Iowa Code 915.11 – Notifications by law enforcement
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1. A local police department or county sheriff’s department shall advise a victim of the right to register with the county attorney, and shall provide a request-for-registration form to each victim. A local police department or county sheriff’s department shall provide a telephone number and internet site to each victim to register with the automated victim notification system established pursuant to section 915.10A.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 915.11
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Internet: means the federated international system that is composed of allied electronic communication networks linked by telecommunication channels, that uses standardized protocols, and that facilitates electronic communication services, including but not limited to use of the world wide web; the transmission of electronic mail or messages; the transfer of files and data or other electronic information; and the transmission of voice, image, and video. See Iowa Code 4.1
- victim: means a minor under the age of eighteen who has been sexually abused or subjected to any other unlawful sexual conduct under chapter 709, 710A, or 726 or who has been the subject of a forcible felony. See Iowa Code 915.35
2. a. If a victim of a reported sexual abuse requests the results of an analysis of the evidence collected from the victim’s forensic medical examination pursuant to section 709.10 and such analysis was completed, a local police department or county sheriff’s department shall inform the victim of the results, including whether the analysis produced a DNA profile as defined in section 81.1 or a DNA match, either to the named alleged perpetrator of the sexual abuse or to a suspect already in the DNA database.
b. Prior to the disposal of a kit by a law enforcement agency, the law enforcement agency shall notify the reported victim of the intended date of disposal of the kit, the reason for disposal of the kit, and the options that remain available for retention and analysis of the kit, if any. For purposes of this paragraph, “kit” means the same as defined in section 915.53.