Title XVI, CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE (Ch. 687 - 916)

1. A person placed on probation, parole, work release, or any other type of conditional release for domestic abuse assault in violation of section 708.2A, subsection 4 , may be supervised by an electronic tracking and monitoring system in addition to any other conditions of super…

1. The board of parole is created to consist of five members. Each member shall be appointed by the governor subject to confirmation by the senate. Each member shall serve a term of four years beginning and ending as provided by section 69.19 , except for members appointed to fil…

The membership of the board shall be of good character and judicious background, shall include a member of a minority group, may include a person ordained or designated as a regular leader of a religious community and who is knowledgeable in correctional procedures and issues, an…

1. The board of parole shall interview and consider inmates for parole and work release and a majority vote of the members is required to grant a parole or work release. 2. The board of parole shall interview inmates according to administrative rules adopted by the board. 3. The …

The chairperson of the board of parole shall do all of the following: 1. Act as the board’s liaison with the governor regarding executive clemency, parole, and work release matters. 2. Direct, supervise, evaluate, and assign the day-to-day administration of the board of parole. 3…

The vice chairperson of the board of parole shall be appointed from the membership of the board of parole by the governor. The vice chairperson shall serve at the pleasure of the governor and shall have such responsibilities and duties as are determined by the chairperson. The vi…

The chairperson of the board of parole is responsible directly to the governor. The board of parole is attached to the department of corrections for routine administrative and support services only. 86 Acts, ch 1245, §1515 ; 89 Acts, ch 282, §6

Each member of the board shall be paid a salary as set by the governor within a range established by section 8A.461 . Each member of the board and all employees are entitled to receive, in addition to their salary, their necessary maintenance and travel expenses while engaged in …

1. a. “Parole” is the release of a person who has been committed to the custody of the director of the Iowa department of corrections by reason of the person’s commission of a public offense, which release occurs prior to the expiration of the person’s term, is subject to supervi…

A person released on parole shall be assigned to a parole officer by the director of the judicial district department of correctional services. Both the person and the person’s parole officer shall be furnished in writing with the conditions of parole including a copy of the plan…

The parole may be to a place outside the state when the board of parole shall determine it to be to the best interest of the state and the prisoner, under such rules as the board of parole may impose. [S13, §5718-a18; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 3786; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, …

The governor of the state of Iowa is hereby authorized and empowered to enter into compacts and agreements with other states, through their duly constituted authorities, in reference to reciprocal supervision of persons on parole or probation and for the reciprocal return of such…

1. Prisoners against whom detainers have been filed may, after serving a portion of their sentence, be released by parole to the institution or authorities filing the detainer. 2. Any detainer filed against a prisoner must within six months be supported by a grand jury indictment…

1. Unless sooner discharged, a person released on parole shall be discharged when the person’s term of parole equals the period of imprisonment specified in the person’s sentence, less all time served in confinement. Discharge from parole may be granted prior to such time, when a…

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section , the time when a prisoner is on parole or work release from the institution shall apply to the sentence against the parolee or work releasee. 2. If a parole revocation hearing is held, the administrative parole judge or the board o…

1. Upon request by the Iowa department of corrections a county shall provide temporary confinement for alleged parole violators if space is available. 2. The Iowa department of corrections shall reimburse a county for the temporary confinement of alleged parole violators. The amo…

The department of corrections shall arrange for the return of parolees who escape from the facility to which they are assigned or violate the conditions of supervision. The parolee shall reimburse the department of corrections for the costs incurred because of the escape or viola…

1. As used in this section , “person” means a person on parole or a person who is no longer on parole but is currently unemployed or underemployed. 2. The board shall develop and implement a certificate of employability program. The certificate program shall be developed to maxim…

Parole officers, while performing their duties as parole officers, are peace officers and have all the powers and authority of peace officers. Parole officers shall investigate all persons referred to them for investigation by the chief parole officer to which they may be assigne…

The board of parole shall adopt rules regarding a system of paroles from correctional institutions, and shall direct, control, and supervise the administration of the system of paroles. The board of parole shall consult with the director of the department of corrections on rules …

1. A parole or work release shall be ordered only for the best interest of society and the offender, not as an award of clemency. The board shall release on parole or work release any person whom it has the power to so release, when in its opinion there is reasonable probability …

1. a. The board shall establish and implement a plan by which the board systematically reviews the status of each person who has been committed to the custody of the director of the Iowa department of corrections and considers the person’s prospects for parole or work release. Th…

All persons employed in a correctional institution shall grant to the members of the board of parole, or its properly accredited representatives, access at all reasonable times to any person over whom the board has jurisdiction, shall provide for the board or its representatives …

