1. The sheriff of every county and the chief of police of each city, regardless of the form
of government thereof, shall take the fingerprints of all unidentified dead bodies in their
respective jurisdictions and of all persons who are taken into custody, or who have been
issued a citation in lieu of continued custody, for the commission of a serious misdemeanor,
an aggravated misdemeanor, or a felony and shall forward such fingerprint records, on such
forms and in such manner as may be prescribed by the commissioner of public safety, to the
department of public safety as follows:
a. Within two working days after an unidentified dead body is fingerprinted or a person
is taken into custody.
b. Within two working days after the initial court appearance for a person issued a citation
in lieu of continued custody.
2. Fingerprints may be taken of a person who has been taken into custody or issued
a citation in lieu of continued custody for a simple misdemeanor subject to an enhanced
penalty for conviction of a second or subsequent offense. Fingerprints taken pursuant to
this subsection shall be forwarded to the department of public safety within the time limits
established in subsection 1. In addition to the fingerprints as herein provided, the sheriff
or chief of police shall also take the palm prints and may take the photograph of any such
person and forward any such palm prints and photographs to the department of public
safety within the time limits established in subsection 1.
3. If a defendant is convicted by a court of this state of an offense that is a simple
misdemeanor subject to an enhanced penalty for conviction of a second or subsequent
offense, a serious misdemeanor, an aggravated misdemeanor, or a felony, the court shall
determine whether such defendant has previously been fingerprinted in connection with the
criminal proceedings leading to the conviction and, if not, shall order that the defendant be
fingerprinted and those prints submitted to the department of public safety.
4. The court shall also order that a juvenile adjudicated delinquent for an offense
that would be an offense other than a simple misdemeanor if committed by an adult be
fingerprinted and the prints submitted to the department of public safety if the juvenile has
not previously been fingerprinted in connection with juvenile proceedings.
[C27, 31, 35, §13417-b1; C39, §13417.1; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §749.2; C79,
81, §690.2]
93 Acts, ch 115, §1; 96 Acts, ch 1135, §1; 99 Acts, ch 37, §2; 2011 Acts, ch 95, §5; 2024 Acts,
ch 1035, §1
Referred to in §331.322, 331.653, 690.3, 692.15, 726.23
Fingerprinting, see also §232.148 and 690.4
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Notes of Decisions
Cited in
101
cases, 1947–2018 · leading case:
State v. Martin, 55 N.W.2d 258 (Iowa 1952).
State v. Martin, 55 N.W.2d 258 (Iowa 1952).
· cites it 28× “On March 9, 1951, the defendant was indicted by the grand jury of Adair county; the indictment being in these terms: "The Grand Jurors of the County of Adair in the name and by the authority of the State of Iowa accuse Max Burnell Martin of the crime of First Degree Murder as…”
State of Iowa v. Keyon Harrison, 914 N.W.2d 178 (Iowa 2018).
· cites it 4× “The 11Priorto the modern version of the statute, Iowa’s felony murder rule was codified at Iowa Code section 690.2 (1977). 51 statute further provided a list of crimes that were “forcible felonies,” including, among other offenses, robbery.”
State v. Conner, 241 N.W.2d 447 (Iowa 1976).
· cites it 10× “This left him in doubt, he alleged, whether he was being charged as an aider and abettor or principal and whether the felony-murder provisions of § 690.2 would be invoked against him. In resisting the motion, the State contended the indictment constituted an open charge of…”
State v. Bruegger, 773 N.W.2d 862 (Iowa 2009).
· cites it 4× “2d 475 (Iowa 1978), we considered an attack on Iowa Code section 690.2, which mandated a life sentence for first-degree murder.”
Conner v. State, 362 N.W.2d 449 (Iowa 1985).
· cites it 12× “This postconviction proceeding has been instituted by the petitioner, Atwell Junior Conner, following his conviction for murder in the first degree in violation of Iowa Code section 690.2 (1973). At trial both parties *451 offered a stipulated record, and petitioner additionally…”
State v. Veverka, 271 N.W.2d 744 (Iowa 1978).
· cites it 10× “Defendant Ronald Eric Veverka appeals his conviction on five counts of first degree murder in violation of Section 690.2, The Code, 1975. In seeking a reversal and new trial, defendant raises three issues involving trial court rulings and claims ineffective assistance by trial…”
State v. Nowlin, 244 N.W.2d 596 (Iowa 1976).
· cites it 8× “The trial court instructed the jury, in accordance with § 690.2, The Code, that all murder which is committed in the perpetration of rape or robbery is murder in the first degree.”
State v. Aldape, 307 N.W.2d 32 (Iowa 1981).
· cites it 6× “Secondly, he claims that there was no substantial evidence of murder committed in the perpetration or attempted perpetration of robbery to support the charge of felony murder.”
Texas v. Cobb, 532 U.S. 162 (2001).
· cites it 2× “Compare Iowa Code § 690.2 (1950 and Supp. 1978) (first-degree murder) (requiring a killing) with Iowa Code § 706.”
State v. Rand, 268 N.W.2d 642 (Iowa 1979).
· cites it 9× “September 24, 1976, defendant was charged with murder “perpetrated in the course of a robbery” in violation of “Section 690.2 of the 1975 Code of Iowa.” November 12,1976, defendant pled guilty in an extensive plea hearing which is before us in a 50-page transcript.”
State v. Horn, 282 N.W.2d 717 (Iowa 1979).
· cites it 6× “Does the mandatory sentence of life imprisonment constitute cruel and unusual punishment ? The court sentenced defendant to life imprisonment pursuant to section 690.2, 2 The Code 1977. Defendant contends that because he was twenty years old, the trial judge’s application of a…”
State v. Fuhrmann, 257 N.W.2d 619 (Iowa 1977).
· cites it 6× “1, and as punishable by Section 690.2, 1975 Code of Iowa.” The amendment added to Count I the following: *624 “or did in the perpetration or attempt to perpetrate a robbery, kill John Lucey.”
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