Title XV, JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES (Ch. 595 - 686D)

1. The chief judge of the judicial district may designate by order of substitution that three magistrates be appointed pursuant to this section in lieu of the appointment of a district associate judge under section 602.6304 , subject to the following limitations: a. The substitut…

1. The district associate judges authorized by sections 602.6301 and 602.6302 shall be appointed by the governor from persons nominated by the district judicial nominating commission in the same manner as district judges under chapter 46 . 2. A district associate judge who seeks …

1. District associate judges shall serve initial terms and shall stand for retention in office within the judicial election districts of their appointment at the judicial election under sections 46.16 through 46.24 . 2. A person does not qualify for appointment to the office of d…

1. District associate judges have the jurisdiction provided in section 602.6405 for magistrates, and when exercising that jurisdiction shall employ magistrates’ practice and procedure. 2. District associate judges also have jurisdiction in civil actions for money judgment where t…

1. The chief judge of a judicial district may designate by order of substitution that a district associate judge be appointed pursuant to this section in lieu of a full-time associate juvenile judge appointed under section 602.7103B , subject to the following limitations: a. An e…

1. Two hundred six magistrates shall be apportioned among the counties as provided in this section . Magistrates appointed pursuant to section 602.6303 or 602.6402 shall not be counted for purposes of this section . 2. By February of each year in which magistrates’ terms expire, …

In those counties which are allotted one magistrate under section 602.6401 or which are restricted to one magistrate by section 602.6302 , the county magistrate appointing commission may, by majority vote, decide to appoint one additional magistrate. If a county appoints an addit…

1. By June 1 of each year in which magistrates’ terms expire, the county magistrate appointing commission shall appoint, except as otherwise provided in section 602.6302 , the number of magistrates apportioned to the county by the state court administrator under section 602.6401 …

1. A magistrate shall be a resident of the judicial election district or a resident of a county contiguous to the judicial election district in which appointed during the magistrate’s term of office. A magistrate shall serve within the judicial district in which appointed, as dir…

1. Magistrates have jurisdiction of simple misdemeanors regardless of the amount of the fine, including traffic and ordinance violations, and preliminary hearings, search warrant proceedings, county and municipal infractions, and small claims. Magistrates have jurisdiction to det…

1. A magistrate appointing commission is established in each county. The commission shall be composed of the following members: a. A district judge designated by the chief judge of the judicial district to serve until a successor is designated. b. Three members appointed by the b…

A member of a county magistrate appointing commission shall not be appointed to the office of magistrate. A member of the commission shall not be eligible to vote for the appointment or nomination of a family member, current law partner, or current business partner. For purposes …

1. The board of supervisors of each county shall appoint three electors to the magistrate appointing commission for the county for six-year terms beginning January 1, 1979, and each sixth year thereafter. However, if there is only one attorney elected pursuant to section 602.6504…

1. The resident attorneys of each county shall elect two resident attorneys of the county to the magistrate appointing commission for six-year terms beginning on January 1, 1979, and each sixth year thereafter. An election shall be held in December preceding the commencement of n…

A vacancy in the office of magistrate appointing commissioner shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment was made. 83 Acts, ch 186, §7505, 10201

1. The district court administrator of each judicial district shall employ and supervise court attendants as authorized by the chief judge. 2. A court attendant shall assist judicial officers during proceedings in court and shall perform other duties as prescribed by the supreme …

A person who is appointed as a referee or special master, or who otherwise is appointed by a court pursuant to law or court rule to exercise a judicial function, is subject to the supervision of the judicial officer making the appointment. 83 Acts, ch 186, §7602, 10201 Referred t…

1. a. The chief judge of a judicial district or the chief judge’s designee shall have the authority to supervise, schedule, and assign duties to all court reporters in the judicial district. b. Notwithstanding paragraph “a” , a judge presiding over a proceeding that must be repor…

1. The clerk of the district court shall furnish a magistrate, district associate judge, or district judge acting as a magistrate, with a docket in which the officer shall enter all proceedings except small claims. The docket shall be indexed and shall contain for each case the t…

Whenever a magistrate, or a district associate judge or district judge acting as a magistrate, leaves office, all funds, dockets, and records relating to the vacated office shall be delivered by the judicial officer to the clerk who issued the docket. 83 Acts, ch 186, §7607, 1020…

1. The chief judge may appoint and may remove for cause with due process a referee to preside over child support proceedings. 2. Qualifications for a referee appointed under this section include, at a minimum, all of the following: a. The referee shall be an attorney currently li…

1. The district court shall succeed to and have jurisdiction over the records of the circuit court, and may enforce all judgments, decrees, and orders of the circuit court in the same manner and to the same extent as it exercises jurisdiction over its own records, and, for the pu…

The jurisdiction of the courts of the state in all civil and criminal actions and proceedings, shall extend in counties bordering on the Missouri river to the boundary of the state as provided in the compact with the state of Nebraska, and to all lands and territory lying along t…

