Iowa Code § 704.3

Current through March 29, 2024

Section 704.3 - Defense of self or another

A person is justified in the use of reasonable force when the person reasonably believes that such force is necessary to defend oneself or another from any actual or imminent use of unlawful force.

Iowa Code § 704.3

2017 Acts, ch 69, §41

Amended by 2017 Iowa, ch 69, s 41, eff. 7/1/2017.

C51, §2773 - 2775; R60, §4442 - 4444; C73, §4112 - 4114; C97, §5102 - 5104; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12921 - 12923; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, § 691.1, 691.2(1), 691.3; C79, 81, §704.3

Referred to in §236.12