# Iowa Code § 804.7: Arrests by peace officers

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXVI_C804_S804.7

## Section

- **Citation:** Iowa Code § 804.7
- **Heading:** Arrests by peace officers
- **Jurisdiction:** Iowa
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 804 / Section 804.7

## Text

(1) A peace officer may make an arrest under any of the following circumstances:

(1) (a) For a public offense committed or attempted in the peace officer’s presence.

(1) (b) Where a public offense has in fact been committed, and the peace officer has reasonable grounds for believing that the person to be arrested has committed it.

(1) (c) Where the peace officer has reasonable grounds for believing that an indictable public offense has been committed and has reasonable grounds for believing that the person to be arrested has committed it.

(1) (d) Where the peace officer has received from the department of public safety, or from any other peace officer of this state or any other state or the United States an official communication by bulletin, radio, telegraph, telephone, or otherwise, informing the peace officer that a warrant has been issued and is being held for the arrest of the person to be arrested on a designated charge.

(1) (e) If the peace officer has reasonable grounds for believing that domestic abuse, as defined in section 236.2, has occurred and has reasonable grounds for believing that the person to be arrested has committed it.

(1) (f) As required by section 236.12, subsection 2.

(2) A peace officer, as defined in section 801.4, shall have the authority to make an arrest pursuant to subsection 1 anywhere within the state. However, a peace officer shall not establish routine patrol outside of the jurisdiction of the peace officer’s employing agency.

[C51, §2840; R60, §4547, 4548; C73, §4199, 4200; C97, §5196; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §13468; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §755.4; C79, 81, §804.7]85 Acts, ch 175, §12; 86 Acts, ch 1179, §72023 Acts, ch 42, §7

## Nearby sections

- [Iowa Code § 804.1 Arrest by warrant — complaint and citation defined.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXVI_C804_S804.1.md)
- [Iowa Code § 804.2 Contents of arrest warrant.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXVI_C804_S804.2.md)
- [Iowa Code § 804.3 Order for bail — endorsed on warrant.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXVI_C804_S804.3.md)
- [Iowa Code § 804.4 Manner of executing warrant.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXVI_C804_S804.4.md)
- [Iowa Code § 804.5 Arrest defined.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXVI_C804_S804.5.md)
- [Iowa Code § 804.6 Persons authorized to make an arrest.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXVI_C804_S804.6.md)
- [Iowa Code § 804.7 Arrests by peace officers.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXVI_C804_S804.7.md)
- [Iowa Code § 804.7A Arrests by federal law enforcement officers.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXVI_C804_S804.7A.md)
- [Iowa Code § 804.7B Arrests by out-of-state peace officers.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXVI_C804_S804.7B.md)
- [Iowa Code § 804.8 Use of force by peace officer making an arrest.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXVI_C804_S804.8.md)
- [Iowa Code § 804.9 Arrests by private persons.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXVI_C804_S804.9.md)
- [Iowa Code § 804.10 Use of force in arrest by private person.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXVI_C804_S804.10.md)
- [Iowa Code § 804.11 Arrest of material witness.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXVI_C804_S804.11.md)
- [Iowa Code § 804.12 Use of force in resisting arrest.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXVI_C804_S804.12.md)

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