709.8  Lascivious acts with a child.
  1.  It is unlawful for any person sixteen 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:
  a.  Fondle or touch the pubes or genitals of a child.
  b.  Permit or cause a child to fondle or touch the person’s genitals or pubes.
  c.  Cause the touching of the person’s genitals to any part of the body of a child.
  d.  Solicit a child to engage in a sex act or solicit a person to arrange a sex act with a child.
  e.  Inflict pain or discomfort upon a child or permit a child to inflict pain or discomfort on the person.
  2.  a.  Any person who violates a provision of this section involving an act included in subsection 1, paragraph “a” through “c”, shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a class “C” felony.
  b.  Any person who violates a provision of this section involving an act included in subsection 1, paragraph “d” or “e”, shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a class “D” felony.
[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
; 2005 Acts, ch 158, §35
; 2013 Acts, ch 30, §202
; 2013 Acts, ch 43, §2, 3

Definition of sex act, §702.17