230.9 - SUBSEQUENT DISCOVERY OF RESIDENCE. - Iowa Statutes

230.9 SUBSEQUENT DISCOVERY OF RESIDENCE. If, after a person has been received by a state hospital for persons with mental illness as a state case patient whose legal settlement is supposed to be outside this state or unknown, the administrator determines that the legal settlement of the person was, at the time of admission or commitment, in a county of this state, the administrator shall certify the determination and charge all legal costs and expenses pertaining to the admission or commitment and support of the person to the county of legal settlement. The certification shall be sent to the county of legal settlement. The certification shall be accompanied by a copy of the evidence supporting the determination. The costs and expenses shall be collected as provided by law in other cases. If the person's legal settlement status has been determined in accordance with section 225C.8, the legal costs and expenses shall be charged to the county or as a state case in accordance with that determination.          Section History: Early Form [S13, § 2727-a28a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 3589; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 230.9]          Section History: Recent Form 96 Acts, ch 1129, § 113; 2004 Acts, ch 1090, §49