123.47B - PARENTAL AND SCHOOL NOTIFICATION -- PERSONS UNDER EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE.
123.47B PARENTAL AND SCHOOL NOTIFICATION -- PERSONS
UNDER EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE.
1. A peace officer shall make a reasonable effort to identify a
person under the age of eighteen discovered to be in possession of
alcoholic liquor, wine, or beer in violation of section 123.47 and if
the person is not referred to juvenile court, the law enforcement
agency of which the peace officer is an employee shall make a
reasonable attempt to notify the person's custodial parent or legal
guardian of such possession, whether or not the person is arrested or
a citation is issued pursuant to section 805.16, unless the officer
has reasonable grounds to believe that such notification is not in
the best interests of the person or will endanger that person.
2. The peace officer shall also make a reasonable effort to
identify the elementary or secondary school which the person attends
if the person is enrolled in elementary or secondary school and to
notify the superintendent or the superintendent's designee of the
school which the person attends, or the authorities in charge of the
nonpublic school which the person attends, of the possession. If the
person is taken into custody, the peace officer shall notify a
juvenile court officer who shall make a reasonable effort to identify
the elementary or secondary school the person attends, if any, and to
notify the superintendent of the school district or the
superintendent's designee, or the authorities in charge of the
nonpublic school, of the taking into custody. A reasonable attempt
to notify the person includes but is not limited to a telephone call
or notice by first-class mail. Section History: Recent Form
90 Acts, ch 1251, §4; 95 Acts, ch 191, § 4; 97 Acts, ch 126, § 3