Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 811.5 (2026)

Bail on appeal

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After conviction, upon appeal to the appellate court, the defendant must be admitted to bail, if it be from the judgment imposing a fine, upon the undertaking of bail that the defendant will, in all respects, abide the orders and the judgment of the appellate court upon appeal; if from a judgment of imprisonment, except as provided in section 811.1 upon the undertaking of bail that the defendant will surrender in execution of the judgment and direction of the appellate court, and in all respects abide the orders and judgment of the appellate court upon the appeal. Such bail may be taken, either by the court where the judgment was rendered, or the district court of the county in which the defendant is imprisoned, or by the appellate court, or a judge or clerk of any of such courts. Provided, that in lieu of bail, bailable defendants as described herein may be released in accordance with the provisions of section 811.2. [R60, §4966, 4981; C73, §4587; C97, §5506; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §13617, 13618; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §763.9, 763.10; C79, 81, §811.5] Referred to in §915.13

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10 cases, 1986–2019 · leading case: State v. Formaro, 638 N.W.2d 720 (Iowa 2002).
State v. Formaro, 638 N.W.2d 720 (Iowa 2002). · cites it 2× “” Iowa Code § 811.5 . Thus, the statute contemplates that a defendant is admitted to bail only after taking an appeal.”
Douglas E. Kurtz, Applicant-Appellant v. State of Iowa, 854 N.W.2d 474 (Iowa Ct. App. 2014). “See Iowa Code § 811.5 (absent bail, defendant must begin serving the applicable sentence).”
Shedlock v. Polk Cnty. Dist. Court, 534 N.W.2d 656 (Iowa 1995). “See Iowa Code § 811.5 . It appears that Shedloek’s real quarrel with the court’s action rests not with its authority to set conditions of release, but with its use of the contempt power to sanction him for their disregard.”
State v. Jackson, 488 N.W.2d 701 (Iowa 1992). · cites it 2× “" Iowa Code § 811.5 . But nowhere in section 811.”
State v. Stradt, 556 N.W.2d 149 (Iowa 1996). · cites it 4× “See Iowa Code § 811.5 . While out on bond, Stradt had further run-ins with the law.”
State v. Roghair, 390 N.W.2d 123 (Iowa 1986). “Iowa Code § 811.5 (1983) (emphasis added).”
State of Iowa v. Perry Bernardo Bender (Iowa Ct. App. 2016). “2014); see also Iowa Code § 811.5 (noting that absent bail, a defendant must begin serving the applicable sentence).”
Perry Bernardo Bender, Applicant-Appellant v. State of Iowa (Iowa Ct. App. 2016). “2014); see also Iowa Code § 811.5 (absent bail, defendant must begin serving the applicable sentence).”
State of Iowa v. Timothy Leture Chew (Iowa Ct. App. 2018). “1 ; accord Iowa Code § 811.5 (“After conviction, upon appeal to the appellate court, the defendant must be admitted to bail .”
State of Iowa v. Erin Macke (Iowa 2019). “See Iowa Code § 811.5 (governing appeal bonds).”
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