201—20.5(904) Money orders, cashier’s checks, and electronic funds transfers for incarcerated individuals. An individual may deposit funds in an incarcerated individual’s account by money order, cashier’s check, or electronic funds transfer. Personal checks and cash will not be accepted. Only money orders and cashier’s checks will be accepted for deposit into an incarcerated individual’s account by mail. Money orders and cashier’s checks must be made payable to the Iowa Department of Corrections Offender Fiduciary Account (IDOC OFA) and sent to: Fort Dodge Correctional Facility, 1550 L Street, Suite B, Fort Dodge, Iowa 50501, and must include the incarcerated individual’s name and ID number and the sender’s name and complete address. Funds will also be accepted via electronic funds transfers from authorized vendors. An incarcerated individual’s suspected abuse of requests for money from the public may be cause for limits or restrictions on the amounts of money which can be received and from whom money can be received.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section 904.506.
[ARC 3929C, IAB 8/1/18, effective 9/5/18; see Delay note at end of chapter; ARC 6431C, IAB 7/27/22, effective 8/31/22]