How used
[C51, §3103; R60, §5122; C73, §485, 4723; C97, §735, 5637; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5497, 5772; C46, 50, §356.1, 368.40; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §356.1, 368.15; C75, 77, 79, 81, §356.1] 2004 Acts, ch 1117, §2, 4; 2005 Acts, ch 3, §67
1. The jails in the several counties in the state shall be in the charge of the respective sheriffs and used as prisons:
- a. For the detention of persons charged with an offense and committed for trial or examination.
- b. For the detention of persons who may be committed to secure their attendance as witnesses on the trial of a criminal cause.
- c. For the confinement of persons under sentence, upon conviction for any offense, and of all other persons committed for any cause authorized by law.
- d. For the confinement of persons subject to imprisonment under the ordinances of a city.
- 2. The provisions of this section extend to persons detained or committed by authority of the courts of the United States as well as of any state.
[C51, §3103; R60, §5122; C73, §485, 4723; C97, §735, 5637; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5497, 5772; C46, 50, §356.1, 368.40; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §356.1, 368.15; C75, 77, 79, 81, §356.1] 2004 Acts, ch 1117, §2, 4; 2005 Acts, ch 3, §67
Referred to in §356A.1, 356A.7