1. Consecutive multiple sentences that are within the same category under section 903A.2 shall be construed as one continuous sentence for purposes of calculating reductions of sentence for earned time.
2. If a person is sentenced to serve both category “A” and category “B” sentences, category “B” sentences shall be served before category “A” sentences are served, and earned time accrued against the category “B” sentences shall not be used to reduce the category “A” sentences. If an inmate serving a category “A” sentence is sentenced to serve a category “B” sentence, the category “A” sentence shall be interrupted, and no further earned time shall accrue against that sentence until the category “B” sentence is completed.
3. If a person is sentenced to serve both a category “C” sentence and another category sentence, the category “C” sentence shall be served before the other category sentence is served, and no earned time shall accrue until the category “C” sentence has been served. If an \n Tue Dec 09 21:52:20 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 903A (28, 0) §903A.7, REDUCTION OF SENTENCES 4\n\ninmate serving a category sentence other than a category “C” sentence is sentenced to serve a category “C” sentence, the sentence of the other category sentence shall be interrupted, and no further earned time shall accrue against that sentence until the category “C” sentence is completed. 83 Acts, ch 147, §8, 14; 97 Acts, ch 131, §3, 4; 98 Acts, ch 1100, §89; 2000 Acts, ch 1173, §8, 10; 2017 Acts, ch 122, §22 Referred to in §822.2, 901.8\n\nTue Dec 09 21:52:20 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 903A (28, 0) \n
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1 in the last 5 years), 1994–2023 · leading case:
Thompson v. State, 524 N.W.2d 160 (Iowa 1994).
Thompson v. State, 524 N.W.2d 160 (Iowa 1994).
· cites it 10× “Additionally, in support of his motion for summary judgment, he argued that under Iowa Code section 903A.7 (1991) only the loss of good time may be carried over from consecutive sentence to consecutive sentence.”
State v. August, 589 N.W.2d 740 (Iowa 1999).
· cites it 2× “See Iowa Code § 903A.7 (Supp.1997). Applying these statutes, August will have to serve at least forty-two and one-half years of his fifty-year sentence.”
State v. Canas, 571 N.W.2d 20 (Iowa 1997).
“§ 903A.7. If the court imposes concurrent sentences, the sentences must be served si *24 multaneously in whole or in part.”
Gary Pettit v. Iowa Dep't of Corr., 891 N.W.2d 189 (Iowa 2017).
· cites it 2× “2(1)0) of the 2015 Code cites the accrual of earned time provisions contained in chapter 903A and requires a party to exhaust the appeal procedure of section 903A.7. Id. § 822.2(1)(f). Without stating which provision specifically applies, we held a postconviction-re-lief action…”
State of Iowa v. John Alan Maklenburg (Iowa Ct. App. 2015).
· cites it 8× “8 provides in relevant part: “Except as otherwise provided in section 903A.7, if consecutive sentences are specified in the order of commitment, the several terms shall be construed as one continuous term of imprisonment.”
Anthony Joseph Melton, Applicant-Appellant v. State of Iowa (Iowa Ct. App. 2017).
· cites it 2× “The legislature has provided consecutive sentences shall be considered a single, continuous term: Except as otherwise provided in section 903A.7, if consecutive sentences are specified in the order of commitment, the several terms shall be construed as one continuous term of…”
Amended May 24, 2017 Gary Pettit v. Iowa Dep't of Corr. (Iowa 2017).
· cites it 2× “2(1)(f) of the 2015 Code cites the accrual of earned time provisions contained in chapter 903A and requires a party to exhaust the appeal procedure of section 903A.7. Id. § 822.2(1)(f). Without stating which provision specifically applies, we held a postconviction-relief action…”
Jaramya William Campbell v. State of Iowa (Iowa Ct. App. 2019).
· cites it 2× “Except as otherwise provided in section 903A.7, if consecutive sentences are specified in the order of commitment, the several terms shall be construed as one continuous term of imprisonment.”
— Iowa Code § 903A.7(1) — 1 case
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