Bill Text: IA SF456 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A bill for an act requiring written permission from a county sheriff before an arrest, search, or seizure may be conducted within a county under the county sheriff's jurisdiction by any federal or out-of-state law enforcement officer or agent and any Iowa law enforcement officer or agent from outside the county sheriff's jurisdiction.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-28 - Subcommittee: Shipley, Quirmbach, and Rowley. S.J. 439. [SF456 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2023-SF456-Introduced.html
Senate File 456 - Introduced SENATE FILE 456 BY SALMON A BILL FOR An Act requiring written permission from a county sheriff 1 before an arrest, search, or seizure may be conducted within 2 a county under the county sheriff’s jurisdiction by any 3 federal or out-of-state law enforcement officer or agent and 4 any Iowa law enforcement officer or agent from outside the 5 county sheriff’s jurisdiction. 6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 7 TLSB 1604XS (3) 90 as/rh
S.F. 456 Section 1. Section 331.652, subsection 1, unnumbered 1 paragraph 1, Code 2023, is amended to read as follows: 2 The sheriff is the chief law enforcement officer of the 3 county in which the sheriff is elected and may call upon any 4 person for assistance to: 5 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION . 331.653A Sheriff’s permission for 6 arrests, searches, and seizures —— exceptions —— remedies. 7 1. a. Except as provided in subsection 4, all federal and 8 out-of-state law enforcement officers or agents and all Iowa 9 law enforcement officers or agents outside a county sheriff’s 10 jurisdiction must receive the written permission of the county 11 sheriff or the sheriff’s designee prior to making an arrest 12 or conducting a search or seizure within the county under the 13 county sheriff’s jurisdiction. 14 b. The request must be submitted in person and may be 15 in letter form, and must be signed by the county sheriff or 16 sheriff’s designee to constitute valid permission. 17 c. Permission is valid for forty-eight hours after it is 18 signed. 19 d. A copy of the permission request shall be kept on file 20 by the sheriff. 21 2. The written request for permission shall contain all of 22 the following: 23 a. The name of the subject of the arrest, search, or 24 seizure. 25 b. A clear statement of probable cause for the arrest, 26 search, or seizure, or a federal warrant that contains a clear 27 statement of probable cause. 28 c. A description of specific assets, if any, to be searched 29 for or seized. 30 d. A statement of the date and time that the arrest, search, 31 or seizure is to occur. 32 e. The address or location where the intended arrest, 33 search, or seizure will be attempted. 34 3. The county sheriff or sheriff’s designee may refuse 35 -1- LSB 1604XS (3) 90 as/rh 1/ 5
S.F. 456 permission for any reason the county sheriff or designee 1 considers sufficient. 2 4. A law enforcement officer or other agent not designated 3 by state law as an Iowa peace officer may make an arrest, 4 search, or seizure in this state without the written permission 5 of the county sheriff or sheriff’s designee of the county in 6 which the arrest, search, or seizure is to occur if any of the 7 following circumstances exist: 8 a. The arrest, search, or seizure will take place in a 9 federal enclave for which jurisdiction has been lawfully 10 ceded to the United States by state law. For purposes of 11 this paragraph, “federal enclave” means territory transferred 12 by a state through cession or consent to the United States 13 over which the federal government has acquired exclusive 14 jurisdiction. 15 b. The law enforcement officer or agent witnesses the 16 commission of a crime, the nature of which requires an 17 immediate arrest, as authorized by law. 18 c. The intended subject of the arrest, search, or seizure 19 is an employee of the county sheriff’s office or is an elected 20 county or state officer, in which case written permission is 21 required by the state attorney general. 22 d. The intended subject of the arrest, search, or seizure 23 is the county sheriff that has been deputized by an outside 24 agency, in which case written permission is required by the 25 state attorney general. 26 e. The law enforcement officer or agent has probable 27 cause to believe that the subject of the arrest, search, or 28 seizure has close connections with the county sheriff, which 29 connections are likely to result in the subject being informed 30 of the impending arrest, search, or seizure, in which case 31 written permission is required by the state attorney general. 32 5. A federal or out-of-state law enforcement officer or 33 agent and an Iowa law enforcement officer or agent from outside 34 a county sheriff’s jurisdiction who conducts an arrest, search, 35 -2- LSB 1604XS (3) 90 as/rh 2/ 5
