§ 602.7103C — Full-time associate juvenile judges — term, retention, qualifications

Iowa § 602.7103C

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

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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 associate juvenile
judge unless 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 full-time associate
juvenile 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 full-time associate juvenile 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 full-time associate juvenile
judgeshallservewithinthejudicialdistrictinwhichappointed, asdirectedbythechiefjudge,
and is subject to reassignment under section 602.6108.
4. Full-time associate juvenile judges shall qualify for office as provided in chapter 63 for
district judges.