Definitions.

As used in this part unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Retired senior judge” means a senior judge who has been retired from a senior judgeship as provided in section 602.9207 . 2. “Roster of senior judges” means the roster maintained by the clerk of the supreme court under section 602.9203, subsection 3 . 3. “Senior judge” means a supreme court judge, court of appeals judge, district court judge, district associate judge, full-time associate juvenile judge, or full-time associate probate judge, who meets the requirements of section 602.9203 and who has not been retired or removed from the roster of senior judges under section 602.9207 or 602.9208 . 4. “Senior judge retirement age” means eighty-four years of age or, if the senior judge is reappointed as a senior judge for an additional one-year term upon attaining eighty-four years of age, and then to a succeeding one-year term, pursuant to section 602.9203 , eighty-six years of age. 5. “Twelve-month period” means each successive one-year period commencing on the date a retired judge becomes a senior judge and while the judge continues to be a senior judge. [ C81, §605A.22 ] 83 Acts, ch 186, §10202(2) CS83, §602.9202 2002 Acts, ch 1135, §56 ; 2008 Acts, ch 1191, §149 ; 2012 Acts, ch 1021, §106 ; 2012 Acts, ch 1138, §75 ; 2025 Acts, ch 101, §12, 15 Referred to in §595.10 2025 amendment to subsection 4 applies to judicial officers retiring on or after July 1, 2025; 2025 Acts, ch 101, §15 Subsection 4 amended