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 imminent use of unlawful force.
[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
Previous Section 704.2
Next Section 704.4
© 1999 Cornell College and League of Women Voters of Iowa
Comments about this site or page?
webmaster@legis.iowa.gov.
Please remember that the person listed above does not vote on bills. Direct all comments concerning legislation to State Legislators.
Last update: Thu Mar 18 15:00:31 CST 1999
URL: /DOCS/IACODE/1999/704/3.html
jhf