§ 815.11

815.11 Appropriations for indigent defense — fund created. 1. Costs incurred for legal representation by a court-appointed attorney under chapter 229A, 665, 822, or 908, or section 232.141, subsection 3, paragraph 'd', or section 598.23A,600A.6B, 814.9, 814.10, 814.11, 815.4, 815.7, or 815.10 on behalf of an indigent shall be paidfrom moneys appropriated by the general assembly to the office of the state public defenderin the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing and deposited in an account to beknown as the indigent defense fund, except as provided in subsection 2. Costs incurredrepresenting an indigent defendant in a contempt action, representing an indigent juvenilein a juvenile court proceeding, or representing a person pursuant to section 13B.13 are alsopayable from the fund. However, costs incurred in any administrative proceeding or in anyother proceeding under this chapter or chapter 598, 600, 600A, 633, 633A, 814, or 915 or otherprovisions of the Code or administrative rules are not payable from the fund. 2. The costs and fees associated with translators, foreign language interpreters, and sign language interpreters are not payable from this fund.

or administrative rules are not payable from the fund. 2. The costs and fees associated with translators, foreign language interpreters, and sign language interpreters are not payable from this fund. The costs and fees of sign languageinterpreters shall be paid by the county pursuant to section 622B.7, and the costs and fees oftranslators and foreign language interpreters shall be paid pursuant to section 622A.3 frommoneys appropriated by the general assembly to the judicial branch revolving fund createdpursuant to section 602.1302, subsection 3. 83 Acts, ch 186, §10139, 10201; 85 Acts, ch 195, §65; 90 Acts, ch 1233, §45; 94 Acts, ch 1187, §25; 98 Acts, ch 1171, §18; 99 Acts, ch 135, §29; 2000 Acts, ch 1115, §8; 2002 Acts, ch 1067,§18; 2003 Acts, ch 51, §5; 2004 Acts, ch 1040, §6; 2005 Acts, ch 107, §9, 14; 2006 Acts, ch1030, §82; 2006 Acts, ch 1041, §8; 2007 Acts, ch 22, §106; 2008 Acts, ch 1061, §8; 2020 Acts,ch 1040, §2; 2021 Acts, ch 77, §21; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §2040 Referred to in §13B.1, 13B.4A, 22.7(10), 232.141, 600A.6B, 815.7A, 815.15Subsection 1 amended Sat Dec 23 12:35:12 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 815.11 (22, 1)