633.20C Full-time associate probate judges — term, retention, qualifications. 1. Full-time associate probate judges shall serve terms and shall stand for retention in office within the judicial election districts of their residences as provided under sections 46.16through 46.24. 2. A person does not qualify for appointment to the office of full-time associate probate judge unless the person is at the time of appointment licensed to practice law in Iowa andwill be able, measured by the person’s age at the time of appointment, to complete the initialterm of office prior to reaching age seventy-two. A nominee to the office of full-time associateprobate judge must reside in the judicial election district to which the nominee is nominatedor in a contiguous county to the judicial election district to which the nominee is nominated. 3. A full-time associate probate 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 full-timeassociate probate judge shall serve within the judicial district in which appointed, as directedby the chief judge, and is subject to reassignment under section the entire term of office. A full-timeassociate probate judge shall serve within the judicial district in which appointed, as directedby the chief judge, and is subject to reassignment under section 602.6108. 4. Full-time associate probate judges shall qualify for office as provided in chapter 63 for district judges. 99 Acts, ch 93, §14, 15; 2022 Acts, ch 1033, §13 Sat Dec 23 11:22:56 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 633.20C (36, 1)
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