602.6305 Term, retention, qualifications. 1. District associate judges shall serve initial terms and shall stand for retention in office within the judicial election districts of their residences at the judicial election under sections46.16 through 46.24. 2. A person does not qualify for appointment to the office of district associate 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 officeprior to reaching age seventy-two. A nominee to the office of district associate judge mustreside in the judicial election district to which the nominee is nominated or in a contiguouscounty to the judicial election district to which the nominee is nominated. 3. A district associate judge must be a resident of the judicial election district in which the office is held before assuming office and during the entire term of office. A district associatejudge 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. entire term of office. A district associatejudge 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. District associate judges shall qualify for office as provided in chapter 63 for district judges. 83 Acts, ch 186, §7305, 10201; 86 Acts, ch 1015, §5; 89 Acts, ch 114, §2; 89 Acts, ch 212, §2; 89 Acts, ch 296, §83; 2003 Acts, ch 151, §42; 2004 Acts, ch 1101, §83, 99, 102; 2011 Acts, ch78, §4; 2022 Acts, ch 1033, §8 Referred to in §602.6303 Sat Dec 23 11:16:08 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 602.6305 (20, 1)
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