Volumes
Open one chapter at a time
Volume 0 is the federal backbone. IA-CRIM is Iowa adult criminal court. Clocks, physiological denotations, forms, and the hearing playbook are split so a phone can hold one page.
Volume 0
Federal backbone
Constitution, Gideon, Miranda, Brady, and the right to appear in person or by counsel. Applies in every American criminal court. Iowa procedure implements these rights — it does not replace them.
Volume IA-CRIM
Iowa adult criminal court
Arrest, citation, appearance, appointed counsel, bail, charging, trial information, and the Iowa Code chapters that actually run a county criminal case. Not juvenile court. Not every civil court.
Volume IA-CLOCKS
Deadlines, limitations, grandfathering
Statutes of limitations (ch. 802), speedy trial (Rule 2.33), pretrial-motion clocks (Rule 2.11), appeal (ch. 814 / Rule 6.101), and postconviction (ch. 822). Always open the Code year of the incident as well as the current year.
Volume IA-PHYS
Physiological denotations
How a body, a lab, a prescription, or a disability becomes a legally denotable fact: controlled substances (ch. 124), OWI (ch. 321J), competency (ch. 812), ADA accommodations, and chain of custody of biological samples.
Volume FORMS
Official forms & filing
Financial affidavit (Rule 2.32), SPD forms, Iowa court forms, and eFile. File with the clerk — never by text, email to a prosecutor, or social media.
Volume PLAYBOOK
Hearing words & county map
What to say, what to bring, what not to do, and a directory of all 99 Iowa counties with the official court page for each.