123.47B Parental and school notification — persons under eighteen years of age.
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1. A peace officer shall make a reasonable effort to identify a person under the age of eighteen discovered consuming or to be in possession of alcoholic liquor, wine, or beer in violation of section 123.47 and refer the person to juvenile court.
2. If a person under the age of eighteen is discovered consuming or to be in possession of alcoholic liquor, wine, or beer, but the person is immune from prosecution under section 701.12, a peace officer shall make a reasonable effort to identify the person and notify a juvenile court officer of such person’s consumption or possession.
3. The juvenile court officer shall notify the person’s custodial parent, legal guardian, or custodian of the violation. In addition, the juvenile court shall also make a reasonable effort to identify the elementary or secondary school which the person attends if the person is enrolled in elementary or secondary school and to notify the superintendent or the superintendent’s designee of the school which the person attends, or the authorities in charge of the nonpublic school which the person attends, of the consumption or possession. A reasonable attempt to notify the person includes but is not limited to a telephone call or notice by first-class mail.
90 Acts, ch 1251, §4; 95 Acts, ch 191, §4; 97 Acts, ch 126, §3; 2010 Acts, ch 1128, §3; 2014 Acts, ch 1096, §4; 2020 Acts, ch 1080, §3
Referred to in §232.147