Section 915.18. Notification by board of parole.

  1.  The board of parole shall notify a registered victim regarding an offender who has committed a violent crime as follows:

  a.  Not less than twenty days prior to conducting a hearing at which the board will interview an offender, the board shall notify the victim of the interview and inform the victim that the victim may submit the victim’s opinion concerning the release of the offender in writing prior to the hearing or may appear personally or by counsel at the hearing to express an opinion concerning the offender’s release.

  b.  Whether or not the victim appears at the hearing or expresses an opinion concerning the offender’s release on parole, the board shall notify the victim of the board’s decision regarding release of the offender.

  2.  Offenders who are being considered for release on parole may be informed of a victim’s registration with the county attorney and the substance of any opinion submitted by the victim regarding the release of the offender.

  3.  If the board of parole makes a recommendation to the governor for a reprieve, pardon, or commutation of sentence of an offender, as provided in section 914.3, the board shall forward with the recommendation information identifying a registered victim for the purposes of notification by the governor as required in section 915.19.

98 Acts, ch 1090, §13, 84