29A.40 - FALSE WEARING OF UNIFORM. - Iowa Statutes

29A.40 FALSE WEARING OF UNIFORM. A member of the national guard shall not wear the uniform of the national guard while not on duty, except in accordance with state or federal regulations. A person, firm, or corporation, other than a civic, social, or benevolent military organization or the members of such organizations organizing for the benefit of all its members, shall not incorporate under the name of, or adopt any trade name which embodies the name or designation, officially or generally recognized as the name of a military organization now or formerly in existence, or any distinctive part of such name. Any person who, without authority under the laws of the United States or of one of the states, wears the uniform of or a distinctive part of the uniform of the armed forces of the United States, shall be guilty of a serious misdemeanor.          Section History: Early Form [S13, § 2215-f35; C24, 27, 31, § 463; C35, § 467-f4; C39, § 467.04; C46, 50, § 29.4; C54, 58, 62, § 29.40; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 29A.40]          Section History: Recent Form 2002 Acts, ch 1117, §15, 23; 2006 Acts, ch 1185, §60