Iowa Court Records Iowa Court Records Circuit courts are countywide courts with jurisdiction over juvenile, criminal, and civil cases. At one time they also handled some probate cases.
District courts have districtwide jurisdiction over probate, criminal, and civil cases.
The records include chancery, trespass, debt, and assault cases. Superior courts had jurisdiction over minor civil and criminal cases. They have been replaced in most areas by municipal courts and district courts. Municipal courts have citywide jurisdiction, concurrent with district courts, over misdemeanors and minor civil matters. Justice of the peace courts have district-wide jurisdiction over minor misdemeanors, search warrants, and town or city ordinance violations.