Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 804.3 (2026)

Order for bail — endorsed on warrant

✓ current as of July 2026

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If the offense stated in the warrant be bailable, the magistrate issuing it must make an endorsement thereon as follows: Let the defendant, when arrested, be (admitted to bail in the sum of ............ dollars) or (stating other conditions of release). [R60, §4537; C73, §4189; C97, §5185; C24 27, 31, 35, 39, §13463; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §754.6; C79, 81, §804.3] Addition to warrant for bail, see R.Cr.P. 2.36 – Form 6

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2015–2023 · leading case: Kirk Howsare & Austin Howsare v. Iowa Dist. Court for Polk Cnty. (Iowa 2023).

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Kirk Howsare & Austin Howsare v. Iowa Dist. Court for Polk Cnty. (Iowa 2023). · cites it 2× “§ 804.3. As relevant here, the magistrate may impose other conditions of release when “the magistrate determines in the exercise of the magistrate’s discretion” that unconditional release “will jeopardize the personal safety of another person or persons.”

State of Iowa v. Patrick John Letscher (Iowa Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 2× “See Iowa Code §§ 804.3 (providing for magistrate to set bail); Iowa Code § 804.”

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