Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 907.4 (2026)

Deferred judgment docket

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1. A deferment of judgment under section 907.3 shall be entered promptly by the clerk of the district court, or the clerk’s designee, into the deferred judgment database of the state, which shall serve as the deferred judgment docket. The deferred judgment docket shall be maintained by the state court administrator and shall not be destroyed. The docket shall contain a permanent record of the deferred judgment including the name and date of birth of the defendant, the district court docket number, the nature of the offense, and the date of the deferred judgment. Before granting deferred judgment in any case, the court shall search the deferred judgment docket and shall consider any prior record of a deferred judgment against the defendant.

2. The permanent record provided for in this section is a confidential record exempted from public access under section 22.7 and shall be available only to justices of the supreme court, judges of the court of appeals, district judges, district associate judges, judicial magistrates, clerks of the district court, judicial district departments of correctional services, county attorneys, the department of public safety, and the department of corrections requesting information pursuant to this section, or the designee of a justice, judge, magistrate, clerk, judicial district department of correctional services, or county attorney, or departments. [C75, 77, §789A.1; C79, 81, §907.4] 84 Acts, ch 1292, §20; 85 Acts, ch 197, §44; 88 Acts, ch 1168, §5; 97 Acts, ch 128, §5; 2003 Acts, ch 151, §61; 2003 Acts, 1st Ex, ch 2, §60, 209; 2011 Acts, ch 95, §10; 2012 Acts, ch 1054, §2, 4 Referred to in §602.8102(135), 901C.2, 907.9 \n

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 10 cases, 1983–2017 · leading case: In the Matter of the Inquiry Concerning Joseph SEVCIK, Jud. Magistrate, First Jud. Dist., 877 N.W.2d 707 (Iowa 2016).

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In the Matter of the Inquiry Concerning Joseph SEVCIK, Jud. Magistrate, First Jud. Dist., 877 N.W.2d 707 (Iowa 2016). · cites it 7× “Iowa Code §§ 907.4 (2), .9(4)(6) (2013). Magistrate Sevcik believed the district judge presiding over the hearing could take judicial notice of all the files, and he requested such judicial notice during the hearing, placing them on the courtroom bench.”

State of Iowa v. Brian Patrick Clemens, 903 N.W.2d 347 (Iowa 2017). · cites it 2× “7 but shall be made available by the clerk of the district court, upon request and without court order, to the defendant or to an agency or person granted access to the deferred judgment docket under section 907.4, subsection 2. [[Image here]] 7.”

Jud. Branch & State Court Adm'r v. Iowa Dist. Court for Linn Cnty., 800 N.W.2d 569 (Iowa 2011). · cites it 2× “See Iowa Code § 907.4 (2009). V. Equal Protection.”

State v. Soppe, 374 N.W.2d 649 (Iowa 1985). · cites it 2× “Iowa Code § 907.4 (1983). Because no judgment is entered in these cases, defendant has no right of appeal and even the possibility of appeal is extinguished upon successful completion of the probation.”

State v. Moore, 569 N.W.2d 130 (Iowa 1997). · cites it 3× “The record maintained by the state court administrator as required by section 907.4 shall not be expunged. Id. § 907.”

United States v. Dijuane Shante Townsend, 408 F.3d 1020 (8th Cir. 2005). “However, the record maintained by the state court administrator, as required by section 907.4, is not expunged, and expunction under section 907.”

Dickerson v. New Banner Inst., Inc., 460 U.S. 103 (1983). · cites it 2× “Iowa Code § 907.4 (1981). See Tr. of Oral Arg.”

Amended June 21, 2016 in the Matter of the Inquiry Concerning Joseph Sevcik, Jud. Magistrate, First Jud. Dist.. On Application of the Iowa (Iowa 2016). · cites it 7× “Iowa Code §§ 907.4 (2), .9(4)(b) (2013). Magistrate 3 Sevcik believed the district judge presiding over the hearing could take judicial notice of all the files, and he requested such judicial notice during the hearing, placing them on the courtroom bench.”

State of Iowa v. John Doe (Iowa 2017). · cites it 2× “7 but shall be made available by the clerk of the district court, upon request and without court order, to the defendant or to an agency or person granted access to the deferred judgment docket under section 907.4, subsection 2. .... 7. This section shall apply to all relevant…”

United States v. Dijuane Townsend (8th Cir. 2005). “Iowa Code § 907.4 . The United States Supreme Court has analyzed the subject Iowa statute.”

— Iowa Code § 907.4(2) — 2 cases

In the Matter of the Inquiry Concerning Joseph SEVCIK, Jud. Magistrate, First Jud. Dist., 877 N.W.2d 707 (Iowa 2016). “Iowa Code §§ 907.4 (2), .9(4)(6) (2013). Magistrate Sevcik believed the district judge presiding over the hearing could take judicial notice of all the files, and he requested such judicial notice during the hearing, placing them on the courtroom bench.”

Amended June 21, 2016 in the Matter of the Inquiry Concerning Joseph Sevcik, Jud. Magistrate, First Jud. Dist.. On Application of the Iowa (Iowa 2016). “Iowa Code §§ 907.4 (2), .9(4)(b) (2013). Magistrate 3 Sevcik believed the district judge presiding over the hearing could take judicial notice of all the files, and he requested such judicial notice during the hearing, placing them on the courtroom bench.”

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