Iowa Code
Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES
Chapter 602 - JUDICIAL BRANCH

Section 602.1614 - Acceptance, distribution, and retention of electronic records by the judicial branch. - 602.1614 Acceptance, distribution, and retention of electronic records by the...

Section 602.2101 - Authority. - 602.2101 Authority. The supreme court may retire, discipline, or remove...

Section 602.2102 - Commission on judicial qualifications. - 602.2102 Commission on judicial qualifications. 1. A seven-member “Commission on...

Section 602.2103 - Operation of commission. - 602.2103 Operation of commission. A quorum of the commission is...

Section 602.2104 - Procedure before commission. - 602.2104 Procedure before commission. 1. Charges before the commission shall...

Section 602.2105 - Rules. - 602.2105 Rules. The commission shall prescribe rules for its operation...

Section 602.2106 - Procedure before supreme court. - 602.2106 Procedure before supreme court. 1. If the commission submits...

Section 602.2107 - Civil immunity. - 602.2107 Civil immunity. The making of charges before the commission,...

Section 602.2201 - Impeachment. - 602.2201 Impeachment. Judicial officers may be removed from office by...

Section 602.2301 - Judicial officer appointment— delay. - 602.2301 Judicial officer appointment — delay. 1. Notwithstanding section 46.12,...

Section 602.3101 - Board of examiners. - 602.3101 Board of examiners. 1. A five-member board of examiners...

Section 602.3102 - Terms of office. - 602.3102 Terms of office. Appointments shall be for three-year terms...

Section 602.3103 - Public members. - 602.3103 Public members. The public members of the board may...

Section 602.3104 - Meetings. - 602.3104 Meetings. The board of examiners shall fix stated times...

Section 602.3105 - Applications. - 602.3105 Applications. Applications for certification shall be on forms prescribed...

Section 602.3106 - Fees — appropriation. - 602.3106 Fees — appropriation. 1. The supreme court shall set...

Section 602.3107 - Examinations. - 602.3107 Examinations. The board may administer as many examinations per...

Section 602.3108 - Certification. - 602.3108 Certification. The board may issue a certificate to a...

Section 602.3201 - Requirement of certification — use of title. - 602.3201 Requirement of certification — use of title. A person...

Section 602.3202 - Transcript fee. - 602.3202 Transcript fee. Certified shorthand reporters are entitled to receive...

Section 602.3203 - Revocation or suspension. - 602.3203 Revocation or suspension. A certification may be revoked or...

Section 602.3204 - Transcript integrity. - 602.3204 Transcript integrity. A certified shorthand reporter taking a deposition,...

Section 602.3205 - Audio recordings. - 602.3205 Audio recordings. 1. Except as provided in subsection 2...

Section 602.3206 - Exempt status. - 602.3206 Exempt status. If a person’s certification as a shorthand...

Section 602.3301 - Misuse of confidential information — penalty. - 602.3301 Misuse of confidential information — penalty. 1. A member...

Section 602.3302 - Violations punished. - 602.3302 Violations punished. A person who violates any provision of...

Section 602.4101 - Justices — quorum. - 602.4101 Justices — quorum. 1. The supreme court consists of...

Section 602.4102 - Jurisdiction. - 602.4102 Jurisdiction. 1. The supreme court has appellate jurisdiction only...

Section 602.4103 - Chief justice. - 602.4103 Chief justice. 1. At the first meeting in each...

Section 602.4103A - Transition provisions. - 602.4103A Transition provisions. Repealed by its own terms; 2019 Acts,...

Section 602.4104 - Divisions — full court. - 602.4104 Divisions — full court. 1. The supreme court may...

Section 602.4105 - Time and place court meets. - 602.4105 Time and place court meets. The supreme court shall...

Section 602.4106 - Opinions — reports. - 602.4106 Opinions — reports. 1. The decisions of the court...

Section 602.4107 - Divided court. - 602.4107 Divided court. When the supreme court is equally divided...

Section 602.4108 - Attendance of sheriff of Polk county. - 602.4108 Attendance of sheriff of Polk county. The court may...

Section 602.4201 - Rules governing actions and proceedings. - 602.4201 Rules governing actions and proceedings. 1. The supreme court...

