2024 Iowa Code
Title XVI - CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE
Chapter 905 - COMMUNITY-BASED CORRECTIONAL PROGRAM
Section 905.12 - Surrender of earnings.

905.12 Surrender of earnings. 1. When committing a person to a residential treatment center operated by a judicial district department of correctional services, the court shall order the person to surrenderto the district department their total earnings less payroll deductions required by law. Thecourt shall establish the person’s legal obligations by order and the district department shalldeduct from the earnings to satisfy the court order in the following order of priority: a. An amount the resident may be legally obligated to pay for the support of dependents, which shall be paid to the dependents directly or through the department of health and humanservices office or unit serving the county in which the dependents reside. For the purpose ofthis paragraph, “legally obligated” means under a court order. b. Restitution ordered by the court under chapter 910.c. An amount determined to be the cost to the judicial district department of correctional services for food, lodging, and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of the resident. d. Any other financial obligations which are admitted to by the resident or any judgment granted by the court to another person to whom the resident owes money, but no earnings ofa resident are subject to garnishment while the person is committed to the center. 2. Any balance remaining after deductions and payments shall be credited to the resident’s personal account at the district department and shall be paid to the resident uponrelease. The director shall establish a plan to comply with the provisions of court ordersentered pursuant to this section. 84 Acts, ch 1029, §1; 88 Acts, ch 1160, §2; 94 Acts, ch 1142, §13; 97 Acts, ch 205, §25; 2013 Acts, ch 30, §228; 2014 Acts, ch 1092, §151; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1340 Subsection 1, paragraph a amended Sat Dec 23 12:43:44 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 905.12 (17, 1)

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