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Terms Used In Iowa Code 692.21

  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • clerk: means clerk of the court in which the action or proceeding is brought or is pending; and the words "clerk's office" mean the office of that clerk. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Criminal or juvenile justice agency: means an agency or department of any level of government or an entity wholly owned, financed, or controlled by one or more such agencies or departments which performs as its principal function the apprehension, prosecution, adjudication, incarceration, or rehabilitation of criminal or juvenile offenders. See Iowa Code 692.1
  • Disposition data: means information pertaining to a recorded court proceeding subsequent and incidental to a public offense arrest and includes dismissal of the charge, suspension or deferral of sentence. See Iowa Code 692.1
 The clerk of the district court shall forward conviction and disposition data to the criminal or juvenile justice agency making the arrest or taking a juvenile into custody within thirty days of final court disposition of the case.