602.7103C - FULL-TIME ASSOCIATE JUVENILE JUDGES -- TERM, RETENTION, QUALIFICATIONS.
602.7103C 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 residences 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 a resident of the county in which the vacancy exists, 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-two. An applicant for full-time associate juvenile judge shall file a certified application form, to be provided by the supreme court, with the chairperson of the county magistrate appointing commission. 3. A full-time associate juvenile judge must be a resident of a county in which the office is held 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.
Section History: Recent Form 99 Acts, ch 93, §10, 15