RIGHTS OF SURVIVORS
- Section 178A.160 - When rights attach; rights retained
- Section 178A.170 - Right to consult with sexual assault victims' advocate; right to designate attendant to provide support; attendant may be excluded under certain circumstances
- Section 178A.180 - Survivor retains rights to consult with sexual assault victims' advocate and to designate attendant even if such rights were previously waived; waiver of rights not admissible
- Section 178A.190 - Exercise of rights relating to forensic medical examination; survivor not required to pay for forensic medical examination; right to use shower after forensic medical examination; prior notice of rights to be provided; acknowledgment
- Section 178A.200 - Exercise of rights relating to interview; right to choose gender of interviewer; law enforcement official or prosecutor prohibited from discouraging forensic medical examination; prior notice of rights to be provided; acknowledgment
- Section 178A.210 - Retention of right to counsel; exercise of right to counsel must not affect or alter treatment of survivor
- Section 178A.220 - Right to prompt genetic marker analysis; transport of sexual assault forensic evidence kit; preservation, storage and retention of biological evidence; right to information regarding timeline of genetic marker analysis
- Section 178A.230 - Right to be informed of results of genetic marker analysis and DNA profile upon request
- Section 178A.240 - Failure of law enforcement agency to comply with requirements relating to sexual assault forensic evidence kit does not alter authority of law enforcement agency or forensic laboratory to take actions relating to such evidence
- Section 178A.250 - Failure of entity to comply with Sexual Assault Survivors' Bill of Rights does not give standing to defendant or accused person to challenge conviction or sentence or constitute grounds for challenge
- Section 178A.260 - Biological evidence from sexual assault not to be used for any purpose not directly related to investigation or prosecution of sexual assault of survivor
- Section 178A.265 - DNA profile of survivor not to be included in database; biological evidence of survivor not to be shared or disclosed; exceptions
- Section 178A.270 - Office of the Attorney General to develop and make available document explaining rights; contents
- Section 178A.280 - Law enforcement agency to provide copies of reports to survivor; prosecutor to provide information to survivor; report by forensic laboratory; State to establish statewide program to track sexual assault forensic kits
- Section 178A.290 - Additional rights of survivor