Draft chapter 42: Public and Private Property
§ 42.03 Defacing Proclamations Or Notices
The 2026 draft's § 42.03 beside the current code's § 42.03: removed words are struck through, added words underlined.
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(Code of Iowa, Sec. 716.1)
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Current code
§ 42.03 Defacing Proclamations Or Notices
It is unlawful for a person intentionally to deface, obliterate, tear down, or destroy in whole or in part, any transcript or extract from or of any law of the United States or the State, or any proclamation, advertisement or notification, set up at any place within the City by authority of the law or by order of any court, during the time for which the same is to remain set up.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 716.1)
2026 draft
§ 42.03 Defacing Proclamations Or Notices
It is unlawful for a person intentionally to deface, obliterate, tear down, or destroy in whole or in part, any transcript or extract from or of any law of the United States or the State, or any proclamation, advertisement, or notification, set up at any place within the City by authority of the law or by order of any court, during the time for which the same is to remain set up.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 716.1)
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