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642.08 JAILER FOR OPPOSITE SEX; COMPENSATION, DUTIES.
The chief executive officer of every city having a lockup shall appoint some competent
person of good character and of the sex other than that of the chief of police as a jailer, who shall
have exclusive charge of all persons of the jailer's sex committed thereto, and see that they are
kept in a room separate from prisoners of the other sex. The jailer shall receive such compensation
as the governing body shall determine, not less than $5 for each day or fraction thereof during
which a prisoner of the jailer's sex is confined therein.
History: (10882) RL s 5490; 1955 c 491 s 4; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1987 c 49 s 19; 2005 c
10 art 2 s 4
The chief executive officer of every city having a lockup shall appoint some competent
person of good character and of the sex other than that of the chief of police as a jailer, who shall
have exclusive charge of all persons of the jailer's sex committed thereto, and see that they are
kept in a room separate from prisoners of the other sex. The jailer shall receive such compensation
as the governing body shall determine, not less than $5 for each day or fraction thereof during
which a prisoner of the jailer's sex is confined therein.
History: (10882) RL s 5490; 1955 c 491 s 4; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1987 c 49 s 19; 2005 c
10 art 2 s 4
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