125.75 - INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT OR TREATMENT -- APPLICATION.

 125.75  INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT OR TREATMENT --
 APPLICATION.
 Proceedings for the involuntary commitment or treatment of a
 chronic substance abuser to a facility may be commenced by the county
 attorney or an interested person by filing a verified application
 with the clerk of the district court of the county where the
 respondent is presently located or which is the respondent's place of
 residence.  The clerk or the clerk's designee shall assist the
 applicant in completing the application.  The application shall:
 1.  State the applicant's belief that the respondent is a chronic
 substance abuser.
 2.  State any other pertinent facts.
 3.  Be accompanied by one or more of the following:
 a.  A written statement of a licensed physician in support of
 the application.
 b.  One or more supporting affidavits corroborating the
 application.
 c.  Corroborative information obtained and reduced to writing
 by the clerk or the clerk's designee, but only when circumstances
 make it infeasible to obtain, or when the clerk considers it
 appropriate to supplement, the information under either paragraph
 "a" or paragraph "b".  

 [C75, 77, § 125.19(1, 2); C79, 81, § 229.51; 82 Acts, ch 1212, §
 3] 

 90 Acts, ch 1085, § 13
 Referred to in § 125.2, 125.12, 125.44, 125.75A, 125.85, 125.91,
 229.21
 Summary of involuntary commitment procedures available from clerk;
 see §229.45