{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-801.3","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 801.3","heading":"General purposes.","body":"The provisions of the Iowa code of criminal procedure shall be liberally construed to give effect to the general purposes thereof, which shall be to provide for:\n1. Simplicity in criminal procedure.\n2. Fairness in administration of the criminal laws.\n3. Elimination of unjustifiable delay in pretrial, trial, and post-trial proceedings.\n4. Just determination of every criminal proceeding by a fair and impartial trial and review.\n5. The effective apprehension and trial of persons suspected of committing public offenses without violation of fundamental human rights.","path":["Title XVI - CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE (Ch. 687 - 916)","Chapter 801 - CRIMINAL PROCEDURE SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/801.3.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:19Z","sha256":"123a6915a2506249f7a639070960b3094c3765848075a6a651f99740f6541f79","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-801.2","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-801.4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}