Alcohol

What are the most common student conduct code violations or crimes involving alcohol?The most common violations involving alcohol include Possessing Alcohol While Under the Legal Age (PAULA) and Public Intoxication.

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Assault

How is assault between or involving college students investigated?Assaults involving University of Iowa Students that occur on campus are investigated by the University of Iowa Police.

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Destruction of Property

What is the definition of destruction of property?In Iowa, intentionally destroying, damaging or defacing the property of another is know as criminal mischief.

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Domestic Violence

What is the legal definition of domestic violence?Domestic violence is any assault that is committed between two people who have any of the following relationships: Family or household members who are related, separated or divorced (former) spouses, people who are the parents of the same minor child, persons who have been family or household members residing together within the past year and are not residing together at the time of the assault, or people who are in or have been in an intimate relationship and have hand any contact with one another in the year preceding the assault.

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Drugs

What is the definition of drug possession on campus?

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Drunk Driving

How is Drunk Driving defined in Iowa?Drunk Driving in Iowa is legally known as Operating While Intoxicated, or OWI.

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Fake I.D.

What is the definition of a fake ID in Iowa?

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Harassment

What constitutes harassment?Under Iowa law, a person commits harassment when, with intent to intimidate, annoy, or alarm another person, the person does any of the following: Communicates with another by telephone, telegraph, writing, or via electronic communication without legitimate purpose and in a manner likely to cause the other person annoyance or harm.

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If You’re Arrested

What attracts police attention?Generally speaking, anything out of the ordinary attracts police attention.

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Noise Violation

A noise violation ticket in Iowa City is a simple misdemeanor crime referred to as "Disorderly House" What is the definition of "excessive noise"?Excessive Noise is noise that is disturbing to your neighbors or the public at large.

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Protesting

The First Amendment protects your right to assemble and express your views through protest.

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Theft

What is the definition of theft?

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Trespass

What is the definition of trespassing?Iowa Law defines trespassing to be any of the following actions: Entering upon or in property without the express permission of the owner, lessee, or person in lawful possession with the intent to commit a public offense, to use, remove therefrom, alter, damage, harass, or place thereon or therein anything animate or inanimate, or to hunt, fish or trap on or in the property, including the act of taking or attempting to take a deer, other than a farm deer as defined in section 170.1 or preserve whitetail as defined in section 484C.1, which is on or in the property by a person who is outside the property.

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