Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 690.1 (2026)

Criminal identification

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The commissioner of public safety may provide in the department a division of criminal investigation. The commissioner may adopt rules for the same. The sheriff of each county and the chief of police of each city shall furnish to the department criminal identification records and other information as directed by the commissioner of public safety. [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §13416; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §749.1; C79, 81, §690.1] 97 Acts, ch 23, §77; 2006 Acts, ch 1034, §2 Referred to in §331.653

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 92 cases, 1947–2014 · leading case: Kyle v. State, 322 N.W.2d 299 (Iowa 1982).
Kyle v. State, 322 N.W.2d 299 (Iowa 1982). · cites it 11× “We consider the following issues based on his 1964 plea of guilty to an open charge of murder, section 690.1, The Code 1962, and the subsequent determination of first-degree murder under section 690.”
State v. Nowlin, 244 N.W.2d 596 (Iowa 1976). · cites it 4× “2, The Code: "All murder which is perpetrated by means of poison, or lying in wait, or any other kind of willful, deliberate, and premeditated killing, or which is committed in the perpetration or attempt to perpetrate any arson, rape, robbery, mayhem, or burglary, is murder in…”
State v. Nutter, 81 N.W.2d 20 (Iowa 1957). · cites it 12× “1956 * * * did kill Harold Pearce, deliberately, with premeditation and malice aforethought, contrary to and in violation of Section 690.1 of the 1954 Code.” Statutes applicable to indictments apply likewise to informations.”
State v. Stump, 119 N.W.2d 210 (Iowa 1963). · cites it 6× “Defendant Ronald Maurice Stump was indicted by the grand jury of Polk County for "Murder in the First Degree as defined in sections 690.1 and 690.2 of the 1958 Code of Iowa" * * *.”
State v. Fuhrmann, 257 N.W.2d 619 (Iowa 1977). · cites it 3× “Defendant Fuhrmann appeals his convictions for first-degree murder (§ 690.1, The Code), robbery with aggravation (§ 711.”
State v. Rand, 268 N.W.2d 642 (Iowa 1979). · cites it 4× “Defendant initially asserts confusion as to whether he “was pleading to an open count of murder under Section 690.1 or instead was pleading to first degree murder under Section 690.”
State v. Brown, 113 N.W.2d 286 (Iowa 1962). · cites it 6× “Koehrsen on or about Feb *661 ruary 22, 1961, in violation of section 690.1, Code, 1958. He was well represented by an.”
State v. Brown, 656 N.W.2d 355 (Iowa 2003). · cites it 2× “Brown was found guilty of murder in the second degree in violation of sections 690.1 and 690.3 of the 1977 Code of Iowa and was later sentenced in a manner tailored to 1977 sentencing standards.”
State v. Williams, 285 N.W.2d 248 (Iowa 1979). · cites it 2× “This is an appeal by Robert Anthony Williams from his conviction, on retrial, for first degree murder, a violation of sections 690.1 and 690.2, The Code 1966. The charge arose out of the death of Pamela Powers, which occurred on December 24, 1968.”
Veverka v. Cash, 318 N.W.2d 447 (Iowa 1982). · cites it 3× “Veverka was convicted of five counts of first degree murder, violations of sections 690.1 and 690.2, The Code 1975, after five persons died in a fire at the Coronado Apartments in Des Moines on February 9, 1977.”
State v. Smith, 242 N.W.2d 320 (Iowa 1976). · cites it 2× “Charged with having committed murder in violation of Section 690.1, The Code 1973, defendant Robert Lewis Smith entered a guilty plea, was found guilty of murder in the second degree and accordingly sentenced.”
State v. Eads, 166 N.W.2d 766 (Iowa 1969). · cites it 4× “This matter arises out of a prosecution now pending in Linn District Court in which the State accuses Elliott Charles Ricehill of the crime of murder in violation of section 690.1, Code of Iowa, 1966. After a grand jury indictment had been returned, defendant filed his motion to…”
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