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Kim Reynolds
GOVERNOR
Office of the GovernorChris Cournoyer
LT GOVERNOR
June 02, 2026
The Honorable Paul Pate
Secretary of State of Iowa
State Capitol
Des Moines, Iowa 50319
Dear Mr. Secretary,
I hereby transmit:
House File 2787, an Act prohibiting warrant resolution clinics, including enforcement
mechanisms, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions.
The above House File is hereby approved on this date.
Sincerely,
Kim Reyncl^s.
Govemor of Iowa
cc: Secretary of the Senate
Clerk of the House
STATE CAPITOL DES MOINES, IOWA 503X9 515.281.5211 WWW.GOVERNOR.IOWA.GOV
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House Pile 2787
AN ACT
PROHIBITING WARRANT RESOLUTION CLINICS, INCLUDING ENFORCEMENT
MECHANISMS, PROVIDING PENALTIES, AND INCLUDING EFFECTIVE
DATE PROVISIONS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OP THE STATE OF IOWA:
Section 1. NEW SECTION. 804.32 Warrant resolution clinics
prohibited.
1. As used in this section, ^warrant resolution clinic"
means a prearranged, formal or informal, advertised event
designed to allow individuals with outstanding arrest warrants
to appear and resolve such warrants without being subject to
immediate arrest and custodial processing.
2. An entity, organization, county attorney, law
enforcement agency, judicial officer, nonprofit organization,
or any other person shall not organize, sponsor, host, fund,
promote, or participate in a warrant resolution clinic.
House File 2787r p. 2
3. A person who has an outstanding warrant for the person's
arrest shall only resolve such warrant by any of the following:
a. Surrendering to a peace officer or at a law enforcement
agency,
b. Appearing at a scheduled court hearing as directed by a
magistrate or judge under standard judicial procedures.
c» Through a written or oral motion made in an individual,
pending case, with notice provided to the prosecuting attorney,
and ruled on by the court under standard judicial procedures in
the ordinary course of the case, and not as part of any event,
program, or arrangement prohibited by this section.
4. The use of public funds or facilities for the purpose of
hosting a warrant resolution clinic is strictly prohibited.
5. A person shall not evade or attempt to evade the
prohibitions of this section by conducting a substantially
equivalent program, event, or arrangement under a different
name, structure, or designation. A program, event, or
arrangement is substantially equivalent if its primary purpose
or practical effect is to allow individuals with outstanding
arrest warrants to appear and resolve those warrants without
being subject to immediate arrest and custodial processing.
Evidence that a program is substantially equivalent includes
but is not limited to:
a. Block-scheduling or clustering warrant cases on a single
docket day with an explicit or implicit understanding that
attending individuals will not be subject to immediate arrest.
b. Advertising or communicating to individuals with
outstanding warrants that they may appear at a particular time
and place to resolve warrants without risk of arrest.
c. Coordinating between law enforcement, court personnel,
attorneys, or community organizations to facilitate
noncustodial warrant resolution outside of standard judicial
procedures.
6. A violation of this section is subject to the following
penalties:
a, (1) A public official or employee who knowingly violates
this section commits a simple misdemeanor.
(2) In addition to the penalty provided in subparagraph
(1), a public official or employee who knowingly violates this
House File 2787, p. 3
section is also subject to removal from office or employment
pursuant to applicable law.
b, A private person that knowingly organizes, sponsors,
hosts, or funds a warrant resolution clinic or substantially
equivalent program in violation of this section commits a
simple misdemeanor and is also subject to a civil penalty of
not more than ten thousand dollars per violation, recoverable
by the attorney general in an action in district court.
7. Any person may report a suspected violation of this
section to the office of the attorney general. Upon receipt
of a report or upon the attorney general's own initiative, the
attorney general may investigate suspected violations and may
bring a civil enforcement action in district court seeking
injunctive relief, civil penalties as provided in subsection
6, and recovery of costs and reasonable attorney fees. The
attorney general shall establish a procedure for receiving and
reviewing reports under this subsection and shall make such
procedure publicly available.
8. Any resident of a county in which a warrant resolution
clinic or substantially equivalent program is conducted or
planned in violation of this section may bring a civil action
in district court to do any of the following:
a. Obtain injunctive or declaratory relief to prevent or
restrain the violation.
b. Recover actual damages, if any.
c» Recover reasonable attorney fees and court costs if the
plaintiff substantially prevails.
9. In addition to any other penalty, any county organizing,
sponsoring, hosting, funding, promoting, or participating in a
warrant resolution clinic shall not receive any funds having
their origin in court debt, as defined in section 602.8107,
including but not limited to fees or remittances arising
from or related to the collection of past due fines and fees
constituting court debt.
10. This section preempts and supersedes any ordinance,
resolution, policy, rule, or other action by a city, county,
or other political subdivision of this state that authorizes,
permits, funds, or facilitates a warrant resolution clinic or
any substantially equivalent program, event, or arrangement as
House File 2787, p. 4
described in this section. No political subdivision of this
state shall enact or enforce any provision that conflicts with
or purports to authorize conduct prohibited by this section.
Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of immediate
importance, takes effect upon enactment.
PAT GRASSLBY AMY SINCLAIR
Speaker of the House President of the Senate
I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
is known as House File 2787, Ninety-first General Assembly.
my?/I//A<rnMEG^N NELSON
Chief Clerlw of the House
Approved ^, 2026
:M REYNOLDS
Governor