§ 232.149B — Public records orders

Iowa § 232.149B

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title VI: HUMAN SERVICES
• Ch. 232: JUVENILE JUSTICE

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1. A rebuttable presumption exists that official juvenile court records in delinquency
proceedings that do not involve an allegation of delinquency that would be a forcible felony
offense if committed by an adult shall remain confidential as provided by section 232.147.
2. Upon application of any person or upon the court’s own motion at any time prior to
the termination of juvenile court jurisdiction over the charged juvenile, and after hearing, the
court shall order the official juvenile court records in such a delinquency proceeding to be
public records if any of the following apply:
a. The public’s interest in making the records public outweighs the juvenile’s interest in
maintaining the confidentiality of the records.
b. The juvenile has been placed on youthful offender status pursuant to section 232.45,
subsection 7, and section 907.3A, subsection 1, and will be transferred back to the district
court for sentencing prior to the child’s eighteenth birthday.
3. Upon application of any person or upon the court’s own motion at any time prior to

the termination of juvenile court jurisdiction over the charged juvenile, and after hearing,
the court may order the official juvenile court records in such a delinquency proceeding to
be public records if the juvenile has been subsequently adjudicated delinquent for a public
offense that would be a serious misdemeanor, aggravated misdemeanor, or felony offense
if committed by an adult, or another delinquency proceeding is pending seeking such an
adjudication.
4. Records subject to a public records order may be sealed at a later date pursuant to
section 232.150.

Legislative History

[C79, 81, §232.150; 82 Acts, ch 1209, §18]