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Iowa Code § 901.6 (2026)

Judgment entered

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If judgment is not deferred, and no sufficient cause is shown why judgment should not be pronounced and none appears to the court upon the record, judgment shall be pronounced and entered. In every case in which judgment is entered, the court shall include in the judgment entry the number of the particular section of the Code and the name of the offense under which the defendant is sentenced and a statement of the days credited pursuant to section 903A.5 shall be incorporated into the sentence. [C51, §3066; R60, §4873, 4874; C73, §4506, 4507; C97, §5438; C24, §13958; C27, 31, 35, §13958-a1; C39, §13958.2; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §789.11; C71, 73, 75, 77, §789.11, 791.8; C79, 81, §901.6] 83 Acts, ch 38, §4; 83 Acts, ch 147, §11, 14

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 17 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1980–2025 · leading case: State v. Hawk.
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State v. Hawk (Iowa 2000). · cites it 14× “See Iowa Code § 901.6 (requiring court to include particular Code section and name of offense under which defendant is sentenced).”
State v. Hess (Iowa 1995). · cites it 4× “Iowa Code § 901.6 ; Iowa R.Crim.P. 22(3)(d); Suchanek, 326 N.”
State v. Iowa Dist. Court for Black Hawk Cnty. (Iowa 2000). · cites it 2× “See generally Iowa Code § 901.6 (“In every case in which judgment is entered, the court shall include in the judgment entry the number of the particular section of the Code and the name of the offense under which the defendant is sentenced.”
State v. Victor (Iowa 1981). · cites it 2× “22(3)(d) and section 901.6, The Code, require the trial court to indicate the section under which sentence is imposed.”
State v. Bean (Iowa Ct. App. 1991). · cites it 8× “Iowa Code section 901.6 provides: In every case in which judgment is entered, the court shall include in the judgment entry the number of the particular section of the Code and the name of the offense under which the defendant is sentenced and a statement of the days credited…”
State v. Young (Iowa 1980). · cites it 2× “Section 901.6 provides in part: In every case in which judgment is entered .”
State v. Tippett (Iowa 2001). · cites it 2× “Both Iowa Rule of Criminal Procedure 22(3)(d) and Iowa Code section 901.6 require inclusion in the judgment entry of the statute under which defendant is sentenced.”
State v. Miller (Iowa Ct. App. 2000). · cites it 2× “In support of his argument that the sentencing order should have included a statement of credit for time served, Miller cites Iowa Code sections 901.6 and 903A.5 and Iowa Rule of Criminal Procedure 23.”
State v. Capper (Iowa 1995). · cites it 2× “Iowa Code § 901.6 (1993). The court allowed 115 days credit for time spent in the county jail but denied his request for additional credit because the examination and evaluation had been made at Capper’s request.”
State v. Suchanek (Iowa 1982). · cites it 2× “Iowa Code section 901.6 and Iowa R.Crim.P. 23(3)(d) generally provide that a sentencing court shall follow a two-step procedure in'sentencing: (1) the rendition or oral pronouncement of sentence on the record in the presence of the defendant and (2) the preparation for…”
State v. Jackson (Iowa 1992). · cites it 4× “Under section 901.6, if judgment is not deferred, judgment shall be pronounced and entered.”
State v. Eckrich (Iowa Ct. App. 2003). · cites it 2× “Iowa Code section 901.6 states, “In every case in which judgment is entered .”
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