815.11 Appropriations for indigent defense — fund created.
Costs incurred for legal representation by a court-appointed attorney under chapter 229A, 665, 822, or 908, or section 232.141, subsection 3, paragraph “d”, or section 598.23A, 600A.6B, 814.9, 814.10, 814.11, 815.4, 815.7, or 815.10 on behalf of an indigent shall be paid from moneys appropriated by the general assembly to the office of the state public defender in the department of inspections and appeals and deposited in an account to be known as the indigent defense fund. Costs incurred representing an indigent defendant in a contempt action, representing an indigent juvenile in a juvenile court proceeding, or representing a person pursuant to section 13B.13 are also payable from the fund. However, costs incurred in any administrative proceeding or in any other proceeding under this chapter or chapter 598, 600, 600A, 633, 633A, 814, or 915 or other provisions of the Code or administrative rules are not payable from the fund.
83 Acts, ch 186, §10139, 10201; 85 Acts, ch 195, §65; 90 Acts, ch 1233, §45; 94 Acts, ch 1187, §25; 98 Acts, ch 1171, §18; 99 Acts, ch 135, §29; 2000 Acts, ch 1115, §8; 2002 Acts, ch 1067, §18; 2003 Acts, ch 51, §5; 2004 Acts, ch 1040, §6; 2005 Acts, ch 107, §9, 14; 2006 Acts, ch 1030, §82; 2006 Acts, ch 1041, §8; 2007 Acts, ch 22, §106; 2008 Acts, ch 1061, §8; 2020 Acts, ch 1040, §2
Referred to in §13B.1, 13B.4A, 22.7(10), 232.141, 600A.6B, 815.15
Section amended