HF 2474 (LSB 5373HV (4) 88)

RELATING TO THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION FILED  WITH THE COURT TO SECURE AN ARREST WARRANT. 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 804.29, subsection 2, Code 2020, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  However, during the period of confidentiality in subsection 1, the information in the record may be disseminated, without court order, during the course of official duties to the following persons unless access to such information is expressly denied by court order:
   a.  A peace officer, or any other employee of a law enforcement agency if allowed access pursuant to section 692.14 and if authorized in writing by the head of the agency.
   b.  An employee of the county attorney’s office.
   c.  A judicial officer or other court employees.
   d.  An employee of the department of corrections or judicial district department of correctional services, if authorized by the director of the department of corrections.

   e.  A court-appointed attorney in a specific case where an arrest warrant has been issued but not served, provided the defendant is in custody and subject to a hold for that arrest warrant.

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PAT GRASSLEY
Speaker of the House

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CHARLES SCHNEIDER
President of the Senate

   I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and is known as House File 2474, Eighty-eighth General Assembly.

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MEGHAN NELSON
Chief Clerk of the House

Approved _______________, 2020

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KIM REYNOLDS
Governor