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Code · Iowa · Chapter 903 — Misdemeanors

903.4 Providing place of confinement.

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All persons sentenced to confinement for a period of one year or less shall be confined in a place to be furnished by the county where the conviction was had unless the person is presently committed to the custody of the director of the Iowa department of corrections, in which case the provisions of section 901.8 apply. All persons sentenced to confinement for a period of more than one year shall be committed to the custody of the director of the Iowa department of corrections to be confined in a place to be designated by the director and the cost of the confinement shall be borne by the state.
The director may contract with local governmental units for the use of detention or correctional facilities maintained by the units for the confinement of such persons.
[C79, 81, §903.4]
Referred to in §331.381, 902.3
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