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Iowa · Iowa Code § 716.9
Quote checked October 14, 2026 Text match only; current legal status and enforcement not verified.
“A person commits the simple misdemeanor offense of stowing away when, without lawful authority or the consent of a railway corporation, the person does either of the following: 1. Rides on the outside of a train or train component. 2. Rides on the inside of a train or train component which is not a passenger car.”
This section doesn't print a penalty of its own. Other parts of the Iowa Code may set one; we haven't looked them up, so we don't state one here.
“98 Acts, ch 1067, §3”
This note cites session laws by the legislature's own chapter numbers, so we don't turn it into a starting year.
Our reading
Iowa gives train hopping a name, stowing away, and makes it a simple misdemeanor. Without lawful authority or the railroad's consent, riding on the outside of any part of a train counts, and so does riding inside any part that isn't a passenger car.
Written by Silly Rules from the quoted text above. It's a plain reading, not legal advice. We haven't researched how courts read this section or how often anyone enforces it.
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