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Home » US Law » 2022 Iowa Code » Title XVI - CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE » Chapter 692 - CRIMINAL HISTORY AND INTELLIGENCE DATA

Section 692.1 – Definitions of words and phrases.

692.1 Definitions of words and phrases. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Adjudication data” means information that an adjudication of delinquency for an act which would be a serious or aggravated misdemeanor or felony if committed by an adult was entered against a juvenile and includes the date and location […]

Section 692.10 – Rules.

692.10 Rules. The department shall adopt rules designed to assure the security and confidentiality of all systems established for the exchange of criminal history data and intelligence data between criminal or juvenile justice agencies and for the authorization of officers or employees to access a department or agency computer data storage system in which criminal […]

Section 692.11 – Education program.

692.11 Education program. The department shall require an educational program for its employees and the employees of criminal or juvenile justice agencies on the proper use and control of criminal history data and intelligence data. [C75, 77, §749B.11; C79, 81, §692.11] 95 Acts, ch 191, §40

Section 692.12 – Data processing.

692.12 Data processing. Nothing in this chapter shall preclude the use of the equipment and hardware of the data processing service center for the storage and retrieval of criminal history data. Files shall be stored on the computer in such a manner that the files cannot be modified, destroyed, accessed, changed, or overlaid in any […]

Section 692.13 – Review.

692.13 Review. The department shall initiate periodic review procedures designed to determine compliance with the provisions of this chapter within the department and by criminal or juvenile justice agencies and to determine that data furnished to them is factual and accurate. [C75, 77, §749B.13; C79, 81, §692.13] 95 Acts, ch 191, §42

Section 692.14 – Systems for the exchange of criminal history data.

692.14 Systems for the exchange of criminal history data. 1. The department shall regulate the participation by all state and local agencies in any system for the exchange of criminal history data, and shall be responsible for assuring the consistency of such participation with the terms and purposes of this chapter. 2. Direct access to […]

Section 692.15 – Reports to department.

692.15 Reports to department. 1. If it comes to the attention of a sheriff, police department, or other law enforcement agency that a public offense or delinquent act has been committed in its jurisdiction, the law enforcement agency shall report information concerning the public offense or delinquent act to the department on a form to […]

Section 692.16 – Review and removal.

692.16 Review and removal. At least every year the division shall review and determine the current status of all Iowa arrests or takings into custody reported, which are at least four years old with no disposition data. 1. Any Iowa arrest of a person eighteen years of age or older recorded within a computer data […]

Section 692.17 – Exclusions — purposes.

692.17 Exclusions — purposes. 1. Criminal history data in a computer data storage system shall not include arrest or disposition data or custody or adjudication data after the person has been acquitted or the charges dismissed, except that records of acquittals or dismissals by reason of insanity and records of adjudications of mental incompetence to […]

Section 692.18 – Public records.

692.18 Public records. 1. Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit the public from examining and copying the public records of any public body or agency as authorized by chapter 22. 2. Intelligence data in the possession of a criminal or juvenile justice agency, state or federal regulatory agency, or peace officer, or disseminated by such […]

Section 692.19 – Confidential records — commissioner’s responsibility.

692.19 Confidential records — commissioner’s responsibility. The commissioner of public safety shall have the following responsibilities and duties: 1. Shall periodically monitor the operation of governmental information systems which deal with the collection, storage, use and dissemination of criminal history or intelligence data. 2. Shall review the implementation and effectiveness of legislation and administrative rules […]

Section 692.2 – Dissemination of criminal history data — fees.

692.2 Dissemination of criminal history data — fees. 1. The department may provide copies or communicate information from criminal history data to the following: a. Criminal or juvenile justice agencies. b. A person or public or private agency, upon written application on a form approved by the commissioner of public safety and provided by the […]

Section 692.20 – Motor vehicle operator’s record exempt.

692.20 Motor vehicle operator’s record exempt. The provisions of section 692.2 shall not apply to the certifying of an individual’s operating record pursuant to section 321A.3. [C75, 77, §749B.20; C79, 81, §692.20] 96 Acts, ch 1150, §9

Section 692.21 – Data to agency making arrest or taking juvenile into custody.

692.21 Data to agency making arrest or taking juvenile into custody. The clerk of the district court shall forward conviction and disposition data to the criminal or juvenile justice agency making the arrest or taking a juvenile into custody within thirty days of final court disposition of the case. [C81, §692.21] 95 Acts, ch 191, […]

Section 692.22 – Stalking information.

692.22 Stalking information. 1. Criminal or juvenile justice agencies, as defined in section 692.1, shall collect and maintain information on incidents involving stalking, as defined in section 708.11, and shall provide the information to the department of public safety in the manner prescribed by the department of public safety. 2. The department of public safety […]

Section 692.2A – Criminal history data check prepayment fund.

692.2A Criminal history data check prepayment fund. 1. A criminal history data check prepayment fund is created in the state treasury under the control of the department for the purpose of allowing any non-law enforcement agency or person to deposit moneys as an advance on fees required to conduct criminal history data checks as provided […]

Section 692.3 – Redissemination of arrest data and other information.

692.3 Redissemination of arrest data and other information. A criminal or juvenile justice agency may redisseminate arrest data, and the name, photograph, physical description, and other identifying information concerning a person who is wanted or being sought if a warrant for the arrest of that person has been issued. Information relating to any threat the […]

Section 692.4 – Statistics.

692.4 Statistics. 1. The department, division, or a criminal or juvenile justice agency may compile and disseminate criminal history data in the form of statistical reports derived from such information or as the basis of further study, provided individual identities are not ascertainable. 2. The division may, with the approval of the commissioner of public […]

Section 692.5 – Right to access and challenge — judicial review.

692.5 Right to access and challenge — judicial review. 1. Any person or the person’s attorney shall have the right to examine and obtain a copy of criminal history data filed with the department that refers to the person. The person or person’s attorney may provide the person’s fingerprint identification to the department on a […]

Section 692.6 – Civil remedy.

692.6 Civil remedy. Any person may institute a civil action for damages under chapter 669 or 670 or to restrain the dissemination of the person’s criminal history data or intelligence data in violation of this chapter. Notwithstanding any provisions of chapter 669 or 670 to the contrary, any person, agency, or governmental body proven to […]