Section 602.4202 - Rulemaking procedure. - 602.4202 Rulemaking procedure. 1. The supreme court shall submit a...

Section 602.4301 - Clerk of supreme court. - 602.4301 Clerk of supreme court. 1. The supreme court shall...

Section 602.4302 - Deputy clerk — staff. - 602.4302 Deputy clerk — staff. 1. The clerk of the...

Section 602.4303 - Supreme court fees. - 602.4303 Supreme court fees. 1. The supreme court shall by...

Section 602.4304 - Supreme court staff. - 602.4304 Supreme court staff. 1. The supreme court may appoint...

Section 602.4305 - Limitation on expenses. - 602.4305 Limitation on expenses. A justice of the supreme court...

Section 602.5101 - Court of appeals. - 602.5101 Court of appeals. The Iowa court of appeals is...

Section 602.5102 - Judges — quorum. - 602.5102 Judges — quorum. 1. The court of appeals consists...

Section 602.5103 - Jurisdiction. - 602.5103 Jurisdiction. 1. The jurisdiction of the court of appeals...

Section 602.5104 - Sessions — location. - 602.5104 Sessions — location. The court of appeals shall meet...

Section 602.5105 - Chief judge. - 602.5105 Chief judge. 1. At the first meeting in each...

Section 602.5106 - Decisions of the court — finality. - 602.5106 Decisions of the court — finality. 1. The court...

Section 602.5107 - Rules. - 602.5107 Rules. The court of appeals, subject to the approval...

Section 602.5108 - When decisions effective. - 602.5108 When decisions effective. A decision of the court of...

Section 602.5109 - Process — style — seal. - 602.5109 Process — style — seal. 1. Process of the...

Section 602.5110 - Records. - 602.5110 Records. The records of the court of appeals shall...

Section 602.5111 - Publication of opinions. - 602.5111 Publication of opinions. The state court administrator shall cause...

Section 602.5112 - Fees — costs. - 602.5112 Fees — costs. Costs to be collected and awarded...

Section 602.5201 - Clerk of court. - 602.5201 Clerk of court. 1. The clerk of the supreme...

Section 602.5202 - Secretary to judge. - 602.5202 Secretary to judge. Each judge of the court of...

Section 602.5203 - Law clerks. - 602.5203 Law clerks. The court of appeals may employ attorneys...

Section 602.5204 - Physical facilities. - 602.5204 Physical facilities. The state court administrator shall obtain suitable...

Section 602.5205 - Limitation on expenses. - 602.5205 Limitation on expenses. 1. Each judge of the court...

Section 602.6101 - Unified trial court. - 602.6101 Unified trial court. A unified trial court is established....

Section 602.6102 - Appeals and writs of error. - 602.6102 Appeals and writs of error. The district court has...

Section 602.6103 - Court in continuous session. - 602.6103 Court in continuous session. The district court of each...

Section 602.6104 - Judicial officers. - 602.6104 Judicial officers. 1. The jurisdiction of the Iowa district...

Section 602.6105 - Places of holding court — magistrate schedules. - 602.6105 Places of holding court — magistrate schedules. 1. Courts...

Section 602.6106 - Sessions not at county seats — effect — duty of clerk. - 602.6106 Sessions not at county seats — effect — duty...

Section 602.6107 - Reorganization of judicial districts and judicial election districts. - 602.6107 Reorganization of judicial districts and judicial election districts. 1....

Section 602.6108 - Reassignment of personnel. - 602.6108 Reassignment of personnel. The chief justice of the supreme...

Section 602.6109 - Judicial election districts and judgeships. - 602.6109 Judicial election districts and judgeships. 1. The reorganized judicial...

Section 602.6110 - Peer review court. - 602.6110 Peer review court. 1. A peer review court may...

Section 602.6111 - Identification information filed with the clerk. - 602.6111 Identification information filed with the clerk. 1. Any party,...

Section 602.6112 - Regional litigation centers — prohibition. - 602.6112 Regional litigation centers — prohibition. The judicial branch shall...

Section 602.6113 - Apportionment of certain judicial officers — substantial disparity. - 602.6113 Apportionment of certain judicial officers — substantial disparity. Notwithstanding...

Section 602.6201 - Office of district judge — apportionment. - 602.6201 Office of district judge — apportionment. 1. District judges...

