602.1216 Retention of clerks of the district court. A clerk of the district court shall stand for retention in office, in the county of the clerk’s office, upon the petition signed by eligible electors residing in the county equal in number toat least ten percent of all registered voters in the county to the state commissioner of elections,at the judicial election in 1988 and every four years thereafter, under sections 46.17 through46.24. The petition shall be filed in the office of the state commissioner not later than onehundred twenty days before the general election. A clerk who is not retained in office isineligible to serve as clerk, in the county in which the clerk was not retained, for the fouryears following the retention vote. 83 Acts, ch 186, §1215, 10201; 89 Acts, ch 136, §74; 2001 Acts, ch 56, §37Referred to in §46.20 Sat Dec 23 11:14:20 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 602.1216 (18, 0)
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