2009 Iowa Code
Title 6 - Human Services
Subtitle 5 - Juveniles
CHAPTER 232 - JUVENILE JUSTICE
232.10 - VENUE.

        232.10  VENUE.
         1.  Venue for delinquency proceedings shall be in the judicial
      district where the child is found, where the child resides or where
      the alleged delinquent act occurred.
         2.  The court may transfer delinquency proceedings to the court of
      any county having venue at any stage in the proceeding as follows:
         a.  When it appears that the best interests of the child or
      society or the convenience of the parties will be served by a
      transfer, the court may transfer the case to the court of the county
      of the child's residence.
         b.  With the consent of the receiving court, the court may
      transfer the case to the court of the county where the child is
      found.
         c.  The court may transfer the case to the county where the
      alleged delinquent act occurred.
         3.  The court shall transfer the case by ordering the transfer and
      a continuance and by forwarding to the clerk of the receiving court a
      certified copy of all papers filed together with an order of
      transfer.  The judge of the receiving court may accept the filings of
      the transferring court or may direct the filing of a new petition and
      hear the case anew.  

         Section History: Early Form

         [C71, 73, 75, 77, § 232.68--232.70; C79, 81, § 232.10] 

         Section History: Recent Form

         88 Acts, ch 1134, §49