622B.2  Interpreter appointed.

If a deaf or hard-of-hearing person is a party to, a witness at, or a participant in a proceeding before a grand jury, court, or administrative agency of this state, the court or administrative agency shall appoint an interpreter without expense to the deaf or hard-of-hearing person to interpret or translate the proceedings to the deaf or hard-of-hearing person and to interpret or translate the person's testimony unless the deaf or hard-of-hearing person waives the right to an interpreter.

Section History: Early form

  [C81, § 622B.2]

Section History: Recent form

  93 Acts, ch 75, §8

Internal References

  Referred to in § 804.31

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