§ 602.6504 — Commissioners elected by attorneys

Iowa § 602.6504

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title XV: JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES
• Ch. 602: JUDICIAL BRANCH

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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 new terms. The attorneys in a county may elect only one commissioner if
there is only one who is qualified and willing to serve and if there are no resident attorneys
in a county or none is willing to serve as a commissioner, none shall be elected.
2. A county attorney shall not be elected to the commission.
3. An attorney is eligible to vote in elections of magistrate appointing commissioners
within a county if eligible to vote under sections 46.7 and 46.8, and if a resident of the county.
4. In order to be placed on the ballot for county magistrate appointing commission, an

eligible attorney elector shall file a nomination petition in the office of the clerk of court on or
before November 30 of the year in which the election for attorney positions is to occur. This
subsection does not preclude write-in votes at the time of the election.
5. When an election of magistrate appointing commissioners is to be held, the clerk of the
district court for each county shall cause to be mailed to each eligible attorney a ballot that is
in substantially the following form:
BALLOT
County Magistrate Appointing Commission
To be cast by the resident members of the bar of ........................
county.
Vote for (state number) for ........................ county judicial
magistrate appointing commissioner(s) for term commencing
........................
....................................
....................................
To be counted, this ballot must be completed and mailed or
delivered to clerk of the district court, ................................, no later
than December 31, ............ (year) (or the appropriate date in case
of an election to fill a vacancy).