229.7 SERVICE OF NOTICE UPON RESPONDENT.
Upon the filing of an application for involuntary hospitalization,
the clerk shall docket the case and immediately notify a district
court judge, district associate judge, or magistrate who is admitted
to the practice of law in this state, who shall review the
application and accompanying documentation. If the application is
adequate as to form, the court may set a time and place for a hearing
on the application, if feasible, but the hearing shall not be held
less than forty-eight hours after notice to the respondent unless the
respondent waives such minimum prior notice requirement. The court
shall direct the clerk to send copies of the application and
supporting documentation, together with a notice informing the
respondent of the procedures required by this chapter, to the sheriff
or the sheriff's deputy for immediate service upon the respondent.
If the respondent is taken into custody under section 229.11, service
of the application, documentation and notice upon the respondent
shall be made at the time the respondent is taken into custody.
229.7 SERVICE OF NOTICE UPON RESPONDENT.
Upon the filing of an application for involuntary hospitalization,
the clerk shall docket the case and immediately notify a district
court judge, district associate judge, or magistrate who is admitted
to the practice of law in this state, who shall review the
application and accompanying documentation. If the application is
adequate as to form, the court may set a time and place for a hearing
on the application, if feasible, but the hearing shall not be held
less than forty-eight hours after notice to the respondent unless the
respondent waives such minimum prior notice requirement. The court
shall direct the clerk to send copies of the application and
supporting documentation, together with a notice informing the
respondent of the procedures required by this chapter, to the sheriff
or the sheriff's deputy for immediate service upon the respondent.
If the respondent is taken into custody under section 229.11, service
of the application, documentation and notice upon the respondent
shall be made at the time the respondent is taken into custody.
229.7 SERVICE OF NOTICE UPON RESPONDENT.
Upon the filing of an application for involuntary hospitalization,
the clerk shall docket the case and immediately notify a district
court judge, district associate judge, or magistrate who is admitted
to the practice of law in this state, who shall review the
application and accompanying documentation. If the application is
adequate as to form, the court may set a time and place for a hearing
on the application, if feasible, but the hearing shall not be held
less than forty-eight hours after notice to the respondent unless the
respondent waives such minimum prior notice requirement. The court
shall direct the clerk to send copies of the application and
supporting documentation, together with a notice informing the
respondent of the procedures required by this chapter, to the sheriff
or the sheriff's deputy for immediate service upon the respondent.
If the respondent is taken into custody under section 229.11, service
of the application, documentation and notice upon the respondent
shall be made at the time the respondent is taken into custody.
