SF 456: Requiring written permission from a county sheriff before an arrest, search, or seizure may be conducted within a county under the county sheriff’s jurisdiction by any federal or out-of-state law enforcement officer or agent and any Iowa law enforcement officer or agent from outside the county sheriff’s jurisdiction

What it does

This bill requires written permission from a county sheriff before an arrest, search, or seizure may be conducted within a county under the county sheriff’s jurisdiction by any federal or out-of-state law enforcement officer or agent and any Iowa law enforcement officer or agent from outside the county sheriff’s jurisdiction. The bill provides that the county sheriff is the chief law enforcement officer of the county in which the sheriff is elected. Except as otherwise provided, all federal and out-of-state law enforcement officers or agents and all Iowa law enforcement officers and agents from outside a county sheriff’s jurisdiction must receive the written permission of the county sheriff or the sheriff’s designee prior to making an arrest or conducting a search or seizure within the county under the county sheriff’s jurisdiction.

Senate subcommittee · named February 28, 2023

• Sen. Tom Shipley (R) · tom.shipley@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Herman C. Quirmbach (D) · herman.quirmbach@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. David D. Rowley (R) · david.rowley@legis.iowa.gov

In plain words

1. February 28, 2023Filed in the Senate and sent to the Judiciary committee
2. February 28, 2023Senate subcommittee named: Shipley, Quirmbach and Rowley