602.10111 - NONRESIDENT ATTORNEY -- APPOINTMENT OF LOCAL ATTORNEY.
602.10111 NONRESIDENT ATTORNEY -- APPOINTMENT OF LOCAL ATTORNEY. Any member of the bar of another state, actually engaged in any cause or matter pending in any court of this state, may be permitted by such court to appear in and conduct such cause or matter while retaining the attorney's residence in another state, without being subject to this article; provided that at the time the attorney enters an appearance the attorney files with the clerk of such court the written appointment of some attorney resident and admitted to practice in the state of Iowa, upon whom service may be had in all matters connected with said action, with the same effect as if personally made on such foreign attorney within this state. In case of failure to make such appointment, such attorney shall not be permitted to practice as provided in this section, and all papers filed by the attorney shall be stricken from the files.
Section History: Early Form [C51, § 1612; R60, § 2702; C73, § 210; C97, § 316; S13, § 316; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 10919; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 610.13]
Section History: Recent Form 83 Acts, ch 186, § 10202(2) CS83, § 602.10111 2009 Acts, ch 133, §173 See Iowa Ct.R. 31.14