Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 910.2B (2026)

Conversion of existing restitution orders

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1. All of the following, if entered by a district court prior to June 25, 2020, shall be converted to permanent restitution orders:

a. A temporary restitution order.

b. A supplemental restitution order.

c. A restitution order that does not contain a determination of the defendant’s reasonable ability to pay the restitution ordered.

2. The only means by which a defendant may challenge the conversion of a restitution order is through the filing of a petition pursuant to section 910.7.

3. The provisions of this chapter, including but not limited to the procedures in section\n\nTue Dec 09 21:52:01 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 910 (37, 0) §910.2B, RESTITUTION 4\n\n910.2A, shall apply to a challenge to the conversion of an existing restitution order in the district court and on appeal.

4. A challenge to the conversion of an existing restitution order to a permanent restitution order shall be filed in the district court no later than one year from June 25, 2020. 2020 Acts, ch 1074, §73, 83; 2021 Acts, ch 80, §381, 385 \n

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 7 cases (5 in the last 5 years), 2020–2021 · leading case: State of Iowa v. Christopher Craig Hawk (Iowa 2020).

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State of Iowa v. Christopher Craig Hawk (Iowa 2020). · cites it 18× “The legislature addressed pending Albright-type cases awaiting a final restitution order that included consideration of a defendant’s reasonable ability to pay by enacting Iowa Code section 910.2B. See id. § 73 (to be codified at Iowa Code § 910 .”

State of Iowa v. Shanna Dessinger (Iowa 2021). · cites it 6× “457 provisions concerning restitution took effect on June 25, 2020, the legislature also addressed any pending reasonable-ability-to-pay cases under the previous Albright framework by enacting Iowa Code section 910.2B. 2020 Iowa Acts ch. 1074, §§ 73, 83 (codified at Iowa Code §…”

State of Iowa v. Aviana Eshante Smith (Iowa Ct. App. 2021). · cites it 6× “One of the changes was enactment of Iowa Code section 910.2B, which states that if a restitution order is “entered by a district court prior to June 25, 2020, [it] shall be converted to [a] permanent restitution order.”

State of Iowa v. Thomas Deshawn Holmes (Iowa 2021). · cites it 2× “As we stated in Hawk, “[t]he purpose of section 910.2B is to make existing restitution orders immediately enforceable and to provide the mechanism by which a defendant can receive an ability-to-pay determination first from the district court.”

State of Iowa v. Keygan Shayne Egdorf (Iowa Ct. App. 2021). · cites it 2× ““The purpose of section 910.2B is to make existing restitution orders immediately enforceable and to provide the mechanism by which a defendant can receive an ability-to-pay determination first from the district court.”

— Iowa Code § 910.2B(3) — 2 cases

State of Iowa v. Christopher Craig Hawk (Iowa 2020). “The legislature addressed pending Albright-type cases awaiting a final restitution order that included consideration of a defendant’s reasonable ability to pay by enacting Iowa Code section 910.2B. See id. § 73 (to be codified at Iowa Code § 910 .”

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