Full-time associate juvenile judges — term, retention, qualifications.
Iowa Code § 602.7103C
in effect602.7103C. Full-time associate juvenile judges — term, retention, qualifications.
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 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. Full-time associate juvenile judges shall qualify for office as provided in chapter 63 for district judges.
99 Acts, ch 93, §10, 15; 2022 Acts, ch 1033, §11; 2025 Acts, ch 101, §4, 11, 15 2025 amendment to subsection 2 applies to judicial officers retiring on or after July 1, 2025; 2025 Acts, ch 101, §15 Subsections 1 – 3 amended
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