Iowa Code § 81.4 (2026)
Collecting, submitting, analyzing, identifying, and storing DNA samples and DNA records
1. The division of criminal investigation shall adopt rules for the collection, submission, analysis, identification, storage, and disposition of DNA records.
2. A supervising agency having control, custody, or jurisdiction over a person shall collect a DNA sample from a person required to submit a DNA sample. The supervising agency shall collect a DNA sample, upon admittance to the pertinent institution or facility, of the person required to submit a DNA sample or at a determined date and time set by the supervising agency. If a person required to submit a DNA sample is confined at the time a DNA sample is \n Tue Dec 09 22:30:04 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 81 (21, 0) 3 DNA PROFILING, §81.8\n\nrequired, the person shall submit a DNA sample as soon as practicable. If a person required to submit a DNA sample is not confined after the person is required to submit a DNA sample, the supervising agency shall determine the date and time to collect the DNA sample.
3. A person required to submit a DNA sample who refuses to submit a DNA sample may be subject to contempt proceedings pursuant to chapter 665 until the DNA sample is submitted.
4. The division of criminal investigation shall conduct DNA profiling on a DNA sample or may contract with a private entity to conduct the DNA profiling. 2005 Acts, ch 158, §4, 19 Referred to in §81.1, 81.2, 81.5, 229A.7, 232.52, 669.14 \n