Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 229.7 (2026)

Service of notice upon respondent

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Upon the filing of an application pursuant to section 229.6, the clerk shall docket the case and immediately notify a district court judge, district associate judge, or magistrate who is admitted to the practice of law in this state, who shall review the application and accompanying documentation. If the application is adequate as to form, the court may set a time and place for a hearing on the application, if feasible, but the hearing shall not be held less than forty-eight hours after notice to the respondent unless the respondent waives such minimum prior notice requirement. The court shall direct the clerk to send copies of the application and supporting documentation, together with a notice informing the respondent of the procedures required by this chapter, to the sheriff or the sheriff’s deputy for immediate service upon the respondent. If the respondent is taken into custody under section 229.11, service of the application, documentation and notice upon the respondent shall be made at the time the respondent is taken into custody. [R60, §1480; C73, §1400; C97, §2265; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3545; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §229.2; C77, 79, 81, §229.7] 91 Acts, ch 108, §4; 2013 Acts, ch 130, §46 Referred to in §218.92, 222.7, 226.31, 229.19, 229.21, 229.22, 229.24, 229.26, 229.38, 229.45, 331.653

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 8 cases, 1976–2017 · leading case: Stamus v. Leonhardt, 414 F. Supp. 439 (S.D. Iowa 1976).

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Stamus v. Leonhardt, 414 F. Supp. 439 (S.D. Iowa 1976). · cites it 2× “6 ; see Iowa Code § 229.7 . The physician could be a member of the commission or outside the commission’s membership.”

In Re Melodie L., 591 N.W.2d 4 (Iowa 1999). · cites it 3× “Iowa Code § 229.7 ; Iowa Sup.Ct. R. for Involuntary Hospitalization 3.”

In the Matter of M.W., Alleged to Be Seriously Mentally Impaired, M.W., 894 N.W.2d 526 (Iowa 2017). · cites it 2× “[t]he referee shall discharge all of the duties imposed upon the court by sections 229.7 to 229.22 . . . in the proceeding so initiated.”

United States v. B.H., 466 F. Supp. 2d 1139 (N.D. Iowa 2006). · cites it 2× “Iowa Code § 229.7 . Prior to the hospitalization hearing, a doctor must examine the respondent, id.”

In re R.A.R., 464 N.W.2d 883 (Iowa 1991). “The hospitalization referee may then discharge all the duties imposed upon judges of the district court under §§ 229.7 to 229.19. Iowa Code § 229.21 (3).”

Salcido Ex Rel. Gilliland v. Woodbury Cnty., Iowa, 119 F. Supp. 2d 900 (N.D. Iowa 2000). · cites it 9× “” Iowa Code § 229.7 . Section 229.7 also provides that, “[i]f the respondent is taken into custody under section 229.”

In the Matter of M.W., Alleged to Be Seriously Mentally Impaired, M.W. (Iowa Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 2× “Iowa Code section 229.7 requires only that notice of an application for order of involuntary hospitalization be provided to the respondent.”

Matter of Rar, 464 N.W.2d 883 (Iowa 1991). “The hospitalization referee may then discharge all the duties imposed upon judges of the district court under §§ 229.7 to 229.19. Iowa Code § 229.21 (3).”

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