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Iowa Admin. Code r. 493-12.4 : — STATE PUBLIC DEFENDERCLAIMS FOR INDIGENT DEFENSE SERVICES —12.4 - Rate of compensation

(1)

Unless the attorney has a contract that provides for a different manner or rate of payment, the following hourly rates shall apply to payment of all claims for cases to which the attorney was appointed after June 30, 2007, and before July 1, 2019:

Attorney time:

Class A felonies

$70/hour

Class B felonies

$65/hour

All other criminal cases

$60/hour

All other cases

$60/hour

Paralegal time:

$25/hour

Unless the attorney has a contract that provides for a different manner or rate of payment, the following hourly rates shall apply to payment of all claims for cases to which the attorney was appointed after June 30, 2019, and before July 1, 2021:

Attorney time:

Class A felonies

$73/hour

Class B felonies

$68/hour

All other criminal cases

$63/hour

All other cases

$63/hour

Paralegal time:

$25/hour

Unless the attorney has a contract that provides for a different manner or rate of payment, the following hourly rates shall apply to payment of all claims for cases to which the attorney was appointed after June 30, 2021, and before July 1, 2022:

Attorney time:

Class A felonies

$76/hour

Class B felonies

$71/hour

All other criminal cases

$66/hour

All other cases

$66/hour

Paralegal time:

$25/hour

Unless the attorney has a contract that provides for a different manner or rate of payment, the following hourly rates shall apply to payment of all claims for cases to which the attorney was appointed after June 30, 2022:

Attorney time:

Class A felonies

$78/hour

Class B felonies

$73/hour

All other criminal cases

$68/hour

All other cases

$68/hour

Paralegal time:

$25/hour

(2) Payable paralegal time is limited in rule 493-7.1 (13B,815).
(3) As used in this rule, the term "all other cases" includes appeals, juvenile cases, contempt actions, representation of material witnesses, and probation/parole violation cases, postconviction relief cases, restitution, extradition, and sentence reconsideration proceedings without regard to the level of the underlying charge.

Iowa Admin. Code r. 493-12.4

Amended by IAB June 25, 2014/Volume XXXVI, Number 26, effective 7/30/2014.
Amended by IAB January 15, 2020/Volume XLII, Number 15, effective 3/1/2020
Amended by IAB November 17, 2021/Volume XLIV, Number 10, effective 12/22/2021
Amended by IAB January 11, 2023/Volume XLV, Number 14, effective 2/15/2023