692.7 Criminal penalties. 1. A person who willfully requests, obtains, or seeks to obtain criminal history data under false pretenses, or who willfully communicates or seeks to communicate criminal history datato any agency or person except in accordance with this chapter, or a person connected with aresearch program authorized pursuant to this chapter who willfully falsifies criminal historydata or any records relating thereto, shall, upon conviction, for each such offense be guilty ofan aggravated misdemeanor. 2. Any person who willfully requests, obtains, or seeks to obtain intelligence data under false pretenses, or who willfully communicates or seeks to communicate intelligence datato any agency or person except in accordance with this chapter, shall for each such offensebe guilty of a class 'D' felony. Any person who knowingly, but without criminal purposes,communicates or seeks to communicate intelligence data except in accordance with thischapter shall for each such offense be guilty of a serious misdemeanor. 3. If a person convicted under this section is a peace officer, the conviction shall be grounds for discharge or suspension from duty without pay and if the person be guilty of a serious misdemeanor. 3. If a person convicted under this section is a peace officer, the conviction shall be grounds for discharge or suspension from duty without pay and if the person convicted is apublic official or public employee, the conviction shall be grounds for removal from office. 4. Any reasonable grounds for belief that a public employee has violated any provision of this chapter shall be grounds for immediate removal from all access to criminal history dataand intelligence data. [C75, 77, §749B.7; C79, 81, §692.7]96 Acts, ch 1150, §6Referred to in §692.5, 692.9 Sat Dec 23 12:26:42 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 692.7 (17, 0)
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