The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Iowa
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Iowa Code §§ 29C.6(1), (6), (15), 29C.18 (2021)
- Issued
- 2021-01-01 Jan. 1, 2021
- Effective
- standing throughout 2020-2021 (read as 2021-01-01)
- End
- standing (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Standing since Jan. 1, 2021 (a statutory duty; in force throughout the six quarters)
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Emergency declarationBusiness closureTravel and quarantineStanding dutyOther
- Addressees
- persons generally; owners or persons in control of premises in the disaster area (the entire State from Mar. 9, 2020)
- Character
- order penalty
- Collection
- Standing duties: Iowa DUT-IA
Operative words
15. Control ingress and egress to and from a disaster area, the movement of persons within the area, and the occupancy of premises in such area. [§ 29C.6]... A peace officer... may arrest without a warrant any person violating or attempting to violate in such officer's presence any order or rule, made pursuant to this chapter. [§ 29C.18(2)]
Penalty
warrantless arrest under § 29C.18(2); the offense is the simple misdemeanor of § 135.38 for orders issued in conjunction with the Department of Public Health (DUT-IA-013, DUT-IA-009). Chapter 29C states no fine of its own (text searched: no 'misdemeanor' or 'penalty' provision in ch. 29C).
What it required
Authorized the Governor to proclaim a disaster emergency (§ 29C.6(1)), to suspend regulatory statutes and rules (§ 29C.6(6)), and to control 'the occupancy of premises' in the disaster area (§ 29C.6(15)); made the Governor's orders enforceable by emergency-management organizations ('shall execute and enforce the orders or rules made by the governor,' § 29C.18(1)) and by warrantless arrest of any person violating an order 'which affect[s] the public generally' (§ 29C.18(2)).
Retrieval noteEvery proclamation from April 2, 2020 (IA-007 § 9) to February 5, 2021 (IA-035, final section) provided: 'In conjunction with the Department of Public Health pursuant to Iowa Code §§ 29C.18 and 135.35, all peace officers of the state are hereby called upon to assist in the enforcement of the provisions of this Proclamation' (OCR of the library's scanned exhibits).