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House File 556 - IntroducedA Bill ForAn Act 1requiring vehicle identification information to be
2provided in a no-contact or protective order, making
3penalties applicable, and including effective date
4provisions.
5BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 Section 1. Section 664A.2, subsection 2, Code 2023, is
2amended to read as follows:
32. A protective order issued in a civil proceeding shall
4be issued pursuant to chapter 232, 235F, 236, 236A, 598, or
5915. Punishment for a A respondent identified in a protective
6order shall comply with section 664A.3A. A violation of a
7protective order shall be imposed is punishable pursuant to
8section 664A.7.
9 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 664A.3A Vehicle identification
10information required.
111. A no-contact order issued pursuant to section 664A.3
12and a protective order issued as described in section 664A.2,
13subsection 2, must include the identification information
14regarding any vehicle the defendant or respondent owns or
15operates, including but not limited to a vehicle the defendant
16or respondent operates in the regular course of the defendant’s
17or respondent’s employment or occupation and a vehicle owned
18by or registered to another person in the defendant’s or
19respondent’s household.
202. a. The defendant or respondent shall file the
21identification information with the clerk of court within
22ten days after receiving service of the no-contact order or
23protective order. The clerk of court shall notify the court if
24the identification information is not timely filed.
25b. Following the initial filing under paragraph “a”, the
26defendant or respondent shall provide to the clerk of court any
27new or updated identification information within five business
28days of the change in identification information occurring.
293. A defendant or respondent who fails to timely file the
30identification information or who fails to timely notify the
31clerk of court of any new or updated identification information
32pursuant to subsection 2 shall be held in contempt of court and
33punished pursuant to chapter 665.
344. As used in this section:
35a. “Identification information” includes a vehicle’s make,
-1-1model, model year, color, and vehicle registration plate
2number, if applicable.
3b. “Vehicle” means a motor vehicle or vehicle, as those
4terms are defined in section 321.1, or a vessel as defined in
5section 462A.2.
6 Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect July 1, 2024.
7EXPLANATION
8The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
9the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
10Under current law, when a person is taken into custody
11for certain contempt proceedings pursuant to Code section
12236.11 or 236A.12, or arrested for domestic abuse assault,
13older individual assault, harassment, stalking, sexual abuse
14in the first, second, or third degree, or any other public
15offense for which there is a victim, and the person is brought
16before a magistrate for initial appearance, the magistrate
17must enter a no-contact order if the magistrate finds probable
18cause that any public offense or a violation of a no-contact
19order, protective order, or consent agreement has occurred
20and the presence of or contact with the defendant poses a
21threat to the safety of the alleged victim, persons residing
22with the alleged victim, or members of the alleged victim’s
23family. A protective order issued in a civil proceeding must
24be issued pursuant to Code chapter 232 (juvenile justice),
25235F (elder abuse), 236 (domestic abuse), 236A (sexual abuse),
26598 (dissolution of marriage and domestic relations), or
27915 (victim rights), but also includes orders establishing
28conditions of release and sentencing orders in a criminal
29prosecution arising from a domestic abuse assault (Code section
30708.2A) or older individual assault (Code section 708.2D).
31This bill requires a defendant or respondent, as applicable,
32to provide identification information regarding any motor
33vehicle, vehicle, or vessel the defendant or respondent owns
34or operates, including the make, model, model year, color, and
35vehicle registration plate number, if applicable. A defendant
-2-1or respondent must also provide identification information
2about a vehicle or vessel the defendant or respondent operates
3in the regular course of the defendant’s or respondent’s
4employment or occupation and a vehicle or vessel owned by or
5registered to another person in the defendant’s or respondent’s
6household.
7The defendant or respondent must file the identification
8information with the clerk of court within 10 days after
9receiving service of the no-contact order or protective order.
10The clerk of court must notify the court if the identification
11information is not timely filed.
12Following the initial filing of the identification
13information, the defendant or respondent must provide to the
14clerk of court any new or updated identification information
15within five business days of the change in identification
16information occurring.
17A defendant or respondent who fails to timely file the
18identification information or who fails to timely notify the
19clerk of court of any new or updated identification information
20must be held in contempt of court and punished pursuant to Code
21chapter 665.
22A person held in contempt under Code chapter 665 by a
23district judge, district associate judge, or an associate
24juvenile judge may be ordered to pay a fine not exceeding $500
25or imprisoned in a county jail for up to six months, or both. A
26person held in contempt by a judicial magistrate may be ordered
27to pay a fine not exceeding $100 or imprisoned in a county jail
28for up to 30 days.
