236.9 - DOMESTIC ABUSE INFORMATION.

        236.9  DOMESTIC ABUSE INFORMATION.
         Criminal or juvenile justice agencies, as defined in section
      692.1, shall collect and maintain information on incidents involving
      domestic abuse and shall provide the information to the department of
      public safety in the manner prescribed by the department of public
      safety.
         The department of public safety may compile statistics and issue
      reports on domestic abuse in Iowa, provided individual identifying
      details of the domestic abuse are deleted.  The statistics and
      reports may include nonidentifying information on the personal
      characteristics of perpetrators and victims.  The department of
      public safety may request the cooperation of the department of
      justice in compiling the statistics and issuing the reports.  The
      department of public safety may provide nonidentifying information on
      individual incidents of domestic abuse to persons conducting bona
      fide research, including but not limited to personnel of the
      department of justice.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [C81, § 236.9] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         83 Acts, ch 96, § 157, 159; 85 Acts, ch 175, §4; 89 Acts, ch 279,
      §4; 91 Acts, ch 19, §1; 96 Acts, ch 1034, § 13
         Referred to in §915.50