2014 Iowa Code
TITLE XVI - CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE
SUBTITLE 2 - CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
CHAPTER 804 - COMMENCEMENT OF ACTIONS — ARREST — DISPOSITIONS OF PRISONERS
SECTION 804.29 - Confidentiality.

804.29  Confidentiality.

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:

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 or judicial district department of correctional services, if authorized by the director of the department of corrections.

[C79, 81, §804.29]

2006 Acts, ch 1048, §1; 2012 Acts, ch 1075, §1; 2013 Acts, ch 4, §1

Subsection 2, paragraph a amended