{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-622b.2","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 622B.2","heading":"Interpreter appointed.","body":"If a deaf or hard-of-hearing person is a party to, a witness at, or a participant in a proceeding before a grand jury, court, or administrative agency of this state, the court or administrative agency shall appoint a sign language interpreter without expense to the deaf or hard-of-hearing person to interpret or translate the proceedings to the deaf or hard-of-hearing person and to interpret or translate the person’s testimony unless the deaf or hard-of-hearing person waives the right to a sign language interpreter.","path":["Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES (Ch. 595 - 686D)","Chapter 622B - DEAF AND HARD-OF-HEARING PERSONS — INTERPRETERS"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/622B.2.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:16Z","sha256":"9ba453c7edbfdf83f93aef925256d007dfe778d80cdaf900f2b71ff2dd767e70","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-622b.1","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-622b.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}