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Iowa Code § 356.2 (2026)

Duty

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The sheriff shall have charge and custody of the prisoners in the jail or other prisons of the sheriff’s county, and shall receive those lawfully committed, and keep them until discharged by law. [C51, §172; R60, §385; C73, §339; C97, §501; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5498; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §356.2]

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1950–2003 · leading case: State v. Schmitt, 290 N.W.2d 24 (Iowa 1980).
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State v. Schmitt, 290 N.W.2d 24 (Iowa 1980). · cites it 2× “” To say, however, that the sheriff’s statutory custody continued even while defendant was physically absent from his place of confinement does not negate the fact that defendant had broken from actual custody.”
Smith v. Miller, 40 N.W.2d 597 (Iowa 1950). · cites it 2× “Section 356.2, Code, 1946, provides that the sheriff “shall have charge and custody of the prisoners in the jail * * * and keep them until discharged by law.”
Shepard v. Wapello Cnty., Iowa, 250 F. Supp. 2d 1112 (S.D. Iowa 2003). · cites it 2× “Iowa Code § 356.2 , requiring sheriffs to receive and keep county prisoners until discharged by law; h.”
Johannsen v. Steuart, 152 N.W.2d 202 (Iowa 1967). · cites it 2× “Section 356.2, Code of Iowa, provides: “Duty.”
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