Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 232.23 (2026)

Detention — youthful offenders

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1. After waiver of a child who will be prosecuted as a youthful offender, the child shall be held in a facility under section 232.22, subsection 3, paragraph “a” or “b”, unless released in accordance with subsection 2.

2. a. The court shall determine, at the detention hearing under section 232.44, the amount of bail, appearance bond, or other conditions necessary for a child who has been waived for prosecution as a youthful offender to be released from detention or that the child should not be released from detention.

b. A child placed in detention or released under this subsection shall be supervised by a juvenile court officer or juvenile court services personnel.

c. An order under this section may be reviewed by the court upon motion of either party. 97 Acts, ch 126, §15 Referred to in §232.44, 232.45, 602.1211\n\n 232.24 through 232.27 Reserved.\n\n PART 3 INTAKE \n

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1951–2023 · leading case: Stubbs v. Hammond, 135 N.W.2d 540 (Iowa 1965).
Stubbs v. Hammond, 135 N.W.2d 540 (Iowa 1965). · cites it 2× “21, Code of Iowa, 1962, and conditions and restrictions the court may order under section 232.23, Code of Iowa, 1962. Plaintiff here is entitled now to be placed in the position he would have been entitled if he had been given proper notice.”
Savery v. Eddy, 45 N.W.2d 872 (Iowa 1951). · cites it 4× “22, Code, 1950 specifically provides that when the trial court makes such an order of custody the institution becomes the proper party in place of the parents, for adoption proceedings.”
Savery v. Eddy, 48 N.W.2d 230 (Iowa 1951). · cites it 2× “Section 232.23, Code 1950, I.C.A., provides that the trial court could have placed restrictions deemed "advisable for the welfare of the child" in its order committing the children to the institution and "the jurisdiction of the court over said proceedings and said child shall…”
Flowers v. Haugh, 207 N.W.2d 766 (Iowa 1973). “§ 232.23, The Code, 1962; cf. § 232.35, The Code, 1973.”
State of Iowa v. Iowa Juv. Court for Plymouth Cnty. (Iowa 2023). · cites it 2× “45(7)(b) provides that “[t]he court shall retain jurisdiction over the child for the purpose of determining whether the child should be released from detention under section 232.23.” Id. But I.S. was too old to be treated as a youthful offender, and he was not treated as one.”
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