Residency restrictions — presence — child care facilities and schools.
Iowa Code § 692A.114
in effect692A.114. Residency restrictions — presence — child care facilities and schools.
1. As used in this section:
a. “Minor” means a person who is under eighteen years of age or who is enrolled in a secondary school.
b. “School” means a public or nonpublic elementary or secondary school.
c. “Sex offender” means a person required to be registered under this chapter who has been convicted of an aggravated offense against a minor.
2. A sex offender shall not reside within two thousand feet of the real property comprising a school or a child care facility.
3. A sex offender residing within two thousand feet of the real property comprising a school or a child care facility does not commit a violation of this section if any of the following apply:
a. The sex offender is required to serve a sentence at a jail, prison, juvenile facility, or other correctional institution or facility.
b. The sex offender is subject to an order of commitment under chapter 229A.
c. The sex offender has established a residence prior to July 1, 2002.
d. The sex offender has established a residence prior to any newly located school or child care facility being established.
e. The sex offender is a minor.
f. The sex offender is a protected person in a guardianship, and a district judge or associate probate judge grants an exemption from the residency restriction.
g. The sex offender is a patient or resident at a health care facility as defined in section 135C.1 or a patient in a hospice program, and a district judge or associate probate judge grants an exemption from the residency restriction.
2009 Acts, ch 119, §14; 2024 Acts, ch 1009, §97
Source: Iowa Legislature (legis.iowa.gov)URL: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/692A.114.pdfFetched: 10/20/2026