# Iowa Code § 691.3: Commissioner to make rules

> Iowa · Statutes · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXVI_C691_S691.3

## Section

- **Citation:** Iowa Code § 691.3
- **Heading:** Commissioner to make rules
- **Jurisdiction:** Iowa
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** IA Code / Title XVI / Chapter 691 / Section 691.3

## Text

The commissioner of public safety shall make rules defining the capabilities of the criminalistics laboratory. The commissioner shall make rules governing the handling of items to be processed by the criminalistics laboratory from the time they are forwarded to the laboratory by a county medical examiner or a city or state law enforcement agency or county sheriff until their return to the forwarder. The rules shall prescribe a method of identifying, forwarding, handling and returning items that will maintain the identity and integrity of the item. An item handled in conformity with the rules shall be presumed to be admissible in evidence as to the period in transit to and from and while in custody of the laboratory without further foundation.

[C71, 73, 75, 77, §749A.3; C79, 81, §691.3]

## Nearby sections

- [Iowa Code § 691.1 Laboratory created.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXVI_C691_S691.1.md)
- [Iowa Code § 691.2 Presumption of qualification — evidence — testimony.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXVI_C691_S691.2.md)
- [Iowa Code § 691.3 Commissioner to make rules.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXVI_C691_S691.3.md)
- [Iowa Code § 691.4 Copy of finding to defendant.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXVI_C691_S691.4.md)
- [Iowa Code § 691.5 State medical examiner.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXVI_C691_S691.5.md)
- [Iowa Code § 691.6 Duties of state medical examiner.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXVI_C691_S691.6.md)
- [Iowa Code § 691.6A Deputy state medical examiner creation and duties.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXVI_C691_S691.6A.md)
- [Iowa Code § 691.6B Interagency coordinating council.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXVI_C691_S691.6B.md)
- [Iowa Code § 691.6C State medical examiner advisory council.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXVI_C691_S691.6C.md)
- [Iowa Code § 691.7 Commissioner to accept federal or private grants.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXVI_C691_S691.7.md)
- [Iowa Code § 691.8 Governor to transfer laboratory.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXVI_C691_S691.8.md)
- [Iowa Code § 691.9 Criminalistics laboratory fund.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXVI_C691_S691.9.md)

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