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124.406 Distribution to person under age eighteen.

1. A person who is eighteen years of age or older who:

a. Unlawfully distributes or possesses with intent to distribute a substance listed in schedule I or II to a person under eighteen years of age commits a class "B" felony and shall serve a minimum term of confinement of five years. However, if the substance was distributed in or on, or within one thousand feet of, the real property comprising a public or private elementary or secondary school, or in or on the real property comprising a public park, public swimming pool, public recreation center, or on a marked school bus, the person shall serve a minimum term of confinement of ten years.

b. Unlawfully distributes or possesses with the intent to distribute a controlled substance listed in schedule III to a person under eighteen years of age who is at least three years younger than the violator commits a class "C" felony.

c. Unlawfully distributes a controlled substance listed in schedule IV or V to a person under eighteen years of age who is at least three years younger than the violator commits an aggravated misdemeanor.

2. A person who is eighteen years of age or older who:

a. Unlawfully distributes or possesses with the intent to distribute a counterfeit substance listed in schedule I or II, or a simulated controlled substance represented to be a substance classified in schedule I or II, to a person under eighteen years of age commits a class "B" felony. However, if the substance was distributed in or on, or within one thousand feet of, the real property comprising a public or private elementary or secondary school, or in or on the real property comprising a public park, public swimming pool, public recreation center, or on a marked school bus, the person shall serve a minimum term of confinement of ten years.

b. Unlawfully distributes or possesses with intent to distribute a counterfeit substance listed in schedule III, or a simulated controlled substance represented to be any substance listed in schedule III, to a person under eighteen years of age who is at least three years younger than the violator commits a class "C" felony.

c. Unlawfully distributes a counterfeit substance listed in schedule IV or V, or a simulated controlled substance represented to be a substance listed in schedule IV or V, to a person under eighteen years of age who is at least three years younger than the violator commits an aggravated misdemeanor.

3. It is unlawful for a person to deliver a controlled substance to another person in order to act with, enter into a common scheme or design with, conspire with, or recruit the other person for the purpose of delivering a controlled substance to one or more persons under eighteen years of age. A person who violates this subsection with respect to a controlled substance classified in schedule I, II, III, IV, or V is guilty of a class "D" felony.

Section History: Early form

[C97, § 5003; C24, 27, 31, 35, § 3168, 3169; C39, § 3169.21; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, § 204.22; C66, § 204.20; C71, § 204.20, 204A.11; C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 204.406; 82 Acts, ch 1147, § 3]

Section History: Recent form

84 Acts, ch 1013, § 15; 89 Acts, ch 225, § 12; 90 Acts, ch 1251, § 6, 7 ~IC93, § 124.406 ~I94 Acts, ch 1172, §8, 9

Internal References

Referred to in § 124.416, 901.10, 903A.5


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