§ 602.9203 — Senior judgeship requirements — appointment and term

Iowa § 602.9203

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

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1. A supreme court judge, court of appeals judge, district judge, district associate judge,
full-time associate juvenile judge, or full-time associate probate judge, who qualifies under
subsection2maybecomeaseniorjudgebyfilingwiththeclerkofthesupremecourtawritten
election in the form specified by the supreme court. The election shall be filed within six
months of the date of retirement.
2. A judicial officer referred to in subsection 1 may be appointed, at the discretion of the
supreme court, for a two-year term as a senior judge if the judicial officer meets all of the
following requirements:

a. Retires from office on or after July 1, 1977, whether or not the judicial officer is of
mandatory retirement age.
b. Meets the minimum requirements for entitlement to an annuity as specified in section
602.9106. However, a judge who elects to retire prior to attaining the age of sixty-five and
who has not had twenty years of consecutive service, may serve as a senior judge, but shall
not be paid an annuity pursuant to section 602.9204 until attaining age sixty-five.
c. Agrees in writing on a form prescribed by the supreme court to be available as long
as the judicial officer is a senior judge to perform judicial duties as assigned by the supreme
court for an aggregate period of thirteen weeks out of each successive twelve-month period.
d. Submits evidence to the satisfaction of the supreme court that as of the date of
retirement the judicial officer does not suffer from a permanent physical or mental disability
which would substantially interfere with the performance of duties agreed to under
paragraph “c” of this subsection.
e. Submits evidence to the satisfaction of the supreme court that since the date of
retirement the judicial officer has not engaged in the practice of law.
3. Theclerkofthesupremecourtshallmaintainabookentitled“RosterofSeniorJudges”,
and shall enter in the book the name of each judicial officer who files a timely election under
subsection 1 and qualifies under subsection 2. A person shall be a senior judge upon entry of
the person’s name in the roster of senior judges and until the person becomes a retired senior
judge as provided in section 602.9207, or until the person’s name is stricken from the roster
of senior judges as provided in section 602.9208, or until the person dies.
4. The supreme court shall cause each senior judge on the roster to actually perform
judicial duties during each successive twelve-month period.
5. a. A senior judge may be reappointed to additional two-year terms, at the discretion of
the supreme court, if the judicial officer meets the requirements of subsection 2.
b. A senior judge may be reappointed to a one-year term upon attaining eighty-four years
ofageandtoasucceedingone-yearterm, atthediscretionofthesupremecourt, ifthejudicial
officer meets the requirements of subsection 2.

Legislative History

[C81, §605A.23]