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641.25 DISTRICT JAILS; HOW DESIGNATED.
The commissioner of corrections, with the consent of the county board, may designate any
suitable jail in the state as a district jail, to be used for the detention of prisoners from other
counties in addition to those of its own. If the jail or its management becomes unfit for that
purpose, the commissioner may rescind its designation. Whenever there is no sufficient jail in any
county, the examining judge, or upon the judge's own motion, upon application of the sheriff,
may order any person charged with a criminal offense committed to a sufficient jail in some other
county. If there is a district jail in the judicial district, the charged person shall be sent to it, or
to any other nearer district jail designated by the judge. The sheriff of the county containing the
district jail, on presentation of the order, shall receive, keep in custody, and deliver the charged
person up upon the order of the court or a judge.
History: (10873) RL s 5485; 1959 c 263 s 2; 1983 c 359 s 148; 1986 c 444; 2006 c 260
art 5 s 52
The commissioner of corrections, with the consent of the county board, may designate any
suitable jail in the state as a district jail, to be used for the detention of prisoners from other
counties in addition to those of its own. If the jail or its management becomes unfit for that
purpose, the commissioner may rescind its designation. Whenever there is no sufficient jail in any
county, the examining judge, or upon the judge's own motion, upon application of the sheriff,
may order any person charged with a criminal offense committed to a sufficient jail in some other
county. If there is a district jail in the judicial district, the charged person shall be sent to it, or
to any other nearer district jail designated by the judge. The sheriff of the county containing the
district jail, on presentation of the order, shall receive, keep in custody, and deliver the charged
person up upon the order of the court or a judge.
History: (10873) RL s 5485; 1959 c 263 s 2; 1983 c 359 s 148; 1986 c 444; 2006 c 260
art 5 s 52
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