Section 602.6202 - Jurisdiction. - 602.6202 Jurisdiction. District judges have the full jurisdiction of the...

Section 602.6203 - Preparation and signing of record — alterations. - 602.6203 Preparation and signing of record — alterations. Repealed by...

Section 602.6301 - Number and apportionment of district associate judges. - 602.6301 Number and apportionment of district associate judges. There shall...

Section 602.6302 - Appointment of district associate judge in lieu of magistrates. - 602.6302 Appointment of district associate judge in lieu of magistrates....

Section 602.6303 - Appointment of magistrates in lieu of district associate judge. - 602.6303 Appointment of magistrates in lieu of district associate judge....

Section 602.6304 - Appointment and resignation of district associate judges. - 602.6304 Appointment and resignation of district associate judges. 1. The...

Section 602.6305 - Term, retention, qualifications. - 602.6305 Term, retention, qualifications. 1. District associate judges shall serve...

Section 602.6306 - Jurisdiction, procedure, appeals. - 602.6306 Jurisdiction, procedure, appeals. 1. District associate judges have the...

Section 602.6307 - Appointment of district associate judge in lieu of full-time associate juvenile judge. - 602.6307 Appointment of district associate judge in lieu of full-time...

Section 602.6401 - Number and apportionment. - 602.6401 Number and apportionment. 1. Two hundred six magistrates shall...

Section 602.6402 - Additional magistrate allowed. - 602.6402 Additional magistrate allowed. In those counties which are allotted...

Section 602.6403 - Appointment, qualification, and resignation of magistrates. - 602.6403 Appointment, qualification, and resignation of magistrates. 1. By June...

Section 602.6404 - Qualifications. - 602.6404 Qualifications. 1. A magistrate shall be a resident of...

Section 602.6405 - Jurisdiction — procedure. - 602.6405 Jurisdiction — procedure. 1. Magistrates have jurisdiction of simple...

Section 602.6501 - Composition of county magistrate appointing commissions. - 602.6501 Composition of county magistrate appointing commissions. 1. A magistrate...

Section 602.6502 - Prohibitions to appointment. - 602.6502 Prohibitions to appointment. A member of a county magistrate...

Section 602.6503 - Commissioners appointed by a county. - 602.6503 Commissioners appointed by a county. 1. The board of...

Section 602.6504 - Commissioners elected by attorneys. - 602.6504 Commissioners elected by attorneys. 1. The resident attorneys of...

Section 602.6505 - Vacancy. - 602.6505 Vacancy. A vacancy in the office of magistrate appointing...

Section 602.6601 - Court attendants. - 602.6601 Court attendants. 1. The district court administrator of each...

Section 602.6602 - Referees and special masters. - 602.6602 Referees and special masters. A person who is appointed...

Section 602.6603 - Court reporters. - 602.6603 Court reporters. 1. Each district judge shall appoint a...

Section 602.6604 - Dockets. - 602.6604 Dockets. 1. The clerk of the district court shall...

Section 602.6605 - Funds, reports. - 602.6605 Funds, reports. Repealed by 2006 Acts, ch 1129, §15...

Section 602.6606 - Administrative reports. - 602.6606 Administrative reports. Repealed by 2006 Acts, ch 1129, §15...

Section 602.6607 - Control of records — vacancies. - 602.6607 Control of records — vacancies. Whenever a magistrate, or...

Section 602.6608 - Child support referee. - 602.6608 Child support referee. 1. The chief judge may appoint...

Section 602.6701 - Circuit court records. - 602.6701 Circuit court records. 1. The district court shall succeed...

Section 602.6702 - Counties bordering on Missouri river. - 602.6702 Counties bordering on Missouri river. The jurisdiction of the...

Section 602.6703 - Declaratory judgment to adjudicate constitutional nexus issues regarding taxation. - 602.6703 Declaratory judgment to adjudicate constitutional nexus issues regarding taxation....

Section 602.7101 - Juvenile court. - 602.7101 Juvenile court. 1. A juvenile court is established in...

Section 602.7102 - Court records. - 602.7102 Court records. 1. The juvenile court is a court...

Section 602.7103 - Associate juvenile judge — jurisdiction — appeals. - 602.7103 Associate juvenile judge — jurisdiction — appeals. 1. An...

