Iowa § 29B.2 - 29B.2 Jurisdiction to try personnel.

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§ 29B.2. 29B.2 Jurisdiction to try personnel.

1. Each person discharged from the state military forces who is later charged with having fraudulently obtained a discharge is, subject to section 29B.44, subject to trial by court-martial on that charge and is after apprehension subject to this code while in the custody of the military for that trial. Upon conviction of that charge the person is subject to trial by court-martial for all offenses under this code committed before the fraudulent discharge. 2. No person who has deserted from the state military forces may be relieved from amenability to the jurisdiction of this code by virtue of a separation from any later period of service. 3. A person who is charged with having committed an offense against this code may be called or ordered to duty for the purpose of investigation under section 29B.33, trial by court-martial, or nonjudicial punishment under section 29B.14. 4. A member of the state military forces who is subject to this code at the time of commission of an offense made punishable by this code is not relieved from amenability to the jurisdiction of this code by virtue of the termination of a period of duty. [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §29B.2] 89 Acts, ch 82, §1; 2017 Acts, ch 54, §76; 2017 Acts, ch 63, §3 Wed Dec 10 22:16:59 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Section 29B.2 (22, 0)

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