Administering Entity
Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI)
Recent / Pending Legislation
House File 2624 (2026, did not pass) – expands DNA collection to felony (or violent aggravated misdemeanor charges) upon arrest.
Arrestees: No. Not Booking Station Rapid Ready.
But there was arrestee legislation in Iowa legislature this session. House File 2624 (2026, passed House but died in Senate) and House Study Bill 571 (2026, died) / SSB 3088. Would expand to allow arrestee collection for anyone arrested for felony or aggravated misdemeanor. Time of collection would be booking process. If sample is taken at booking, but state fails to file charges within one year or charges are dismissed or resolved by acquittal, the individual can petition Division of Criminal Investigation to have their DNA record and PIP expunged. The bill has passed the Iowa House (64-30) in March 2026 and is under review by the Senate.
Convicted: Yes.
Qualifying Crimes: Felony convictions (including deferred judgments) and “aggravated misdemeanors” (excluding certain enumerated ones, such as motor-vehicle, hazardous-waste, agricultural-production, and gaming and betting offenses). Also covered: persons determined to be sexually violent predators, before discharge or placement in transitional release; persons found not guilty by reason of insanity of an offense requiring a sample; juveniles adjudicated delinquent for offenses that would require an adult to submit a sample; persons required to register as sex offenders; and, in criminal cases, “if appropriate.”
Time of Collection: The supervising agency collects the sample at admission to the relevant institution or facility. A person already confined when a sample becomes required submits one as soon as practicable; for persons not confined, the supervising agency sets the date and time.
Expungement: By written request to the Division of Criminal Investigation, with a certified copy of the final court order reversing the conviction, adjudication, or civil commitment that required the sample, plus a certified copy of the dismissal. The Division need not expunge or destroy a DNA record where doing so would destroy evidence relating to another person.
Statutes / Case Law
§ 81.2 Persons Required to Submit a DNA Sample
§ 81.4 Collecting, Submitting, Analyzing, Identifying, and Storing DNA Samples and DNA Records
§ 81.9 Expungement of DNA Records
Iowa Code Title XVI § 901.5 Pronouncing Judgment and Sentence
Schrieber v. State, 666 N.W.2d 127 (2003) (holding statute is not unconstitutional on ex post facto grounds because the underlying purpose of requiring inmates to submit DNA is to promote public safety rather than punish inmates).
Legislative History
HF 713 (81st GA, 2005) 2005 Acts, ch. 158, §§ 2, 19 – Created § 81.2; all-felon DNA mandate
SF 204 (82nd GA, 2007) 2007 Acts, ch. 38, § 4 – Added sex offender registrant mandate
HF 527 (85th GA, 2013) 2013 Acts, ch. 107, §§ 2, 5 – Extended mandate to aggravated misdemeanants.
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