Des Moines County Correctional Center Criminal Court Process Video
Iowa Court Process
Before a Bauer Drive prisoner's first appearance on North Main Street, relatives can preview courtroom procedure with the Judicial Branch recordings in English and Spanish and afterward search the Burlington docket by name.
Para familias de Des Moines County: si un pariente sigue preso en el centro correccional de Bauer Drive, la oficina del secretario judicial de Burlington atiende el 319-753-8262 y puede decir cuándo le toca la siguiente audiencia ante un juez del Octavo Distrito.
Proceso judicial de Iowa
Court Questions From Burlington Families
Whose judicial district covers the courthouse where my nephew's Burlington charges were filed?
My shift keeps me from calling the North Main Street clerk during office hours; can I write instead?
Whose judicial district covers the courthouse where my nephew's Burlington charges were filed?
Chief Judge Shawn R. Showers leads the Eighth Judicial District, and its judges and magistrates handle every Des Moines County criminal case on North Main Street.
Glendening's jail is holding my daughter; which Eighth District staff decide when her Burlington hearings happen?
The Judicial Branch lists Steffanie Chance and Amy Gardner, reachable at 641-684-6502, and the settings they make appear on Iowa Courts Online too.
If my husband qualifies for appointed counsel on a Des Moines County felony, which public defender office gets the case?
Ordinarily the Burlington office, which the state designates for all indictables in the county; ask the clerk at 319-753-8262 for the appointed lawyer's name.
My shift keeps me from calling the North Main Street clerk during office hours; can I write instead?
Yes. Messages to countyclerk.desmoines@iowacourts.gov reach the Des Moines County clerk; adding the case number speeds the reply.