Iowa § 684A.8 Power to certify

Iowa Statutes

§ 684A.8 — Power to certify

Iowa § 684A.8

Title XVJUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES

Ch. 684AQUESTIONS OF LAW IN SUPREME COURT CERTIFIED

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Iowa Code § 684A.8 (2026).

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The supreme court or the court of appeals, on its own motion or the motion of a party, may
order certification of questions of law to the highest court of another state when it appears to
the certifying court that there are involved in a proceeding before the court questions of law
of the receiving state which may be determinative of the cause then pending in the certifying
court and it appears to the certifying court that there are no controlling precedents in the
decisions of the highest court or intermediate appellate courts of the receiving state.

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The supreme court or the court of appeals, on its own motion or the motion of a party, may
order certification of questions of law to the highest court of another state when it appears to
the certifying court that there are involved in a proceeding before the court questions of law
of the receiving state which may be determinative of the cause then pending in the certifying
court and it appears to the certifying court that there are no controlling precedents in the
decisions of the highest court or intermediate appellate courts of the receiving state.