§ 602.6401

602.6401 Number and apportionment. 1. Two hundred six magistrates shall be apportioned among the counties as provided in this section. Magistrates appointed pursuant to section 602.6303 or 602.6402 shall not becounted for purposes of this section. 2. By February of each year in which magistrates’ terms expire, the state court administrator shall apportion magistrate offices among the counties in accordance with thefollowing criteria: a. The existence of either permanent, temporary, or seasonal populations not included in the current census figures. b. The geographical area to be served.c. Any inordinate number of cases over which magistrates have jurisdiction that were pending at the end of the preceding year. d. The number and types of juvenile proceedings handled by district associate judges.3. Notwithstanding subsection 2, each county shall be allotted at least one resident magistrate. 4. By March of each year in which magistrates’ terms expire, the state court administrator shall give notice to the clerks of the district court and to the chief judges of the judicialdistricts of the number of magistrates to which each county is entitled.

re, the state court administrator shall give notice to the clerks of the district court and to the chief judges of the judicialdistricts of the number of magistrates to which each county is entitled. If the state courtadministrator does not give the notice as required in this subsection by March of eachyear in which magistrates’ terms expire, the existing magistrate apportionment in effectshall remain in effect through the succeeding magistrates’ terms, and any apportionmentperformed pursuant to subsection 2 is void until such succeeding terms expire. 83 Acts, ch 186, §7401, 10201; 2000 Acts, ch 1057, §10, 11; 2005 Acts, ch 171, §3; 2006 Acts, ch 1060, §4; 2006 Acts, ch 1129, §7; 2009 Acts, ch 179, §221, 222 Referred to in §602.6302, 602.6303, 602.6402, 602.6403 Sat Dec 23 11:16:09 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 602.6401 (21, 0)