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125.75 - INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT OR TREATMENT -- APPLICATION.

        125.75  INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT OR TREATMENT --
      APPLICATION.
         Proceedings for the involuntary commitment or treatment of a
      chronic substance abuser to a facility may be commenced by the county
      attorney or an interested person by filing a verified application
      with the clerk of the district court of the county where the
      respondent is presently located or which is the respondent's place of
      residence.  The clerk or the clerk's designee shall assist the
      applicant in completing the application.  The application shall:
         1.  State the applicant's belief that the respondent is a chronic
      substance abuser.
         2.  State any other pertinent facts.
         3.  Be accompanied by one or more of the following:
         a.  A written statement of a licensed physician in support of
      the application.
         b.  One or more supporting affidavits corroborating the
      application.
         c.  Corroborative information obtained and reduced to writing
      by the clerk or the clerk's designee, but only when circumstances
      make it infeasible to obtain, or when the clerk considers it
      appropriate to supplement, the information under either paragraph
      "a" or paragraph "b".  

         [C75, 77, § 125.19(1, 2); C79, 81, § 229.51; 82 Acts, ch 1212, §
      3] 

         90 Acts, ch 1085, § 13
         Referred to in § 125.2, 125.12, 125.44, 125.75A, 125.85, 125.91,
      229.21
         Summary of involuntary commitment procedures available from clerk;
      see §229.45