The board shall not be required to hear oral statements or arguments either by attorneys or other persons. All persons presenting information or arguments to the board shall put their statements in writing, and shall submit therewith an affidavit stating whether any fee has been …

The board shall have power to issue subpoenas requiring the attendance of such witnesses and the production of such records, books, papers and documents as it may deem necessary for investigation of the case of any person before it. Subpoenas so issued may be served by any peace …

1. When an inmate is discharged, paroled, or placed on work release, the warden or superintendent shall furnish the inmate, at state expense, appropriate clothing and transportation to the place in this state indicated in the inmate’s discharge, parole, or work release plan. When…

As used in this chapter , unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Deferred judgment” means a sentencing option whereby both the adjudication of guilt and the imposition of a sentence are deferred by the court and whereby the court assesses a civil penalty as provided in sectio…

When the court has determined that any person ordered to participate in a locally administered correctional program, pursuant to section 907.3, subsection 1 , has successfully completed such program, the court shall order such person to be released on probation. [C79, 81, §907.10…

In no case shall the total time served in confinement and in any locally administered correctional program exceed the maximum period of confinement authorized for the public offense of which the defendant stands convicted. [C79, 81, §907.11 ]

1. The court may establish as a condition of probation that the defendant perform unpaid community service for a time not to exceed the maximum period of confinement for the offense of which the defendant is convicted. If this condition is established, the defendant in cooperatio…

1. Upon the entry of a deferred judgment pursuant to section 907.3 , a defendant shall be assessed a civil penalty of an amount not less than the amount of any criminal fine authorized by law for the offense under section 902.9 or section 903.1 . 2. The clerk of the district cour…

1. Pursuant to designation by the court, probation services shall be provided by the judicial district department of correctional services. Probation officers shall perform the duties assigned to them by law and by the director of the judicial district department of correctional …

Pursuant to section 901.5 , the trial court may, upon a plea of guilty, a verdict of guilty, or a special verdict upon which a judgment of conviction may be rendered, exercise any of the options contained in this section . However, this section does not apply to a forcible felony…

1. Notwithstanding section 907.3 but subject to any conditions of the waiver order, the trial court shall, upon a plea of guilty or a verdict of guilty, place the juvenile over whom the juvenile court has waived jurisdiction pursuant to section 232.45, subsection 7 , on youthful …

1. A deferment of judgment under section 907.3 shall be entered promptly by the clerk of the district court, or the clerk’s designee, into the deferred judgment database of the state, which shall serve as the deferred judgment docket. The deferred judgment docket shall be maintai…

1. Before deferring judgment, deferring sentence, or suspending sentence, the court first shall determine which option, if available, will provide maximum opportunity for the rehabilitation of the defendant and protection of the community from further offenses by the defendant an…

Probationers are subject to the conditions established by the judicial district department of correctional services subject to the approval of the court, and any additional reasonable conditions which the court or district department may impose to promote rehabilitation of the de…

1. The length of the probation shall be for a period as the court shall fix but not to exceed five years if the offense is a felony or not to exceed two years if the offense is a misdemeanor. The period of probation may be extended for up to one year including one year beyond the…

1. A person released on probation shall be assigned to a probation officer. Both the person and the person’s probation officer shall be furnished with the conditions of the person’s probation including a copy of the plan of restitution and the restitution plan of payment, if any,…

1. At any time that the court determines that the purposes of probation have been fulfilled and fees imposed under section 904.912 and court debt collected pursuant to section 602.8107 have been paid, the court may order the discharge of a person from probation. 2. At any time th…

This chapter may be cited as the “Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision” . 2001 Acts, ch 15, §5 ; 2001 Acts, 2nd Ex, ch 6, §25, 26, 37

The national interstate compact for adult offender supervision is enacted into law and entered into by this state with any other state or jurisdiction legally joining the compact in the form substantially as follows: 1. Article I — Definitions. As used in this compact, unless the…

The department of corrections may assess a fee, not to exceed one hundred dollars, for an application to transfer out of the state under the interstate compact for adult offender supervision. The fee may be waived by the department. The moneys collected pursuant to this section s…

A parole officer having probable cause to believe that any person released on parole has violated the parole plan or the conditions of parole may arrest such person, or the parole officer may make a complaint before a magistrate in the judicial district in which the person is bei…

1. When a person is convicted and sentenced to incarceration in this state for a felony committed while on parole, or is convicted and sentenced to incarceration in any other state of the United States or a foreign country for an offense committed while on parole, and which if co…

1. When a person is convicted and sentenced to incarceration in a state correctional institution in this state for an aggravated misdemeanor committed while on parole, or is convicted and sentenced to incarceration in any other state of the United States or a foreign country for …