§ 804.29 — Confidentiality

Iowa § 804.29

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title XVI: CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE
• Ch. 804: COMMENCEMENT OF ACTIONS — ARREST — DISPOSITIONS OF PRISONERS

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1. Unless otherwise ordered by the court, all information filed with the court for the
purpose of securing a warrant for an arrest, including but not limited to a citation and
affidavits, shall be a confidential record until such time as a peace officer has made the
arrest and has made the officer’s return on the warrant, or the defendant has made an
initial appearance in court. During the period of time that information is confidential, the
record shall be sealed by the court and the information contained in the record shall not be
disseminated to any person unless otherwise ordered by the court.
2. However, during the period of confidentiality in subsection 1, the information in the
record may be disseminated, without court order, during the course of official duties to the
following persons unless access to such information is expressly denied by court order:
a. A peace officer, or any other employee of a law enforcement agency if allowed access
pursuant to section 692.14 and if authorized in writing by the head of the agency.
b. An employee of the county attorney’s office.
c. A judicial officer or other court employees.
d. An employee of the department of corrections, if authorized by the director of the
department of corrections, or an employee of a judicial district department of correctional
services, if authorized by the director of the judicial district department of correctional
services.
e. A court-appointed attorney in a specific case where an arrest warrant has been issued
but not served, provided the defendant is in custody and subject to a hold for that arrest
warrant.
f. A probation officer employed by the United States, acting pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §3602.

Legislative History

[C79, 81, §804.29]