# Iowa Code § 356.8: Removal

> Iowa · Statutes · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIX_C356_S356.8

## Section

- **Citation:** Iowa Code § 356.8
- **Heading:** Removal
- **Jurisdiction:** Iowa
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** IA Code / Title IX / Chapter 356 / Section 356.8

## Text

When a jail or any building contiguous or near thereto is on fire, and there is reason to apprehend that the prisoners therein may be injured thereby, the sheriff or keeper must remove such prisoners to some safe and convenient place, and there confine them so long as it may be necessary to avoid such danger.

[C51, §3109; R60, §5128; C73, §4728; C97, §5644; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5504; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §356.8]

## Nearby sections

- [Iowa Code § 356.1 How used.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIX_C356_S356.1.md)
- [Iowa Code § 356.2 Duty.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIX_C356_S356.2.md)
- [Iowa Code § 356.3 Minors separately confined.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIX_C356_S356.3.md)
- [Iowa Code § 356.4 Separation of men and women.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIX_C356_S356.4.md)
- [Iowa Code § 356.5 Keeper’s duty.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIX_C356_S356.5.md)
- [Iowa Code § 356.6 Sheriff’s duty.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIX_C356_S356.6.md)
- [Iowa Code § 356.6A Duty to inform about veteran services.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIX_C356_S356.6A.md)
- [Iowa Code § 356.7 Charges for administrative costs and room and board — enforcement procedures.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIX_C356_S356.7.md)
- [Iowa Code § 356.8 Removal.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIX_C356_S356.8.md)
- [Iowa Code § 356.14 Refractory prisoners.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIX_C356_S356.14.md)
- [Iowa Code § 356.15 Expenses.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIX_C356_S356.15.md)
- [Iowa Code § 356.15A Responsibility for payment of required medical aid.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIX_C356_S356.15A.md)
- [Iowa Code § 356.16 Hard labor.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIX_C356_S356.16.md)
- [Iowa Code § 356.17 Labor on public works.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TIX_C356_S356.17.md)

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