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DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird announced her office has updated and re-implemented the Protective Order Notification System which was shut down in 2019 under the previous administration due to technical issues that were never resolved. Through this system, crime victims and survivors can be informed of the status of protective...

DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird announced today she is leading a coalition of 13 attorneys general in a letter to credit card companies urging them to stop sales of illegal vape products facilitated through their payment card networks.  Illegal vapes, overwhelmingly manufactured in China, now account for almost all of...

DES MOINES—As tax season comes to a close, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today announced tips to protect Iowans from tax and IRS scams.  “You can celebrate the end of tax season, but don’t let your guard down against scammers,” said Attorney General Bird. “They love to take advantage of Iowans any...

DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird announced she has added more violations of Iowa’s consumer protection laws to her lawsuit against TikTok. The state asserts the social media giant uses dangerous, addictive features to cause children to become hooked on the app and hides the truth about the risk of users’...

DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird praised the sentencing of a Palo Alto man found guilty of sex abuse against two minor children.   On April 3, 2026, Palo Alto County District Court Judge Adam Miller sentenced Aaron James Manz to a total of 200 years in prison following his convictions for eight...

DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird announced she has filed a lawsuit against Meta and several of its subsidiaries, including Instagram and Facebook, for breaking Iowa’s consumer protection laws. The Attorney General’s Office alleges Instagram represents itself as being safe for Iowa's children and teenagers, yet there is explicit content...

DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird awarded three Iowans the 2026 Consumer Protection Hero Award today at a press conference.   “Our team at the Attorney General’s Office is always hard at work to stop the scam and protect Iowans,” said Attorney General Bird. “But we can’t do it alone. Today we thank three heroes who have gone above and beyond to save someone from being scammed. They saw...

DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird celebrated two landmark rulings by the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals today, which vacated the preliminary injunction entered against Senate File 496. The court’s decisions reinstate Iowa’s ability to enforce the law, marking a significant victory for parental rights and local control in education.    The 2023 law prohibits sexually explicit books and materials...

DES MOINES—In a report issued today, the Iowa Attorney General’s Office has concluded that the February 19, 2026, fatal shooting of Hunter Thomas Munoz by two Des Moines Police Officers was legally justified.  The Attorney General’s conclusion was based on a review and investigation by the Iowa Division of Criminal...

DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird announced today that Robert Davis of Council Bluffs has been convicted of second-degree murder for the killing of Barbara Lenz. Barbara disappeared from Harrison County in 1989. Davis was arrested on March 10, 2025, and was the first arrest made in a case that the Iowa Cold Case Unit helped investigate.   Barbara Lenz was last seen on Saturday,...