701.7  Felony defined and classified.

A public offense is a felony of a particular class when the statute defining the crime declares it to be a felony. Felonies are class "A" felonies, class "B" felonies, class "C" felonies, and class "D" felonies. Where the statute defining the offense declares it to be a felony but does not state what class of felony it is or provide for a specific penalty, that felony shall be a class "D" felony.

Section History: Early form

  [C51, § 2817; R60, § 4429; C73, § 4104; C97, § 5093; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 12890; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, § 687.2; C79, 81, § 701.7]

Footnotes

  See § 902.9; see also § 724.25


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