If a judge of a juvenile court finds that a juvenile has committed a delinquent act and requires the juvenile to compensate the victim of that act for losses due to the delinquent act of the juvenile, the juvenile shall make such restitution according to a schedule established by the judge from funds earned by the juvenile pursuant to employment engaged in by the juvenile at the time of disposition. If a juvenile enters into an informal adjustment agreement pursuant to section 232.29 to make such restitution, the juvenile shall make such restitution according to a schedule which shall be a part of the informal adjustment agreement. The restitution shall be made under the direction of a juvenile court officer working under the direction of the juvenile court. In those counties where the county maintains an office to provide juvenile victim restitution services, the juvenile court officer may use that office's services. If the juvenile is not employed, the juvenile's juvenile court officer shall make a reasonable effort to find private or other public employment for the juvenile. However, if the juvenile offender does not have employment at the time of disposition and private or other public employment is not obtained despite the efforts of the juvenile's juvenile court officer, the judge may direct the juvenile offender to perform work pursuant to section 232.52, subsection 2, paragraph "a", and arrange for compensation of the juvenile in the manner provided for under the program established pursuant to this chapter.
83 Acts, ch 94, § 5; 90 Acts, ch 1247, § 8
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