In imposing a sentence of confinement for more than one year, the court shall commit the
defendant to the custody of the director of the Iowa department of corrections. Upon entry
of judgment and sentence, the clerk of the district court immediately shall notify the director
of the commitment. The court shall make an order as appropriate for the temporary custody
of the defendant pending the defendant’s transfer to the custody of the director. The court
shall order the county where a person was convicted to pay the cost of temporarily confining\n\nTue Dec 09 21:52:34 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 901 (36, 0)
§901.7, JUDGMENT AND SENTENCING PROCEDURES 6\n\nthe person and of transporting the person to the state institution where the person is to be
confined in execution of the judgment. The order shall require that a person transported to
a state institution pursuant to this section shall be accompanied by a person of the same sex.
[C79, 81, §901.7]
83 Acts, ch 96, §125, 159; 85 Acts, ch 21, §49
Referred to in §602.8102(134), 904.503
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Notes of Decisions
Cited in
20
cases (
4 in the last 5 years), 1980–2024 · leading case:
State v. Snyder, 336 N.W.2d 728 (Iowa 1983).
State v. Snyder, 336 N.W.2d 728 (Iowa 1983).
· cites it 9× “The court shall make such order as is appropriate for the temporary custody of the defendant pending the defendant’s transfer to the custody of the director.”
State v. Davis, 544 N.W.2d 453 (Iowa 1996).
· cites it 10× “For sentences exceeding one year, the statute requires the court to commit a defendant to the custody of the director of the Iowa department of corrections. The statute also allows the court to “make an order as appropriate for the temporary custody of the defeiidant pending the…”
State v. Morris, 416 N.W.2d 688 (Iowa 1987).
· cites it 5× “” Section 901.7 requires that “[i]n imposing a sentence of confinement for more than one year, the court shall commit the defendant to the custody of the director of the Iowa department of corrections.”
State v. Millsap, 704 N.W.2d 426 (Iowa 2005).
“§ 901.7 (“In imposing a sentence of confinement for more than one year, the court shall commit the defendant to the custody of the director of the Iowa department of corrections.”
State v. Cooley, 587 N.W.2d 752 (Iowa 1998).
· cites it 2× “Iowa Code § 901.7 . 2 . Because the simple misdemeanor conviction was consolidated with the OWI conviction for purposes of sentencing, and the possibility of consecutive sentencing is central to the appellate issue presented, discretionary review by this court is appropriate.”
In the Interest of S.R., 548 N.W.2d 176 (Iowa Ct. App. 1996).
· cites it 4× “5 Iowa Code § 901.7 (1995). The director, in turn, determines the appropriate place of confinement from the list of those institutions administered by him or her.”
State v. Ryan, 351 N.W.2d 186 (Iowa 1984).
· cites it 2× “Iowa Code § 901.7 . Unless the sentencing judge reconsiders a felon’s sentence within the period allotted by statute, an incarcerated individual remains under the custody of the director until released by order of the Board of Parole.”
State v. Jackson, 488 N.W.2d 701 (Iowa 1992).
· cites it 4× “In this case, the court had not yet entered the order, and in view of the provisions of Iowa Code section 901.7, it appears that the sentence was incomplete.”
State v. Young, 292 N.W.2d 432 (Iowa 1980).
“Since his present sentence was for more than one year, the court had to commit him to the director of adult corrections, see § 901.7, The Code, which meant confinement in the reformatory, penitentiary, or possibly the security medical facility.”
Boge v. State, 309 N.W.2d 428 (Iowa 1981).
“The agreement as to the place of incarceration was that the State would write a letter to the department of adult corrections recommending that Boge be allowed to serve *430 his sentence at Anamosa and that it would recommend to the district court that it designate Anamosa as…”
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