§95 Iowa

Summary

Iowa is split into two federal court districts called the Northern and the Southern Districts. The Northern District has four divisions. The Cedar Rapids Division includes Benton, Cedar, Grundy, Hardin, Iowa, Jones, Linn, and Tama counties. Court for that division is held in Cedar Rapids. The Eastern Division includes Allamakee, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Chickasaw, Clayton, Delaware, Dubuque, Fayette, Floyd, Howard, Jackson, Mitchell, and Winneshiek counties. Courts for that division are held in Dubuque and Waterloo. The Western Division includes Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Crawford, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon, Monona, O’Brien, Osceola, Plymouth, Sac, Sioux, and Woodbury counties. Court for that division is held in Sioux City. The Central Division includes Butler, Calhoun, Carroll, Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Franklin, Hamilton, Hancock, Humboldt, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Pocahontas, Webster, Winnebago, Worth, and Wright counties. Courts for that division are held in Fort Dodge and Mason City. The Southern District has six divisions. The Central Division includes Boone, Dallas, Greene, Guthrie, Jasper, Madison, Marion, Marshall, Polk, Poweshiek, Story, and Warren counties, with court in Des Moines. The Eastern Division includes Des Moines, Henry, Lee, Louisa, and Van Buren counties, with court in Keokuk. The Western Division includes Audubon, Cass, Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie, and Shelby counties, with court in Council Bluffs. The Southern Division includes Adair, Adams, Clarke, Decatur, Lucas, Ringgold, Taylor, Union, and Wayne counties, with court in Creston. The Davenport Division includes Clinton, Johnson, Muscatine, Scott, and Washington counties, with court in Davenport. The Ottumwa Division includes Appanoose, Davis, Jefferson, Keokuk, Mahaska, Monroe, and Wapello counties, with court in Ottumwa.