Iowa Code § 915.36A
Minor prosecuting witness pretrial contact
Iowa · Iowa Code Chapter 915 — Victim Rights · Status: effective
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- Iowa Code § 915.36A, Minor prosecuting witness pretrial contact, Iowa, version 1 as recorded 2026-10-03, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/2323348
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1. A prosecuting witness who is a minor shall have the right to have the interview or deposition taken outside of the presence of the defendant. The interview or deposition may be televised by closed-circuit equipment to a room where the defendant can view the interview or deposition or in a manner that ensures that the defendant shall not have contact with the minor. The defendant shall be allowed to communicate with the defendant’s counsel in the room where the minor is being interviewed or deposed by an appropriate electronic method.
2. The supreme court shall amend the rules of criminal procedure to comply with this section including but not limited to the elimination of a requirement that a defendant be physically present at the deposition of a minor.