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Iowa Code § 904.507 — Escape
Current through 2026 Iowa Code (enactments effective on or before 2026-01-01, through the 2025 Regular Session, 91st G.A.)
Part of Subchapter V: Commitment, Transfer, and General Supervision of Inmates, Iowa Code.
Full text of Iowa Code § 904.507
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.
An inmate of a state correctional institution who escapes from it may be arrested and returned to the institution, by an officer or employee of a state correctional institution without any other authority than this chapter, and by any peace officer or other person on the request in writing of the superintendent or the state director.
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