Iowa Code § 704.3 : CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE — CRIME CONTROL AND CRIMINAL ACTS — FORCE - REASONABLE OR DEADLY - DEFENSES — 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

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