 723.3)
Safety Entities 41.11 Discharging Weapons 41.03 Providing False Identification Information 41.12 Throwing and Shooting 41.04 Refusing to Assist Officer 41.13 Urinating and Defecating 41.05 Harassment of Public Officers and Employees 41.14 Hunting 41.06 Interference with Official Acts 41.15 Fireworks 41.07 Removal of an Officer’s Communication or 41.16 Drug Paraphernalia Control Device 41.17 Failure to Assist 41.08 Abandoned or Unattended Refrigerators 41.18 Ponds and Detention or Retention Basins
Word-level comparison of the current text with the draft's; spacing and paragraph breaks come from the documents' text. Footnotes are left out.
Current code
§ 40.05 Failure To Disperse
A peace officer may order the participants in a riot or unlawful assembly or persons in the immediate vicinity of a riot or unlawful assembly to disperse. No person within hearing distance of such command shall refuse to obey.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 723.3)
2026 draft
§ 40.04 Failure To Disperse
A peace officer may order the participants in a riot or unlawful assembly or persons in the immediate vicinity of a riot or unlawful assembly to disperse. Any person within hearing distance of such command, who refuses to obey, commits a simple misdemeanor.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 723.3)
Safety Entities 41.11 Discharging Weapons 41.03 Providing False Identification Information 41.12 Throwing and Shooting 41.04 Refusing to Assist Officer 41.13 Urinating and Defecating 41.05 Harassment of Public Officers and Employees 41.14 Hunting 41.06 Interference with Official Acts 41.15 Fireworks 41.07 Removal of an Officer’s Communication or 41.16 Drug Paraphernalia Control Device 41.17 Failure to Assist 41.08 Abandoned or Unattended Refrigerators 41.18 Ponds and Detention or Retention Basins
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