2023 Iowa Code › Title XVI - CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE › Chapter 692A - SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY › Section 692A.113 - Exclusion zones and prohibition of certain employment-related activities.

692A.113 Exclusion zones and prohibition of certain employment-related activities.
1. A sex offender who has been convicted of a sex offense against a minor or a person required to register as a sex offender in another jurisdiction for an offense involving a minor shall not do any of the following:
a. Be present upon the real property of a public or nonpublic elementary or secondary school without the written permission of the school administrator or school administrator’s designee, unless enrolled as a student at the school.
b. Loiter within three hundred feet of the real property boundary of a public or nonpublic elementary or secondary school, unless enrolled as a student at the school.
c. Be present on or in any vehicle or other conveyance owned, leased, or contracted by a public or nonpublic elementary or secondary school without the written permission of the school administrator or school administrator’s designee when the vehicle is in use to transport students to or from a school or school-related activities, unless enrolled as a student at the school or unless the vehicle is simultaneously made available to the public as a form of public transportation.
d. Be present upon the real property of a child care facility without the written permission of the child care facility administrator.
e. Loiter within three hundred feet of the real property boundary of a child care facility.
f. Be present upon the real property of a public library without the written permission of the library administrator.
g. Loiter within three hundred feet of the real property boundary of a public library.
h. Loiter on or within three hundred feet of the premises of any place intended primarily for the use of minors including but not limited to a playground available to the public, a children’s play area available to the public, a recreational or sport-related activity area when in use by a minor, a swimming or wading pool available to the public when in use by a minor, or a beach available to the public when in use by a minor.
2. A sex offender who has been convicted of a sex offense against a minor:
a. Who resides in a dwelling located within three hundred feet of the real property boundary of public or nonpublic elementary or secondary school, child care facility, public library, or place intended primarily for the use of minors as specified in subsection 1, paragraph “h”, shall not be in violation of subsection 1 for having an established residence within the exclusion zone.
b. Who is the parent or legal guardian of a minor shall not be in violation of subsection 1 solely during the period of time reasonably necessary to transport the offender’s own minor child or ward to or from a place specified in subsection 1.
c. Who is legally entitled to vote shall not be in violation of subsection 1 solely for the period of time reasonably necessary to exercise the right to vote in a public election if the polling location of the offender is located in a place specified in subsection 1.
3. A sex offender who has been convicted of a sex offense against a minor shall not do any of the following:
a. Operate, manage, be employed by, or act as a contractor or volunteer at any municipal, county, or state fair or carnival when a minor is present on the premises.
b. Operate, manage, be employed by, or act as a contractor or volunteer on the premises of any children’s arcade, an amusement center having coin or token operated devices for entertainment, or facilities providing programs or services intended primarily for minors, when a minor is present.
c. Operate, manage, be employed by, or act as a contractor or volunteer at a public or nonpublic elementary or secondary school, child care facility, or public library.
d. Operate, manage, be employed by, or act as a contractor or volunteer at any place intended primarily for use by minors including but not limited to a playground, a children’s play area, recreational or sport-related activity area, a swimming or wading pool, or a beach.
e. Operate, manage, be employed by, or act as a contractor or volunteer at a business that operates a motor vehicle primarily marketing, from or near the motor vehicle, the sale and dispensing of ice cream or other food products to minors.
2009 Acts, ch 119, §13; 2010 Acts, ch 1104, §10, 23; 2011 Acts, ch 34, §144; 2013 Acts, ch 140, §23
Referred to in §692A.107, 692A.109, 692A.111, 692A.121, 692A.129