602.10109 - PRACTITIONERS FROM OTHER STATES.
602.10109 PRACTITIONERS FROM OTHER STATES. Any person who is a resident of this state, and has been admitted to the bar of any other state in the United States or the District of Columbia, may, in the discretion of the court, be admitted to practice in this state without examination or proof of a period of study. The person, in the application for admission to practice law in this state, in addition to all other requirements stated in this chapter, shall establish that the person has practiced law for five full years under license in such jurisdiction within the seven years immediately preceding the date of application and still holds a license to practice law. The teaching of law as a full-time instructor in a recognized law school in this state or some other state shall for the purpose of this section be deemed the practice of law. Any person who has discharged actual legal duties as a member of the armed services of the United States shall be deemed to have practiced law for the purposes of this section if certified to as such by the judge advocate general of the service. The court may charge an investigation fee based upon the cost of conducting the investigation as determined by the court.
Section History: Early Form [C97, § 313; S13, § 313; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 10916; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 610.10]
Section History: Recent Form 83 Acts, ch 186, § 10202(2) CS83, § 602.10109 See Iowa Ct.R. 31.12 and 31.13