1. District courts have original jurisdiction over civil actions seeking declaratory judgment when both of the following apply: a. The party seeking declaratory relief is a business that is any of the following: (1) Organized under the laws of this state. (2) A sole proprietorshi…

1. A juvenile court is established in each county. The juvenile court is within the district court and has the jurisdiction provided in chapters 232 and 232D . 2. The jurisdiction of the juvenile court may be exercised by any district judge, and by any district associate judge wh…

1. The juvenile court is a court of record, and its proceedings, orders, findings, and decisions shall be entered in books that are kept for that purpose and that are identified as juvenile court records. 2. The clerk of the district court is the clerk of the juvenile court for t…

1. An associate juvenile judge shall have the same jurisdiction to conduct juvenile court proceedings, to issue warrants, nontestimonial identification orders, and contempt arrest warrants for adults in juvenile court proceedings, and to issue orders, findings, and decisions as t…

The chief judge may appoint and may remove for cause with due process a part-time associate juvenile judge. The part-time associate juvenile judge shall be an attorney admitted to practice law in this state, and shall be qualified for duties by training and experience. 99 Acts, c…

1. Full-time associate juvenile judges shall be appointed by the governor from persons nominated by the district judicial nominating commission in the same manner as district judges under chapter 46 . 2. A full-time associate juvenile judge who seeks to resign from the office of …

1. Full-time associate juvenile judges shall serve terms and shall stand for retention in office within the judicial election districts of their appointment as provided under sections 46.16 through 46.24 . 2. A person does not qualify for appointment to the office of full-time as…

1. In a county having a population of one hundred twenty-five thousand or more, the judges of the juvenile court may appoint a physician and a nurse, prescribe their duties, and remove them. 2. Appointees shall receive salaries and shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the…

1. Probation and other juvenile court services within a judicial district shall be administered and supervised by the chief juvenile court officer. 2. The juvenile court officers and other personnel employed in juvenile court service offices are subject to the supervision of the …

1. Subject to the approval of the director of juvenile court services, the chief juvenile court officer shall appoint juvenile court officers to serve the juvenile court. Juvenile court officers may be required to serve in two or more counties within the judicial district. 2. Juv…

The judicial branch shall administer the juvenile victim restitution program created in chapter 232A . 90 Acts, ch 1247, §19 ; 98 Acts, ch 1047, §59

1. The office of clerk of the district court is an appointive office, as provided in section 602.1215 . 2. A person appointed to the office of clerk shall qualify by taking the oath of office as provided in section 63.10 and giving bond as provided in chapter 64 . 3. The clerk ma…

The clerk shall: 1. Keep the office of the clerk at the county seat. 2. Attend sessions of the district court. 3. Keep the records, papers, and seal, and record the proceedings of the district court as provided by law under the direction of the chief judge of the judicial distric…

Notwithstanding any other provision of the Code to the contrary, and subject to rules prescribed by the supreme court, if the clerk of the district court sends a mailing or notice to a person or party and the mailing or notice is returned by the postal service to the clerk of the…

The clerk may: 1. Administer oaths and take affirmations as provided in section 63A.1 . 2. Reproduce original records of the court by any reasonably permanent legible means including, but not limited to, reproduction by photographing, photostating, microfilming, computer cards, a…

1. a. The clerk of the district court shall be solely responsible for transmitting the record on appeal to the clerk of the supreme court in civil and criminal proceedings. The clerk of the district court shall only transmit the record to the clerk of the supreme court upon the r…

1. The records of the court consist of the original papers filed in all proceedings. 2. The following books shall be kept by the clerk: a. A record book which contains the entries of the proceedings of the court and which has an index referring to each proceeding in each cause un…

1. The clerk of the district court shall collect the following fees: a. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection , for filing and docketing a petition, one hundred ninety-five dollars. In counties having a population of ninety-eight thousand or over, an additional five dol…

1. The clerk of the district court shall collect the following fees: a. Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs “b” and “c” , for filing and docketing a criminal case to be paid by the county or city which has the duty to prosecute the criminal action, payable as provided in s…

1. Definitions. As used in this section unless the context otherwise requires: a. “Court debt” means all restitution as defined in section 910.1 , fees, forfeited bail, and other debt paid to or collected by the clerk of the district court. b. (1) “Installment agreement” means an…

1. The clerk of the district court shall establish an account and deposit in this account all revenue and other receipts. Not later than the fifteenth day of each month, the clerk shall distribute all revenues received during the preceding calendar month. Each distribution shall …

1. The Iowa prison infrastructure fund is created and established as a separate and distinct fund in the state treasury. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, the first eight million dollars and, beginning July 1, 1997, the first nine million five h…

1. A city or a county shall pay court costs and other fees payable to the clerk of the district court for services rendered upon receipt of a statement from the clerk disclosing the amount due. 2. The clerk of the district court shall deliver a statement to the county auditor no …