Bill Text: IA SF148 | 2013-2014 | 85th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the expungement of an acquittal or dismissal of a criminal charge.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-22 - Subcommittee, Hogg, Dvorsky, and Schneider. S.J. 95. [SF148 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2013-SF148-Introduced.html
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BY
DANIELSON
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
expungement
of
an
acquittal
or
dismissal
1
of
a
criminal
charge.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
901C.1
Expungement
of
dismissals
1
and
acquittals.
2
1.
After
a
dismissal
or
acquittal
of
a
charge,
the
court’s
3
criminal
record
relating
to
the
dismissal
or
acquittal
shall
4
be
expunged
as
a
matter
of
law.
The
court
shall
enter
an
5
order
directing
the
clerk
of
the
district
court
to
expunge
the
6
court’s
criminal
record.
7
2.
This
section
does
not
apply
to
a
dismissed
charge
or
an
8
acquittal
of
a
charge
if
a
deferred
judgment
was
entered
for
a
9
charge
related
to
the
dismissal
or
acquittal
and
the
provisions
10
of
section
907.9,
subsection
4,
paragraph
“b”
,
apply.
11
3.
The
provisions
of
this
section
apply
to
a
dismissal
or
12
acquittal
of
a
charge
for
an
offense
committed
on
or
after
July
13
1,
2013.
14
EXPLANATION
15
This
bill
relates
to
the
expungement
of
a
dismissal
or
16
acquittal
of
a
criminal
charge.
17
After
a
dismissal
or
acquittal
of
a
criminal
charge,
the
bill
18
requires
the
court’s
criminal
record
relating
to
the
dismissed
19
or
acquitted
charge
to
be
expunged
as
a
matter
of
law.
The
20
bill
specifies
that
the
court
shall
enter
an
order
directing
21
the
clerk
of
the
district
court
to
expunge
the
court’s
criminal
22
record.
23
The
bill
does
not
apply
to
the
dismissal
or
acquittal
24
of
a
criminal
charge
if
a
deferred
judgment
was
entered
25
for
a
charge
related
to
the
dismissed
or
acquitted
charge
26
because
expungement
provisions
are
already
in
place
for
this
27
circumstance
in
Code
section
907.9(4)(b).
28
The
bill
only
applies
to
a
dismissal
or
acquittal
of
a
29
criminal
charge
for
an
offense
committed
on
or
after
July
1,
30
2013.
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