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     628.68 Disclosure of transactions of grand jury. 

    Except as otherwise provided in rule 18.08 of the Rules of 
 Criminal Procedure, every judge, grand juror, county attorney, 
 court administrator, or other officer, who, except in the due 
 discharge of official duty, shall disclose, before an accused 
 person shall be in custody, the fact that an indictment found or 
 ordered against the accused person, and every grand juror who, 
 except when lawfully required by a court or officer, shall 
 willfully disclose any evidence adduced before the grand jury, 
 or anything which the juror or any other member of the grand 
 jury said, or in what manner any grand juror voted upon any 
 matter before them, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.  
 Disclosure may be made by the county attorney, by notice to the 
 defendant or the defendant's attorney of the indictment and the 
 time of defendant's appearance in the district court, if in the 
 discretion of the judge notice is sufficient to insure 
 defendant's appearance. 

    HIST: (10050) RL s 4862; 1969 c 197 s 1; 1979 c 233 s 33; 1986 
 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82 

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