S.F. 456 or seizure or attempted arrest, search, or seizure in violation 1 of subsection 1 shall be charged with and prosecuted for the 2 following offenses by the applicable county attorney: 3 a. Kidnapping, if an arrest or attempted arrest occurs. 4 b. Trespass, if a search or attempted search occurs. 5 c. Theft, if a seizure or attempted seizure occurs. 6 d. Homicide, if loss of life occurs. 7 e. Any other applicable criminal offense. 8 6. A county sheriff; county attorney; the governor; the 9 lieutenant governor; the attorney general; the United States 10 department of justice; the federal bureau of investigation; the 11 federal bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives; 12 and any other appropriate agency or department shall be 13 provided copies of the provisions contained in this section. 14 EXPLANATION 15 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 16 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 17 This bill requires written permission from a county sheriff 18 before an arrest, search, or seizure may be conducted within a 19 county under the county sheriff’s jurisdiction by any federal 20 or out-of-state law enforcement officer or agent and any Iowa 21 law enforcement officer or agent from outside the county 22 sheriff’s jurisdiction. 23 The bill provides that the county sheriff is the chief 24 law enforcement officer of the county in which the sheriff 25 is elected. Except as otherwise provided, all federal and 26 out-of-state law enforcement officers or agents and all Iowa 27 law enforcement officers and agents from outside a county 28 sheriff’s jurisdiction must receive the written permission of 29 the county sheriff or the sheriff’s designee prior to making 30 an arrest or conducting a search or seizure within the county 31 under the county sheriff’s jurisdiction. The bill specifies 32 the information that must be contained in the written request. 33 The request must be submitted in person and must be signed by 34 the county sheriff or sheriff’s designee to constitute valid 35 -3- LSB 1604XS (3) 90 as/rh 3/ 5
S.F. 456 permission. Permission is valid for 48 hours after it is 1 signed. 2 The bill provides that a law enforcement officer or other 3 agent not designated by state law as an Iowa peace officer may 4 make an arrest, search, or seizure in this state without the 5 written permission of the county sheriff or sheriff’s designee 6 of the county in which the arrest, search, or seizure is to 7 occur if any of the following circumstances exist: the arrest, 8 search, or seizure will take place in a federal enclave for 9 which jurisdiction has been lawfully ceded to the United States 10 by state law; the law enforcement officer or agent witnesses 11 the commission of a crime, the nature of which requires an 12 immediate arrest, as authorized by law; the intended subject 13 of the arrest, search, or seizure is an employee of the county 14 sheriff’s office or is an elected county or state officer, in 15 which case written permission is required by the state attorney 16 general; the intended subject of the arrest, search, or seizure 17 is the county sheriff that has been deputized by an outside 18 agency, in which case written permission is required by the 19 state attorney general; or the law enforcement officer or agent 20 has probable cause to believe that the subject of the arrest, 21 search, or seizure has close connections with the county 22 sheriff, which connections are likely to result in the subject 23 being informed of the impending arrest, search, or seizure, in 24 which case written permission is required by the state attorney 25 general. 26 The bill provides that a federal or out-of-state law 27 enforcement officer or agent and an Iowa law enforcement 28 officer or agent from outside a county sheriff’s jurisdiction 29 who conducts an arrest, search, or seizure or attempted arrest, 30 search, or seizure in violation of the bill shall be charged 31 with and prosecuted for the following offenses by the county 32 attorney: kidnapping, if an arrest or attempted arrest occurs; 33 trespass, if a search or attempted search occurs; theft, if a 34 seizure or attempted seizure occurs; homicide, if loss of life 35 -4- LSB 1604XS (3) 90 as/rh 4/ 5
S.F. 456 occurs; or any other applicable criminal offense. 1 The bill specifies that a county sheriff; county attorney; 2 the governor; the lieutenant governor; the state attorney 3 general; the United States department of justice; the federal 4 bureau of investigation; the federal bureau of alcohol, 5 tobacco, firearms and explosives; and any other appropriate 6 agency or department shall be provided copies of the provisions 7 contained in the bill. 8 -5- LSB 1604XS (3) 90 as/rh 5/ 5
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