914.3 Recommendations by board of parole.
1. Except as otherwise provided in section 902.2, the board of parole shall periodically review all applications by persons convicted of criminal offenses and shall recommend to the governor the reprieve, pardon, commutation of sentence, remission of fines or forfeitures, or restoration of the rights of citizenship for persons who have by their conduct given satisfactory evidence that they will become or continue to be law-abiding citizens.
2. The board of parole shall, upon request of the governor, take charge of all correspondence in reference to an application filed with the governor and shall, after careful investigation, provide the governor with the board’s advice and recommendation concerning any person for whom the board has not previously issued a recommendation.
3. All recommendations and advice of the board of parole shall be entered in the proper records of the board.
86 Acts, ch 1112, §6
C87, §248A.3
87 Acts, ch 115, §35
C93, §914.3
95 Acts, ch 128, §3
Referred to in §915.18
Structure Iowa Code
Title XVI - CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE
Chapter 914 - REPRIEVES, PARDONS, COMMUTATIONS, REMISSIONS, AND RESTORATIONS OF RIGHTS
Section 914.1 - Power of governor.
Section 914.2 - Right of application.
Section 914.3 - Recommendations by board of parole.
Section 914.4 - Response to recommendation.
Section 914.5 - Evidence — testimony — recommendation.