Iowa Constitution
Article I - BILL OF RIGHTS.
§ 11 When indictment necessary — grand jury.
All
offenses less than felony and in which the maximum permissible
imprisonment does not exceed thirty days shall be tried summarily before
an officer authorized by law, on information under oath, without
indictment, or the intervention of a grand jury, saving to the defendant
the right of appeal; and no person shall be held to answer for any
higher criminal offense, unless on presentment or indictment by a grand
jury, except in cases arising in the army, or navy, or in the militia,
when in actual service, in time of war or public danger.
The grand jury may consist of any number of members not less than five, nor more than fifteen, as the general assembly may by law provide, or the general assembly may provide for holding persons to answer for any criminal offense without the intervention of a grand jury.
Paragraph 1 amended by Amendment 46 (1998)
Paragraph 2 added by Amendment 9 (1884)
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