Iowa Code § 29C.18
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Enforcement duties.
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(1) Every organization for homeland security and emergency management established pursuant to this chapter and its officers shall execute and enforce the orders or rules made by the governor, or under the governor’s authority and the orders or rules made by subordinate organizations and not contrary or inconsistent with the orders or rules of the governor.
(2) A peace officer, when in full and distinctive uniform or displaying a badge or other insignia of authority, may arrest without a warrant any person violating or attempting to violate in such officer’s presence any order or rule, made pursuant to this chapter. This authority shall be limited to those rules which affect the public generally.
[C66, 71, 73, 75, §29C.15; C77, 79, 81, §29C.18]92 Acts, ch 1139, §17; 2013 Acts, ch 29, §24
(2) A peace officer, when in full and distinctive uniform or displaying a badge or other insignia of authority, may arrest without a warrant any person violating or attempting to violate in such officer’s presence any order or rule, made pursuant to this chapter. This authority shall be limited to those rules which affect the public generally.
[C66, 71, 73, 75, §29C.15; C77, 79, 81, §29C.18]92 Acts, ch 1139, §17; 2013 Acts, ch 29, §24
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