1. A person released on probation shall be assigned to a probation officer. Both the
person and the person’s probation officer shall be furnished with the conditions of the
person’s probation including a copy of the plan of restitution and the restitution plan of
payment, if any, and the regulations which the person will be required to observe, in writing.
The probation officer shall explain these conditions and regulations to the person and shall
supervise, assist, and counsel the person during the term of the person’s probation.
2. a. When probation is granted, the court shall order said person committed to the
custody, care, and supervision:
(1) Of any suitable resident of this state; or
(2) Of the judicial district department of correctional services.
b. Jurisdiction over these persons shall remain with the sentencing court.
3. In each case in which the court orders the person committed to the custody, care, and
supervision of the judicial district department of correctional services, the clerk of the district
court shall at once furnish the director of the judicial district department of correctional
services with certified copies of the indictment or information, the minutes of testimony
attached thereto, the judgment entry if judgment is not deferred, and the original mittimus.
The county attorney shall at once advise the director, by letter, that the defendant has been
placed under the supervision of the judicial district department of correctional services and
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Tue Dec 09 21:52:10 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 907 (44, 0)
§907.8, DEFERRED JUDGMENT, DEFERRED OR SUSPENDED SENTENCE, PROBATION 8\n\ngive the director a detailed statement of the facts and circumstances surrounding the crime
committed and the record and history of the defendant as may be known to the county
attorney. If the defendant is confined in the county jail at the time of sentence, the court may
order the defendant held until arrangements are made by the judicial district department
of correctional services for the defendant’s employment and the defendant has signed the
necessary probation papers. If the defendant is not confined in the county jail at the time of
sentence, the court may order the defendant to remain in the county wherein the defendant
has been convicted and sentenced and report to the sheriff as to the defendant’s whereabouts.
[S13, §5447-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3801; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §247.21; C75, 77,
§789A.7; C79, 81, §907.8; 82 Acts, ch 1162, §12, 14]
97 Acts, ch 125, §7; 98 Acts, ch 1197, §6, 13; 2000 Acts, ch 1177, §4, 5; 2013 Acts, ch 90, §215
Referred to in §331.756(70), 602.8102(135)\n\n 907.8A Sixth judicial district — determination of issues during probationary
period. Repealed by 98 Acts, ch 1197, §10, 13; 2000 Acts, ch 1177, §4, 5.
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Notes of Decisions
Cited in
20
cases (
4 in the last 5 years), 1982–2024 · leading case:
State v. Davis, 544 N.W.2d 453 (Iowa 1996).
State v. Davis, 544 N.W.2d 453 (Iowa 1996).
· cites it 12× “Iowa Code section 907.8 governs probation: [[Image here]] When probation is granted, the court shall order said person committed to the custody, care, and supervision: 1.”
State v. Valin, 724 N.W.2d 440 (Iowa 2006).
· cites it 2× “”); see Iowa Code § 907.8 (2005) (stating jurisdiction over persons on probation “shall remain with the sentencing court”).”
State of Iowa v. Troy Richard Brooks, 888 N.W.2d 406 (Iowa 2016).
· cites it 2× “§ 907.8(1). They are to “investigate all persons referred to them for investigation by the director of the judicial district department of correctional services which employs them.”
Kruse v. Iowa Dist. Court for Howard Cnty., 712 N.W.2d 695 (Iowa 2006).
· cites it 2× “3 This is because in the present case the district court, acting under the residual authority the court retains over probationers under Iowa Code section 907.8 (“Jurisdiction over these persons shall remain with the sentencing court.”
State v. Mann, 602 N.W.2d 785 (Iowa 1999).
“§ 907.8 (stating that persons convicted of a forcible felony are not eligible for a deferred judgment).”
State v. Darrin, 325 N.W.2d 110 (Iowa 1982).
“” § 907.8. The tenor of probation is best expressed in the direction that conditions of probation be imposed “which will promote rehabilitation of the defendant and protection of the community.”
Tamela Montgomery v. City of Ames, 829 F.3d 968 (8th Cir. 2016).
“Montgomery cites an Iowa statute directing a county attorney to give the director of the judicial district department of correctional services “a detailed statement of the facts and circumstances surrounding the crime committed and the record and history of the defendant as may…”
State of Iowa v. Ralph Cottrell (Iowa Ct. App. 2014).
· cites it 18× “Cottrell relies on Iowa Code section 907.8 to support his position that the court did not have the authority to temporarily confine him to jail pending bed availability at the residential facility.”
State of Iowa v. Shol Joseph Mabeng (Iowa Ct. App. 2023).
· cites it 4× “7 (governing incarceration) and section 907.8 (governing probation) authorize the district court to provide for temporary custody before transfer to the custody of the entity or person responsible for a defendant’s custody, care, and supervision.”
State v. Bryant, 819 N.W.2d 564 (Iowa Ct. App. 2012).
· cites it 4× “The State resisted the motion arguing the CCJ and Gluesing were “otherwise engaged to serve in a public capacity” since the court appointed the CCJ to serve as Bryant’s probation agency pursuant to Iowa Code section 907.8. The motion came to a hearing on April 4, 2011.”
State of Iowa v. Guillermo Avalos Valdez (Iowa 2019).
· cites it 2× “” Iowa Code § 907.8 (2). How would that supervision occur once Avalos Valdez had been removed to Mexico? And how would the conditions of probation be enforced? Ordinarily, violations of probation are enforced as provided in chapter 908.”
— Iowa Code § 907.8(1) — 3 cases
State of Iowa v. Troy Richard Brooks, 888 N.W.2d 406 (Iowa 2016).
“§ 907.8(1). They are to “investigate all persons referred to them for investigation by the director of the judicial district department of correctional services which employs them.”
— Iowa Code § 907.8(2)(b) — 1 case
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