It is unlawful for any person eighteen years of age or older to perform any of the following acts with a child with or without the child's consent unless married to each other, for the purpose of arousing or satisfying the sexual desires of either of them:
1. Fondle or touch the pubes or genitals of a child.
2. Permit or cause a child to fondle or touch the person's genitals or pubes.
3. Solicit a child to engage in a sex act or solicit a person to arrange a sex act with a child.
4. Inflict pain or discomfort upon a child or permit a child to inflict pain or discomfort on the person.
Any person who violates a provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a class "D" felony. A person who violates a provision of this section and who is sentenced to a term of confinement shall also be sentenced to an additional term of parole or work release not to exceed two years. The board of parole shall determine whether the person should be released on parole or placed in a work release program. The sentence of an additional term of parole or work release supervision shall commence immediately upon the expiration of the preceding sentence and shall be under the terms and conditions as set out in chapter 906. Violations of parole or work release shall be subject to the procedures set out in chapter 905 or 908 or rules adopted under those chapters. The sentence of an additional term of parole or work release shall be consecutive to the original term of confinement.
[S13, § 4938-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 13184; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, § 725.2; C75, 77, § 725.10; C79, 81, § 709.8]
85 Acts, ch 181, §1; 96 Acts, ch 1062, § 1; 2000 Acts, ch 1165, §1
Referred to in § 321.375, 692A.1, 709.12, 903B.1, 906.15, 907.3
Definition of sex act, § 702.17
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