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Iowa Code § 822.6B — Electronic access to trial court records
Current through 2026 Iowa Code (enactments effective on or before 2026-01-01, through the 2025 Regular Session, 91st G.A.)
Part of Chapter 822: Postconviction Procedure, Iowa Code.
Full text of Iowa Code § 822.6B
Statutory text current through the 2026 Iowa Code (enactments effective on or before 2026-01-01, through the 2025 Regular Session, 91st G.A.). This publication reproduces the statutory text of the official 2026 Iowa Code (Legislative Services Agency); it is not the official publication of the State of Iowa.
1. Upon the filing of an application, the clerk of the district court shall make the underlying trial court record accessible to the applicant’s attorney, the county attorney, and the attorney general, without the necessity of a court order. If the underlying trial court record is not available in electronic format, the clerk of the district court shall convert the record to an electronic format and make the record available to the applicant’s attorney, the county attorney, and the attorney general, without the necessity of a court order.
2. Upon request by an attorney of record, the clerk of the district court shall make the court file containing any previous application filed by the applicant relating to the same conviction accessible to the applicant’s attorney, the county attorney, and the attorney general, without the necessity of a court order. If the court file containing any previous application is not available in an electronic format, the clerk of the district court shall convert the court file containing any previous application to an electronic format and make the court file containing any previous application available to the applicant’s attorney, the county attorney, and the attorney general, without the necessity of a court order.
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