907.7  Length of probation.

The length of the probation shall be for a term 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 length of the probation shall not be less than one year if the offense is a misdemeanor and shall not be less than two years if the offense is a felony. However, the court or the administrative parole and probation judge, if section 907.8A applies, may subsequently reduce the length of the probation if the court or the administrative parole and probation judge determines that the purposes of probation have been fulfilled and the fees imposed under section 905.14 have been paid to or waived by the judicial district department of correctional services. The purposes of probation are to provide maximum opportunity for the rehabilitation of the defendant and to protect the community from further offenses by the defendant and others.

In determining the length of the probation, the court shall determine what period is most likely to provide maximum opportunity for the rehabilitation of the defendant, to allow enough time to determine whether or not rehabilitation has been successful, and to protect the community from further offenses by the defendant and others.

Section History: Early form

  [C66, 71, 73, § 247.20; C75, 77, § 789A.2; C79, 81, § 907.7]

Section History: Recent form

  97 Acts, ch 125, § 6; 97 Acts, ch 190, § 10

Internal References

  Referred to in § 907.3, 907.3A, 907.8A, 910.4

Footnotes

  For future amendments effective July 1, 2000, see 98 Acts, ch 1197, § 5, 13


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