{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-804.24","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 804.24","heading":"Arrests by private persons — disposition of prisoner.","body":"A private citizen who has arrested another for the commission of an offense must, without unnecessary delay, take the arrested person before a magistrate, or deliver the arrested person to a peace officer, who may take the arrested person before a magistrate, but the person making the arrest must also accompany the officer before the magistrate.","path":["Title XVI - CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE (Ch. 687 - 916)","Chapter 804 - COMMENCEMENT OF ACTIONS — ARREST — DISPOSITIONS OF PRISONERS"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/804.24.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:19Z","sha256":"13e675a22daec807b594bb09a6c6ac405fb1f44b1a0e0425085f78d998a99a9d","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-804.23","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-804.25"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}