Rule 2.54 – The charge

May 13, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Iowa

Prosecutions for simple misdemeanors must be commenced by filing a subscribed and sworn to complaint with a magistrate or district court clerk or the clerk’s deputy.

Iowa. R. Crim. P. 2.54

66GA, ch 1245(2), ยง 1302; Report November 9, 2001, effective February 15, 2002