House
File
2262
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2262
BY
WOLFE
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
removal
of
charge
records
from
the
1
Iowa
court
information
system
and
the
expungement
of
such
2
records.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
901C.1
Not
guilty
verdicts
and
1
dismissals
——
expungement.
2
1.
When
a
person
is
found
not
guilty
of
a
charge
or
when
a
3
charge
is
dismissed
against
a
person,
except
if
the
charge
is
4
subject
to
section
907.4,
the
state
court
administrator
shall
5
cause
the
records
of
the
charge
to
be
removed
from
the
Iowa
6
court
information
system
so
that
the
charge
records
are
not
7
available
to
the
general
public.
8
2.
Within
one
year
of
the
person
being
found
not
guilty
of
a
9
charge
or
when
a
charge
is
dismissed
against
the
person,
except
10
as
provided
in
section
907.9,
the
charge
shall
be
expunged
by
11
the
clerk
of
the
district
court.
For
purposes
of
this
section,
12
“expunged”
means
the
same
as
provided
in
section
907.1.
13
Sec.
2.
Section
907.9,
subsection
4,
paragraph
c,
14
unnumbered
paragraph
1,
Code
2014,
is
amended
to
read
as
15
follows:
16
A
Except
as
provided
in
section
901C.1,
a
dismissed
count
or
17
related
charge
shall
be
expunged
pursuant
to
the
provisions
of
18
paragraph
“b”
in
the
following
manner:
19
EXPLANATION
20
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
21
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
22
This
bill
relates
to
the
removal
of
charge
records
from
23
the
Iowa
court
information
system
and
the
expungement
of
such
24
records.
25
The
bill
directs
the
state
court
administrator
to
remove
26
charge
records
from
the
Iowa
court
information
system
that
is
27
available
to
the
general
public
if
a
person
is
found
not
guilty
28
of
that
charge
or
that
charge
is
dismissed,
unless
the
charge
29
is
subject
to
the
expungement
provisions
of
Code
section
907.9.
30
The
bill
specifies
that
within
one
year
of
a
person
being
31
found
not
guilty
of
a
charge
or
when
a
charge
is
dismissed
32
against
the
person,
the
charge
shall
be
expunged
by
the
clerk
33
of
the
district
court,
unless
the
charge
is
subject
to
the
34
expungement
provisions
of
Code
section
907.9.
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Code
section
907.1
defines
“expunged”
to
mean
the
court’s
1
criminal
record
with
reference
to
a
deferred
judgment
or
any
2
other
criminal
record
that
has
been
segregated
in
a
secure
area
3
or
database
which
is
exempted
from
public
access.
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