701.8  Misdemeanor defined and classified.

All public offenses which are not felonies are misdemeanors. Misdemeanors are aggravated misdemeanors, serious misdemeanors, or simple misdemeanors. Where an act is declared to be a public offense, crime or misdemeanor, but no other designation is given, such act shall be a simple misdemeanor.

Section History: Early form

  [C51, § 2675, 2818; R60, § 4302, 4430; C73, § 3966, 4105; C97, § 4905, 5094; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 12891,12893; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, § 687.4, 687.6; C79, 81, § 701.8]

Footnotes

  See also § 903.1


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