29The bill takes effect July 1, 2024.
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2provided in a no-contact or protective order, making
3penalties applicable, and including effective date
4provisions.
5BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 Section 1. Section 664A.2, subsection 2, Code 2023, is
2amended to read as follows:
32. A protective order issued in a civil proceeding shall
4be issued pursuant to chapter 232, 235F, 236, 236A, 598, or
5915. Punishment for a A respondent identified in a protective
6order shall comply with section 664A.3A. A violation of a
7protective order shall be imposed is punishable pursuant to
8section 664A.7.
9 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 664A.3A Vehicle identification
10information required.
111. A no-contact order issued pursuant to section 664A.3
12and a protective order issued as described in section 664A.2,
13subsection 2, must include the identification information
14regarding any vehicle the defendant or respondent owns or
15operates, including but not limited to a vehicle the defendant
16or respondent operates in the regular course of the defendant’s
17or respondent’s employment or occupation and a vehicle owned
18by or registered to another person in the defendant’s or
19respondent’s household.
202. a. The defendant or respondent shall file the
21identification information with the clerk of court within
22ten days after receiving service of the no-contact order or
23protective order. The clerk of court shall notify the court if
24the identification information is not timely filed.
25b. Following the initial filing under paragraph “a”, the
26defendant or respondent shall provide to the clerk of court any
27new or updated identification information within five business
28days of the change in identification information occurring.
293. A defendant or respondent who fails to timely file the
30identification information or who fails to timely notify the
31clerk of court of any new or updated identification information
32pursuant to subsection 2 shall be held in contempt of court and
33punished pursuant to chapter 665.
344. As used in this section:
35a. “Identification information” includes a vehicle’s make,
-1-1model, model year, color, and vehicle registration plate
2number, if applicable.
3b. “Vehicle” means a motor vehicle or vehicle, as those
4terms are defined in section 321.1, or a vessel as defined in
5section 462A.2.
6 Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect July 1, 2024.
7EXPLANATION
8The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
9the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
10Under current law, when a person is taken into custody
11for certain contempt proceedings pursuant to Code section
12236.11 or 236A.12, or arrested for domestic abuse assault,
13older individual assault, harassment, stalking, sexual abuse
14in the first, second, or third degree, or any other public
15offense for which there is a victim, and the person is brought
16before a magistrate for initial appearance, the magistrate
17must enter a no-contact order if the magistrate finds probable
18cause that any public offense or a violation of a no-contact
19order, protective order, or consent agreement has occurred
20and the presence of or contact with the defendant poses a
21threat to the safety of the alleged victim, persons residing
22with the alleged victim, or members of the alleged victim’s
23family. A protective order issued in a civil proceeding must
24be issued pursuant to Code chapter 232 (juvenile justice),
25235F (elder abuse), 236 (domestic abuse), 236A (sexual abuse),
26598 (dissolution of marriage and domestic relations), or
27915 (victim rights), but also includes orders establishing
28conditions of release and sentencing orders in a criminal
29prosecution arising from a domestic abuse assault (Code section
30708.2A) or older individual assault (Code section 708.2D).
31This bill requires a defendant or respondent, as applicable,
32to provide identification information regarding any motor
33vehicle, vehicle, or vessel the defendant or respondent owns
34or operates, including the make, model, model year, color, and
35vehicle registration plate number, if applicable. A defendant
-2-1or respondent must also provide identification information
2about a vehicle or vessel the defendant or respondent operates
3in the regular course of the defendant’s or respondent’s
4employment or occupation and a vehicle or vessel owned by or
5registered to another person in the defendant’s or respondent’s
6household.
7The defendant or respondent must file the identification
8information with the clerk of court within 10 days after
9receiving service of the no-contact order or protective order.
10The clerk of court must notify the court if the identification
11information is not timely filed.
12Following the initial filing of the identification
13information, the defendant or respondent must provide to the
14clerk of court any new or updated identification information
15within five business days of the change in identification
16information occurring.
17A defendant or respondent who fails to timely file the
18identification information or who fails to timely notify the
19clerk of court of any new or updated identification information
20must be held in contempt of court and punished pursuant to Code
21chapter 665.
22A person held in contempt under Code chapter 665 by a
23district judge, district associate judge, or an associate
24juvenile judge may be ordered to pay a fine not exceeding $500
25or imprisoned in a county jail for up to six months, or both. A
26person held in contempt by a judicial magistrate may be ordered
27to pay a fine not exceeding $100 or imprisoned in a county jail
28for up to 30 days.
29The bill takes effect July 1, 2024.
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