{"id":"DUT-IA-013","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Iowa","state":"IA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Iowa Department of Public Safety and Iowa Department of Public Health","authority":"Iowa Dep\u0027t of Pub. Safety \u0026 Iowa Dep\u0027t of Pub. Health, DPS and DPH Explain Legal Authorities Under Disaster Emergency Proclamation (Mar. 17, 2020)","instrument":"DPS and DPH Explain Legal Authorities Under Disaster Emergency Proclamation (news release)","title":"Iowa Department of Public Safety, \u0027DPS and DPH Explain Legal Authorities Under Disaster Emergency Proclamation,\u0027 March 17, 2020","dateIssued":"2020-03-17","effective":"2020-03-17","end":"statement of law; no sunset","startDate":"2020-03-17","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","CLOSE","GATH"],"addressees":["persons generally; the closed establishments; organizers of gatherings"],"clause":"Under Iowa Code chapters 29C and 135, these orders are enforceable by peace officers and a violation of such orders is a crime... Any person who knowingly violates these provisions of the disaster proclamation or a lawful order of an officer is guilty of a simple misdemeanor. Iowa Code section 135.38","enforcement":"simple misdemeanor (§ 135.38); warrantless arrest (§ 29C.18(2)).","functions":[],"notes":"The State\u0027s public-safety and health departments\u0027 joint statement, issued the day of the first closure proclamation, that the closures of restaurants, bars, fitness centers, theaters, casinos and senior centers and the prohibition of gatherings over ten \u0027are enforceable by peace officers,\u0027 that officers \u0027shall execute and enforce the orders or rules made by the governor\u0027 (§ 29C.18(1)), may arrest without warrant (§ 29C.18(2)), \u0027shall enforce\u0027 the Department\u0027s orders (§ 135.35), and that knowing violation is a simple misdemeanor (§ 135.38). Character as recorded: agency_position_statement (release, FAQ, memorandum or statement; order_penalty layer).","sourceUrl":"https://dps.iowa.gov/dps-and-dph-explain-legal-authorities-under-disaster-emergency-proclamation","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20200330060357/https://dps.iowa.gov/dps-and-dph-explain-legal-authorities-under-disaster-emergency-proclamation","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":344637,"grade":"primary","character":"agency_position_statement","description":"","collection":"DUT-IA","url":"/library/DUT-IA-013","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-IA-013","citation":"Iowa Department of Public Safety and Iowa Department of Public Health, DPS and DPH Explain Legal Authorities Under Disaster Emergency Proclamation (news release) (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. DUT-IA-013)","stateName":"Iowa","related":["DUT-IA-004","DUT-IA-005","DUT-IA-017"]}