Section 642.08 Jailer for Opposite Sex; Compensation, Duties

642.08 JAILER FOR OPPOSITE SEX; COMPENSATION, DUTIES.

The chief executive officer of every city having a lockup shall appoint some competent person of good character and of the sex other than that of the chief of police as a jailer, who shall have exclusive charge of all persons of the jailer's sex committed thereto, and see that they are kept in a room separate from prisoners of the other sex. The jailer shall receive such compensation as the governing body shall determine, not less than $5 for each day or fraction thereof during which a prisoner of the jailer's sex is confined therein.

History:

(10882) RL s 5490; 1955 c 491 s 4; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1987 c 49 s 19; 2005 c 10 art 2 s 4