H.F. 2012 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 802.2C Accessory after the fact. 1 An indictment or information for the offense of accessory 2 after the fact in violation of section 703.3 that involves a 3 murder in the first degree shall be found within ten years 4 after commission of the offense of accessory after the fact. 5 Sec. 2. Section 802.3, Code 2016, is amended to read as 6 follows: 7 802.3 Felony —— aggravated or serious misdemeanor. 8 In all cases, except those enumerated in section 802.1 , 9 802.2 , 802.2A , 802.2B , 802.2C, or 802.10 , an indictment or 10 information for a felony or aggravated or serious misdemeanor 11 shall be found within three years after its commission. 12 EXPLANATION 13 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 14 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 15 This bill relates to the limitation of action (statute of 16 limitations) for the criminal offense of accessory after the 17 fact. 18 The bill provides that an indictment or information for 19 the offense of accessory after the fact in violation of Code 20 section 703.3 that involves a murder in the first degree 21 shall be found within 10 years after the commission of the 22 offense of accessory after the fact. Current law provides that 23 such violation shall be found within three years after the 24 commission of the offense of accessory after the fact. 25 A person who commits the offense of accessory after the fact 26 involving a murder in the first degree commits an aggravated 27 misdemeanor. 28 An aggravated misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for 29 no more than two years and a fine of at least $625 but not more 30 than $6,250. 31 -1- LSB 5199YH (2) 86 jm/rj 1/ 1