Iowa Code
Iowa Code § 814.9 (2026)
Indigent’s right to transcript on appeal
✓ Iowa Code 2026 (laws through the 2025 session)
Find cases:
SyfertCases citing this section
IA-LEGlegis.iowa.gov
JustiaTitle on Justia
CornellLII Search
CasesGoogle Scholar
If a defendant in a criminal cause has perfected an appeal from a judgment and is determined by the court to be indigent, the court may order a transcript to be made. When an attorney of record is representing an indigent, the attorney shall apply to the district court for the transcript. [C73, §3777; C97, §254; SS15, §254-a2; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §14000; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §793.8; C79, 81, §814.9] 83 Acts, ch 186, §10135, 10201; 96 Acts, ch 1193, §6 Referred to in §815.11
\nNotes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 1991–2007 · leading case: State v. Hinners, 471 N.W.2d 841 (Iowa 1991).
State v. Hinners, 471 N.W.2d 841 (Iowa 1991). “See Iowa Code §§ 814.9 , 814.11. A number of courts have considered the issue whether a defendant may expressly waive the right of appeal as part of a plea bargain agreement.”
State Pub. Def. v. Iowa Dist. Court for Linn Cnty., 728 N.W.2d 817 (Iowa 2007). “141, subsection 3, paragraph “c”, or section 814.9, 814.10, 814.11, 815.4, 815.”
State v. Jackson, 488 N.W.2d 701 (Iowa 1992). “If after appropriate consultation with counsel the defendant responds affirmatively, the court shall direct defense counsel to file notice of appeal forthwith and, if the defendant is indigent, shall at once order the transcript and appoint appellate counsel without awaiting…”
State Pub. Def. Vs. Iowa, No. 14 / 04-2029 (Iowa Mar. 9, 2007). “141, subsection 3, paragraph "c", or section 814.9, 814.10, 814.11, 815.4, 815.”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the
Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and
treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.