Iowa Admin. Code r. 661-121.5

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 11, December 11, 2024

Rule 661-121.5 - License requirements

In order to be considered for a license, the applicant must undergo a background investigation by the department and must meet the following standards:

(1) Be at least 18 years old;

(2) Not be a peace officer (except a reserve peace officer);

(3) Never have been convicted of a felony or aggravated misdemeanor;

(4) Not be an abuser of alcohol or a controlled substance;

(5) Not have a history of repeated acts of violence;

(6) Be of good moral character. Consideration of whether an applicant is of good moral character includes but is not limited to:

a. Any of the applicant's references indicating the applicant is not of good moral character;

b. The sheriff of the county of residence or business or the police chief of the city of residence or business so indicating in writing;

c. The applicant's failing to discharge just obligations;

d. The applicant's writing a check on an account with knowledge that there are insufficient funds to cover it;

e. The applicant's failing to pay employees wages legally due the employees;

f. The applicant's knowingly obstructing justice or interfering in the lawful duties of a peace officer or with any official investigation;

g. Unless rendered confidential by law, the applicant's failing to report:

(1) A serious crime, or

(2) The location of any stolen property;

h. The applicant's committing an act which involves moral turpitude, whether or not a criminal conviction occurred.

i. The applicant's being subject to any court order that restrains the person from harassing, stalking, or threatening an intimate partner of the person or child of the intimate partner or person, or engaging in other conduct that would place an intimate partner in reasonable fear of bodily injury to the partner or child, and includes a finding that the person represents a credible threat to the physical safety of the intimate partner or child, or explicitly prohibits the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the intimate partner or child that would reasonably be expected to cause bodily injury;

j. The applicant's being a registered sex offender in any jurisdiction;

k. The applicant's being the subject of any arrest warrant, mittimus or other court order for detention in any jurisdiction.

(7) Not been convicted of any crime defined in Iowa Code section 708.3, 708.4, 708.5, 708.6, 708.8, or 708.9, or a like offense in another jurisdiction;

(8) Not been convicted by any court of illegally using, carrying, or possessing a dangerous weapon;

(9) Not have a history of mental illness or instability.

Iowa Admin. Code r. 661-121.5