Iowa § 602.6305 Term, retention, qualifications

Iowa Statutes

§ 602.6305 — Term, retention, qualifications

Iowa § 602.6305

Title XVJUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES

Ch. 602JUDICIAL BRANCH

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Iowa Code § 602.6305 (2026).

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1.District associate judges shall serve initial terms and shall stand for retention in office withinthejudicialelectiondistrictsoftheirappointmentatthejudicialelectionundersections 46.16 through 46.24.

2.Apersondoesnotqualifyforappointmenttotheofficeofdistrictassociatejudgeunless the person is at the time of appointment licensed to practice law in Iowa and will be able, measured by the person’s age at the time of appointment, to complete the initial term of office prior to reaching age seventy-eight. A nominee to the office of district associate judge must reside in the judicial election district to which the nominee is nominated or in a contiguous county to the judicial election district to which the nominee is nominated.

3.A district associate judge must be a resident of the judicial

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1. District associate judges shall serve initial terms and shall stand for retention in office
withinthejudicialelectiondistrictsoftheirappointmentatthejudicialelectionundersections
46.16 through 46.24.

2. Apersondoesnotqualifyforappointmenttotheofficeofdistrictassociatejudgeunless
the person is at the time of appointment licensed to practice law in Iowa and will be able,
measured by the person’s age at the time of appointment, to complete the initial term of office
prior to reaching age seventy-eight. A nominee to the office of district associate judge must
reside in the judicial election district to which the nominee is nominated or in a contiguous
county to the judicial election district to which the nominee is nominated.
3. A district associate judge must be a resident of the judicial election district or a resident
of a county contiguous with the judicial election district in which the office is held before
assuming office and during the entire term of office. A district associate judge shall serve
within the judicial district in which appointed, as directed by the chief judge, and is subject
to reassignment under section 602.6108.
4. District associate judges shall qualify for office as provided in chapter 63 for district
judges.