Section 602.7103A - Part-time associate juvenile judge — appointment — removal — qualifications. - 602.7103A Part-time associate juvenile judge — appointment — removal —...

Section 602.7103B - Appointment and resignation of full-time associate juvenile judges. - 602.7103B Appointment and resignation of full-time associate juvenile judges. 1....

Section 602.7103C - Full-time associate juvenile judges — term, retention, qualifications. - 602.7103C Full-time associate juvenile judges — term, retention, qualifications. 1....

Section 602.7104 - Physicians and nurses. - 602.7104 Physicians and nurses. 1. In a county having a...

Section 602.7201 - Administration and supervision. - 602.7201 Administration and supervision. 1. Probation and other juvenile court...

Section 602.7202 - Juvenile court officers. - 602.7202 Juvenile court officers. 1. Subject to the approval of...

Section 602.7203 - Juvenile victim restitution. - 602.7203 Juvenile victim restitution. The judicial branch shall administer the...

Section 602.8101 - Office of the clerk of the district court. - 602.8101 Office of the clerk of the district court. 1....

Section 602.8102 - General duties. - 602.8102 General duties. The clerk shall: 1. Keep the office...

Section 602.8102A - Notices returned for unknown address — resending. - 602.8102A Notices returned for unknown address — resending. Notwithstanding any...

Section 602.8103 - General powers. - 602.8103 General powers. The clerk may: 1. Administer oaths and...

Section 602.8103A - Transmission of record on appeal. - 602.8103A Transmission of record on appeal. 1. a. The clerk...

Section 602.8104 - Records and books. - 602.8104 Records and books. 1. The records of the court...

Section 602.8105 - Fees for civil cases and other services — collection and disposition. - 602.8105 Fees for civil cases and other services — collection...

Section 602.8106 - Collection of fees in criminal cases and disposition of fees and fines. - 602.8106 Collection of fees in criminal cases and disposition of...

Section 602.8107 - Collection of court debt. - 602.8107 Collection of court debt. 1. Definitions. As used in...

Section 602.8108 - Distribution of court revenue — court technology and modernization fund. - 602.8108 Distribution of court revenue — court technology and modernization...

Section 602.8108A - Prison infrastructure fund. - 602.8108A Prison infrastructure fund. 1. The Iowa prison infrastructure fund...

Section 602.8109 - Settlement of accounts of cities and counties. - 602.8109 Settlement of accounts of cities and counties. 1. A...

Section 602.9101 - System created. - 602.9101 System created. A retirement system is hereby created and...

Section 602.9102 - Administered by court administrator. - 602.9102 Administered by court administrator. The court administrator shall be...

Section 602.9104 - Deductions from judges’ salaries — contributions by state. - 602.9104 Deductions from judges’ salaries — contributions by state. 1....

Section 602.9104A - Moneys deposited in the judicial retirement fund — limitations — intent. - 602.9104A Moneys deposited in the judicial retirement fund — limitations...

Section 602.9105 - Rollovers of judges’ accounts. - 602.9105 Rollovers of judges’ accounts. 1. As used in this...

Section 602.9106 - Retirement. - 602.9106 Retirement. Any person who shall have become separated from...

Section 602.9107 - Amount of annuity. - 602.9107 Amount of annuity. 1. a. The annual annuity of...

Section 602.9107A - Optional retirement and decreased annuity. - 602.9107A Optional retirement and decreased annuity. Repealed by 2006 Acts,...

Section 602.9107B - Minimum annuity benefit. - 602.9107B Minimum annuity benefit. A judge, or a survivor of...

Section 602.9107C - Iowa public employees’ retirement system — service credit. - 602.9107C Iowa public employees’ retirement system — service credit. 1....

Section 602.9108 - Individual accounts — refunding. - 602.9108 Individual accounts — refunding. The amount designated as the...

Section 602.9109 - Payment of annuities. - 602.9109 Payment of annuities. Annuities granted under the terms of...

Section 602.9110 - Other public employment prohibited. - 602.9110 Other public employment prohibited. An annuity shall not be...

Section 602.9111 - Investment of fund. - 602.9111 Investment of fund. 1. So much of the judicial...

