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Iowa Code § 232.20 (2026)

Admission of child to shelter care or detention

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1. If a child is taken into custody and not released as provided in section 232.19, subsection 2, the child shall immediately be taken to a detention or shelter care facility as specified in sections 232.21 or 232.22.

2. When a child is admitted to a detention or shelter care facility the person in charge of the facility or the person’s designated representative shall notify the court, the child’s attorney, and the child’s parent, guardian, or custodian as soon as possible of the admission and the reasons for that admission. [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §232.17; C79, 81, §232.20] Referred to in §234.35 \n

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1952–1982 · leading case: State v. Stueve, 150 N.W.2d 597 (Iowa 1967).
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State v. Stueve, 150 N.W.2d 597 (Iowa 1967). · cites it 8× “" Section 232.20 states: "Notice to court by custodian of jail.”
Kyle v. State, 322 N.W.2d 299 (Iowa 1982). · cites it 2× “Section 232.20 similarly provided, in part: “When there is an indictment or a conviction in the district court of any delinquent child of an indictable offense, the district court may, before judgment, if the punishment be not imprisonment for life, or death, transfer the cause…”
State v. Halverson, 192 N.W.2d 765 (Iowa 1971). · cites it 2× “This result was reached under a statute providing that "When there is an indictment or a conviction in the district court of any delinquent child of an indictable offense, the district court may, before judgment, if the punishment be not imprisonment for life, or death, transfer…”
State Ex Rel. Shaw v. Breon, 55 N.W.2d 565 (Iowa 1952). · cites it 4× “, chapter 11, section 5 et seq:; section 232.20, Code, 1950. In 1924 when, as previously pointed out, the legislature added the word “habitually” to No.”
Ethridge v. Hildreth, 114 N.W.2d 311 (Iowa 1962). · cites it 2× “We pointed out the provisions of what was then section 3636 of the Code, now section 232.20, Code of 1958. We quote this section: “Indictment or conviction of crime — alternative procedure.”
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