Public Information

Sex Offender Registry

The Iowa Sex Offender Registry became law on July 1, 1995. At that time, it became required for individuals to register if:

• They had been convicted or adjudicated of:
  • Criminal offense against a minor
  • Sexual exploitation
  • Sexually violent crime
• They were incarcerated for the above crimes on or after July 1, 1995
• They were on probation, parole or work release status for the above crimes

Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT)

Visit the Iowa DOT website for travel information, road conditions, driver's license information and more.

Family Crisis Center

The Family Crisis Center assists victims of domestic violence and sexual assault by providing emergency shelter, housing and transitional housing. This free service provides help 24 hours a day.

Open Records Fee Schedule

The Sioux Center Police Department shall make every reasonable effort to produce public records at no cost, other than copying costs, for responses which take less than 30 minutes to produce. The first five pages will cost $5 and every page following will cost $.25 per page. 

For requests which will take more than 30 minutes, reasonable fees may be charged to the requestor for the actual costs of producing a public record for the inspection and/or copying. Actual costs only include costs that are directly attributed to the work to respond to a records request, but do not include charges for employment benefits, depreciation, maintenance, electricity, or insurance associated with the administration of the office. 

Costs for legal services should be charged to the requestor when review and/or redaction of legally protected confidential information is requested. Attorneys may review records requests to determine whether the government record in question is a public record or confidential record, to redact any possible confidential information, or to determine whether to seek an injunction to restrain examination of the record. 

In addition, if an electronic record is being provided in a format that is different from that in which the public record is readily accessible to the Sioux Center Police Department because the requestor has asked for such a format, the Sioux Center Police Department may charge the reasonable costs of any required processing, programming or other work required to produce the public record in that format. This includes both the cost of time for employees and charges incurred from third parties to put the record into the requested format. 

If the estimated total fees exceed $50, the Sioux Center Police Department may ask the requestor to prepay expected fees. Estimated fees and payment terms must be clearly communicated to the requestor as soon as possible. Requestors with a history of nonpayment will be required to pay upfront for any record request.