Iowa Code
Chapter 229 - HOSPITALIZATION OF PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS
Section 229.7 - Service of notice upon respondent.

229.7 Service of notice upon respondent.
Upon the filing of an application pursuant to section 229.6, the clerk shall docket the case and immediately notify a district court judge, district associate judge, or magistrate who is admitted to the practice of law in this state, who shall review the application and accompanying documentation. If the application is adequate as to form, the court may set a time and place for a hearing on the application, if feasible, but the hearing shall not be held less than forty-eight hours after notice to the respondent unless the respondent waives such minimum prior notice requirement. The court shall direct the clerk to send copies of the application and supporting documentation, together with a notice informing the respondent of the procedures required by this chapter, to the sheriff or the sheriff’s deputy for immediate service upon the respondent. If the respondent is taken into custody under section 229.11, service of the application, documentation and notice upon the respondent shall be made at the time the respondent is taken into custody.
[R60, §1480; C73, §1400; C97, §2265; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3545; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §229.2; C77, 79, 81, §229.7]
91 Acts, ch 108, §4; 2013 Acts, ch 130, §46
Referred to in §218.92, 222.7, 226.31, 227.10, 227.15, 229.19, 229.21, 229.22, 229.24, 229.26, 229.38, 229.45, 331.653

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Iowa Code

Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES

Chapter 229 - HOSPITALIZATION OF PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS

Section 229.1 - Definitions.

Section 229.1A - Legislative intent.

Section 229.1B - Regional administrator.

Section 229.2 - Application for voluntary admission — authority to receive voluntary patients.

Section 229.2A - Dual filings.

Section 229.3 - Discharge of voluntary patients.

Section 229.4 - Right to release on application.

Section 229.5 - Departure without notice.

Section 229.5A - Preapplication screening assessment — program.

Section 229.6 - Application for order of involuntary hospitalization.

Section 229.6A - Hospitalization of minors — jurisdiction — due process.

Section 229.7 - Service of notice upon respondent.

Section 229.8 - Procedure after application is filed.

Section 229.9 - Respondent’s attorney informed.

Section 229.9A - Advocate informed.

Section 229.10 - Physicians’ or mental health professionals’ examination — report.

Section 229.11 - Judge may order immediate custody.

Section 229.12 - Hearing procedure.

Section 229.13 - Evaluation order — treatment — unauthorized departure or failure to appear.

Section 229.14 - Chief medical officer’s report.

Section 229.14A - Placement order — notice and hearing.

Section 229.14B - Escape from custody.

Section 229.15 - Periodic reports required.

Section 229.16 - Discharge and termination of proceeding.

Section 229.17 - Status of respondent during appeal.

Section 229.18 - Status of respondent if hospitalization is delayed.

Section 229.19 - Advocates — appointment — duties — employment and compensation.

Section 229.21 - Judicial hospitalization referee — appeals to district court.

Section 229.22 - Hospitalization — emergency procedure.

Section 229.23 - Rights and privileges of hospitalized persons.

Section 229.24 - Records of involuntary hospitalization proceeding to be confidential.

Section 229.25 - Medical records to be confidential — exceptions.

Section 229.26 - Exclusive procedure for involuntary hospitalization.

Section 229.27 - Hospitalization not to equate with incompetency — procedure for finding incompetency due to mental illness.

Section 229.28 - Hospitalization in certain federal facilities.

Section 229.29 - Transfer to certain federal facilities.

Section 229.30 - Orders of courts in other states.

Section 229.31 - Commission of inquiry.

Section 229.32 - Duty of commission.

Section 229.33 - Hearing.

Section 229.34 - Finding and order filed.

Section 229.35 - Compensation — payment.

Section 229.36 - Limitation on proceedings.

Section 229.37 - Habeas corpus.

Section 229.38 - Cruelty or official misconduct.

Section 229.39 - Status of persons hospitalized under former law.

Section 229.40 - Rules for proceedings.

Section 229.41 - Voluntary admission.

Section 229.42 - Costs paid by county.

Section 229.43 - Nonresident patients.

Section 229.44 - Venue.

Section 229.45 - Provision of summary of procedures to applicant in involuntary commitment.