Bill Text: IA HF265 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the confidentiality of search warrant information. (Formerly HF 5.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-04-11 - Placed on calendar under unfinished business. S.J. 930. [HF265 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HF265-Amended.html
House
File
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Reprinted
HOUSE
FILE
265
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
JUDICIARY
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
5)
(As
Amended
and
Passed
by
the
House
March
13,
2019
)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
confidentiality
of
search
warrant
1
information.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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265
Section
1.
Section
808.13,
Code
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
1
follows:
2
808.13
Confidentiality.
3
1.
All
Except
as
otherwise
provided
in
subsection
2,
all
4
information
filed
with
the
court
for
the
purpose
of
securing
5
a
warrant
for
a
search,
including
but
not
limited
to
an
6
application
and
affidavits,
shall
be
a
confidential
record
7
until
such
time
as
a
peace
officer
has
executed
the
warrant
8
and
has
made
return
thereon.
If
no
criminal
charges
have
9
been
filed
within
six
months
of
the
return
of
the
warrant,
10
and
the
warrant
includes
the
name
of
a
specific
person,
the
11
warrant
shall
be
sealed
by
the
court
upon
application
to
the
12
court
by
the
person
named
in
the
warrant.
During
the
period
13
of
time
that
information
is
confidential
it
shall
be
sealed
14
by
the
court,
and
the
information
contained
therein
shall
not
15
be
disseminated
to
any
person
other
than
a
peace
officer,
16
magistrate,
or
another
court
employee,
in
the
course
of
17
official
duties.
18
2.
a.
All
information
filed
with
the
court
for
the
purpose
19
of
securing
a
warrant
for
a
search
or
seizure
of
property
in
20
a
criminal
case
that
results
in
an
acquittal
or
the
dismissal
21
of
all
criminal
charges,
including
a
dismissal
relating
to
a
22
deferred
judgment
under
section
907.9,
upon
application
to
23
the
court
by
the
person
named
in
the
warrant
following
such
24
acquittal
or
dismissal,
shall
be
a
confidential
record,
shall
25
be
sealed
by
the
court,
and
shall
not
be
disseminated
to
any
26
person
other
than
a
peace
officer,
county
attorney,
magistrate,
27
or
another
court
employee,
in
the
course
of
official
duties.
28
b.
This
subsection
shall
only
apply
to
a
warrant
identifying
29
one
defendant
and
not
multiple
defendants.
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