803.2 Place of trial — general. 1. A criminal action shall be tried in the county in which the crime is committed, except as otherwise provided by law. 2. The court, may on its own motion or on the motion of any of the parties to the proceeding reconsider and grant a pretrial motion for change of venue whenever it appearsduring jury selection that sufficient grounds would exist for granting the motion under theprovisions of rule of criminal procedure 2.11. 3. All objections to venue are waived by a defendant unless the defendant objects thereto and secures a ruling by the trial court on a pretrial motion for change of venue. However,if venue is changed pursuant to subsection 2, all objections to venue in the county to whichthe action is transferred are waived by a defendant unless the defendant objects by a motionfor change of venue filed within five days after entry of the order transferring the action andsecures a ruling by the trial court on the motion before a jury has been impaneled and sworn. [R60, §4502; C73, §4156; C97, §5154; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §13449; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §753.2; C79, 81, §803.2; 82 Acts, ch 1021, §7, 12(1)] Referred to in §803.3 neled and sworn. [R60, §4502; C73, §4156; C97, §5154; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §13449; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §753.2; C79, 81, §803.2; 82 Acts, ch 1021, §7, 12(1)] Referred to in §803.3 Sat Dec 23 12:33:22 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 803.2 (16, 0)
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