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Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS
Chapter 985
JUVENILE JUSTICE; INTERSTATE COMPACT ON JUVENILES
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CHAPTER 985
PART V

DETENTION

985.24
Use of detention; prohibitions.
985.245
Risk assessment instrument.
985.25
Detention intake.
985.255
Detention criteria; detention hearing.
985.26
Length of detention.
985.265
Detention transfer and release; education; adult jails.
985.27
Postdisposition detention while awaiting residential commitment placement.
985.275
Detention of escapee or absconder on authority of the department.