Section 602.9112 - Voluntary retirement for disability. - 602.9112 Voluntary retirement for disability. Any judge of the supreme,...

Section 602.9113 - Retirement benefits for disability. - 602.9113 Retirement benefits for disability. An adjudication as to permanent...

Section 602.9114 - Forfeiture of benefits — refund. - 602.9114 Forfeiture of benefits — refund. If a judge covered...

Section 602.9115 - Annuity for survivor of annuitant. - 602.9115 Annuity for survivor of annuitant. 1. For the purposes...

Section 602.9115A - Optional annuity for judge and survivor. - 602.9115A Optional annuity for judge and survivor. 1. In lieu...

Section 602.9116 - Actuarial valuation. - 602.9116 Actuarial valuation. 1. The court administrator shall cause an...

Section 602.9201 - Short title. - 602.9201 Short title. This part may be cited and referred...

Section 602.9202 - Definitions. - 602.9202 Definitions. As used in this part unless the context...

Section 602.9203 - Senior judgeship requirements — appointment and term. - 602.9203 Senior judgeship requirements — appointment and term. 1. A...

Section 602.9204 - Salary — annuity of senior judge and retired senior judge. - 602.9204 Salary — annuity of senior judge and retired senior...

Section 602.9205 - Practice of law prohibited. - 602.9205 Practice of law prohibited. A senior judge shall not...

Section 602.9206 - Temporary service by senior judge. - 602.9206 Temporary service by senior judge. 1. Section 602.1612 does...

Section 602.9207 - Retirement of senior judge. - 602.9207 Retirement of senior judge. 1. A senior judge shall...

Section 602.9208 - Relinquishment of senior judgeship — removal for cause — retirement annuity. - 602.9208 Relinquishment of senior judgeship — removal for cause —...

Section 602.9209 - Survivor’s annuity. - 602.9209 Survivor’s annuity. 1. A survivor of a senior judge,...

Section 602.10101 - Admission to practice. - 602.10101 Admission to practice. The power to admit persons to...

Section 602.10102 - Qualifications for admission. - 602.10102 Qualifications for admission. Every applicant for such admission shall...

Section 602.10103 - Board of law examiners. - 602.10103 Board of law examiners. There is established a board...

Section 602.10104 - Examinations. - 602.10104 Examinations. 1. Every applicant shall be examined by the...

Section 602.10105 - Term of office. - 602.10105 Term of office. Appointments shall be for three-year terms...

Section 602.10106 - Oath — compensation. - 602.10106 Oath — compensation. The members thus appointed shall take...

Section 602.10107 - Temporary appointments — expenses. - 602.10107 Temporary appointments — expenses. 1. The supreme court may...

Section 602.10108 - Fees — appropriation. - 602.10108 Fees — appropriation. 1. The supreme court shall set...

Section 602.10109 - Practitioners from other United States jurisdictions. - 602.10109 Practitioners from other United States jurisdictions. Any person who...

Section 602.10110 - Oath or affirmation. - 602.10110 Oath or affirmation. All persons on being admitted to...

Section 602.10111 - Non-Iowa attorney — appointment of Iowa attorney. - 602.10111 Non-Iowa attorney — appointment of Iowa attorney. Any member...

Section 602.10112 - Duties of attorneys and counselors. - 602.10112 Duties of attorneys and counselors. Repealed by 2005 Acts,...

Section 602.10113 - Deceit or collusion. - 602.10113 Deceit or collusion. An attorney and counselor who is...

Section 602.10114 - Authority. - 602.10114 Authority. An attorney and counselor has power to: 1....

Section 602.10115 - Proof of authority. - 602.10115 Proof of authority. The court may, on motion of...

Section 602.10116 - Attorney’s lien — notice. - 602.10116 Attorney’s lien — notice. An attorney has a lien...

Section 602.10117 - Release of lien by bond. - 602.10117 Release of lien by bond. Any person interested may...

Section 602.10118 - Automatic release. - 602.10118 Automatic release. Such lien will be released, unless the...

Section 602.10119 - Unlawful retention of money. - 602.10119 Unlawful retention of money. An attorney who receives the...

Section 602.10120 - Excuse for nonpayment. - 602.10120 Excuse for nonpayment. When the attorney claims to be...

