356.6A Duty to inform about veteran services.
1. The personnel of a jail or municipal holding facility shall inquire whether the prisoner is a veteran, and if so, shall inform the prisoner, within twenty-four hours of incarceration, that the prisoner may be entitled to a visit from a veteran service officer to determine if veteran services are required or available. Within seventy-two hours of determining a prisoner is a veteran, the personnel of a jail or municipal holding facility shall provide the prisoner with the contact information for the county commission of veteran affairs of the county where the jail or facility is located, and the prisoner shall be allowed to contact the county commission of veteran affairs to request a visit from a veteran service officer.
2. As used in this section, “veteran” means a person who was a member of the regular component of the armed forces of the United States, national guard, or reserves.
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Structure Iowa Code
Chapter 356 - JAILS AND MUNICIPAL HOLDING FACILITIES
Section 356.3 - Minors separately confined.
Section 356.4 - Separation of men and women.
Section 356.5 - Keeper’s duty.
Section 356.6 - Sheriff’s duty.
Section 356.6A - Duty to inform about veteran services.
Section 356.7 - Charges for administrative costs and room and board — enforcement procedures.
Section 356.14 - Refractory prisoners.
Section 356.15A - Responsibility for payment of required medical aid.
Section 356.17 - Labor on public works.
Section 356.19 - Rules — labor not to be leased.
Section 356.20 - Violation of city ordinance.
Section 356.21 - Control and punishment.
Section 356.22 - Credit for labor.
Section 356.23 - Cruel treatment.
Section 356.24 - Protecting prisoners.
Section 356.25 - Annoyance of prisoner.
Section 356.26 - Leaving jail for certain purposes — intermittent sentencing — in-home detention.
Section 356.27 - Privilege expressly granted.
Section 356.29 - Wages or salary collected by sheriff.
Section 356.30 - Prisoner to pay for board — limitations.
Section 356.31 - Application of wages.
Section 356.32 - Employment in another county.
Section 356.33 - Orders of courts.
Section 356.34 - Support of dependents.
Section 356.35 - Suspension of privileges.
Section 356.36 - Jail standards.
Section 356.37 - Confinement and detention report — design proposals.
Section 356.43 - Inspection — hearing — remedial action — report.
Section 356.44 - Rules of sheriff.
Section 356.46 - Time off for good behavior.
Section 356.47 - Sentence suspended.