{"brand":"Compound Laws","url":"https://compoundlaws.com/compounds/thcv/iowa/","compound":{"slug":"thcv","name":"THCV (Tetrahydrocannabivarin)","same_as":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetrahydrocannabivarin"},"jurisdiction":{"code":"IA","name":"Iowa"},"as_of":"2026-10-22","answer":"As of October 22, 2026, THCV (Tetrahydrocannabivarin) is illegal to sell at retail in Iowa as vape / inhalable. Hemp for inhalation banned: Iowa Code 204.14A. Controlling source: Iowa Code 204.14A (Criminal offense - inhalation).","forms":[{"form":"vape","label":"Vape / inhalable","status":"illegal","state_status":null,"federal_overlay":false,"headline":"Hemp for inhalation banned: Iowa Code 204.14A","rule_type":"permanent","tier":"state_named_ban","schedule_class":null,"limit":null,"effective_date":null,"verified_at":"2026-10-22","confidence":"confirmed","verbatim_excerpt":"Iowa Code 204.14A 1. A person shall not possess, use, manufacture, market, transport, deliver, or distribute harvested hemp or a hemp product if the intended use of the harvested hemp or hemp product is introduction into the body of a human by any method of inhalation, including any of the following: a. Smoke produced from combustion. b. A type of article that uses a heating element, power source, electronic circuit, or other electronic, chemical, or mechanical process. c. A device, including but not limited to a cigarette, cigar, cigarillo, or pipe, regardless of whether such device produces smoke or vapor.","excerpt_source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/204.14A.pdf","citations":[{"title":"Iowa Code 204.14A (Criminal offense - inhalation)","url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/204.14A.pdf","pinpoint":null,"publisher":"Iowa Legislature","type":"statute","primary":true,"official":true},{"title":"Iowa Code 204.14A","url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/204.14A.pdf","pinpoint":null,"publisher":null,"type":"statute","primary":true,"official":true}],"history":[]}],"neighbors":[{"code":"IL","status":"unknown"},{"code":"MN","status":"restricted"},{"code":"MO","status":"restricted"},{"code":"NE","status":"unknown"},{"code":"SD","status":"unknown"},{"code":"WI","status":"unknown"}],"laws":[{"citation":"Iowa Code 204.14A","title":"Criminal offense - inhalation","official_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/204.14A.pdf","source_label":"OFFICIAL","effective_date":null,"retrieved_date":"2026-10-07","text_hash":"54fc52d187d0701d426409612d4dc8007f862078bcb66cfabd1b65d99b92ff73"},{"citation":"Iowa Code 204.14A (2026)","title":"Iowa Code 204.14A (2026)","official_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/204.14A.pdf","source_label":"OFFICIAL","effective_date":null,"retrieved_date":"2026-10-07","text_hash":"5d795c3d48ab68c4b2191803c0180ab1e963ebc8b6195b06e23426477955ef2a"},{"citation":"Iowa Code 204.14A(3)-(4); 641 IAC 156.1 (def. 'Synthetic consumable hemp products'); 641 IAC 156.3(1)(b)(5)","title":"Prohibition on synthetic consumable hemp products (HHC named)","official_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/aco/chapter/641.156.pdf","source_label":"OFFICIAL","effective_date":null,"retrieved_date":"2026-07-19","text_hash":"44b0a13e3112903b574eb8dd82f5d605b095b9fc4159cfc202d0801850a74036"},{"citation":"Iowa Code 204.2","title":"Definitions (Hemp and Hemp Products) -- consumable hemp product, hemp product, inhalation exclusion","official_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/204.2.pdf","source_label":"OFFICIAL","effective_date":null,"retrieved_date":"2026-07-02","text_hash":"569666b6070721b0333dcc7d769af200c190594652cfeae5c91e9df70727cead"},{"citation":"Iowa Code 204A.2","title":"Definitions (Iowa Hemp Act) -- Hemp, Delta-9 THC, Total THC","official_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/204A.2.pdf","source_label":"OFFICIAL","effective_date":null,"retrieved_date":"2026-07-02","text_hash":"35892e2d5a27f6358dc384f03cfc2a2db888f3e990ad0caa31b8a1eba7cd17fa"}]}