Section 602.10121 - Revocation of license. - 602.10121 Revocation of license. The supreme court may revoke or...

Section 602.10122 - Grounds of revocation. - 602.10122 Grounds of revocation. The following are sufficient causes for...

Section 602.10123 - Proceedings. - 602.10123 Proceedings. The proceedings to remove or suspend an attorney...

Section 602.10124 - Costs. - 602.10124 Costs. If an action is commenced by direction of...

Section 602.10125 - Attorney general — appropriateness of procedure — order for appearance. - 602.10125 Attorney general — appropriateness of procedure — order for...

Section 602.10126 - Copy of accusation — duty of clerk. - 602.10126 Copy of accusation — duty of clerk. The clerk...

Section 602.10127 - Notice to attorney general — duty. - 602.10127 Notice to attorney general — duty. Thereupon the chief...

Section 602.10128 - Trial court. - 602.10128 Trial court. The supreme court shall designate three district...

Section 602.10129 - Time and place of hearing. - 602.10129 Time and place of hearing. The hearing shall be...

Section 602.10130 - Determination of issues. - 602.10130 Determination of issues. The determination of all issues shall...

Section 602.10131 - Record and judgment. - 602.10131 Record and judgment. The records and judgment at such...

Section 602.10132 - Pleadings — evidence — preservation. - 602.10132 Pleadings — evidence — preservation. To the accusation, the...

Section 602.10133 - Costs and expenses. - 602.10133 Costs and expenses. The court costs incident to such...

Section 602.10134 - Plea of guilty or failure to plead. - 602.10134 Plea of guilty or failure to plead. If the...

Section 602.10135 - Appeal. - 602.10135 Appeal. In case of a removal or suspension being...

Section 602.10136 - Certification of judgment. - 602.10136 Certification of judgment. When a judgment has been entered...

Section 602.10137 - Renewals. - 602.10137 Renewals. The right to practice law in this state...

Section 602.10138 - Client security fund not an insurance company. - 602.10138 Client security fund not an insurance company. A client...

Section 602.10139 - Officers. - 602.10139 Officers. The board shall organize following its appointment and...

Section 602.10140 - Public members. - 602.10140 Public members. The public members of the board shall...

Section 602.10141 - Disclosure of confidential information. - 602.10141 Disclosure of confidential information. 1. A member of the...

Section 602.11101 - Implementation by court component. - 602.11101 Implementation by court component. 1. The state shall assume...

Section 602.11102 - Accrued employee rights. - 602.11102 Accrued employee rights. 1. Persons who were paid salaries...

Section 602.11103 - Life, health, and disability insurance. - 602.11103 Life, health, and disability insurance. 1. Persons who were...

Section 602.11105 - Hiring moratorium. - 602.11105 Hiring moratorium. 1. Commencing one year prior to each...

Section 602.11106 - Employee reclassification moratorium. - 602.11106 Employee reclassification moratorium. Commencing one year prior to county...

Section 602.11107 - Court property. - 602.11107 Court property. 1. Commencing on the date when each...

Section 602.11108 - Collective bargaining. - 602.11108 Collective bargaining. 1. A person who becomes a state...

Section 602.11110 - Judgeships for election districts 5A and 5C. - 602.11110 Judgeships for election districts 5A and 5C. As soon...

Section 602.11111 - Judicial nominating commissions for election districts 5A and 5C. - 602.11111 Judicial nominating commissions for election districts 5A and 5C....

Section 602.11112 - Fifth judicial election district. - 602.11112 Fifth judicial election district. The provisions of section 602.6109,...

Section 602.11113 - Bailiffs employed as court attendants. - 602.11113 Bailiffs employed as court attendants. Persons who were employed...

Section 602.11114 - Temporary service by certain retired judicial magistrates. - 602.11114 Temporary service by certain retired judicial magistrates. Persons who...

Section 602.11115 - District associate judges’ retirement. - 602.11115 District associate judges’ retirement. If a full-time judicial magistrate...

Section 602.11116 - Associate juvenile judges and associate probate judges — retirement. - 602.11116 Associate juvenile judges and associate probate judges — retirement....

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Iowa Code Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES Chapter 602 - JUDICIAL BRANCH

Iowa Code
Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES
Chapter 602 - JUDICIAL BRANCH