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2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 602 - JUDICIAL BRANCH › Section 602.9107C - Iowa public employees’ retirement system — service credit.

602.9107C Iowa public employees’ retirement system — service credit.
1. A judge under this system who has at least four years of service as a judge of any of the courts included in this article and who was a member of the Iowa public employees’ retirement system as provided in chapter 97B, but who was not retired under that system, upon submitting verification of membership and service in the Iowa public employees’ retirement system to the court administrator, including proof that the judge has no further claim upon a retirement benefit from that public system, may make contributions as provided by this section to the system either for the entire period of service in the other public system, or for partial service in the other public system in increments of one or more calendar quarters, and receive credit for that service under the system.
2. The contributions required to be made for purposes of this section shall be in an amount equal to the actuarial cost of the service purchase. For purposes of this subsection, the actuarial cost of the service purchase is an amount determined by the court administrator in accordance with actuarial tables, as reported to the court administrator by the system’s actuary, which reflects the actuarial cost necessary to fund an increased retirement annuity resulting from the purchase of additional service.
3. A judge eligible for an increased retirement annuity because of the payment of contributions under this section is entitled to receipt of retroactive adjustment payments for no more than six months immediately preceding the month in which the judge pays contributions under this section.
4. The court administrator shall ensure that the judge, in exercising an option provided in this section, does not exceed the amount of annual additions to a judge’s account permitted pursuant to section 415 of the Internal Revenue Code.
2002 Acts, ch 1135, §55; 2006 Acts, ch 1091, §17
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 602 - JUDICIAL BRANCH › Section 602.9108 - Individual accounts — refunding.

602.9108 Individual accounts — refunding.
The amount designated as the judge’s contribution to the judicial retirement fund in section 602.9104 and all amounts paid into the fund by a judge shall be credited to the individual account of the judge. If a judge covered under this article becomes separated from service as a judge before the judge completes an aggregate of four years of service as a judge of one or more of the courts, the total amount in the judge’s individual account shall be returned to the judge or the judge’s legal representatives within one year of the separation. If a judge, who is covered under this article and who has completed an aggregate of four years or more of service as a judge of one or more of the courts, dies before retirement, without a survivor, the total amount in the judge’s individual account shall be paid in one sum to the judge’s legal representatives within one year of the judge’s death. If an annuitant under this section dies without a survivor, and without having received in annuities an amount equal to the total amount in the judge’s individual account at the time of separation from service, the amount remaining to the annuitant’s credit shall be paid in one sum to the annuitant’s legal representatives within one year of the annuitant’s death.
[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §605A.8]
83 Acts, ch 186, §10202(2)
CS83, §602.9108
86 Acts, ch 1243, §37; 2006 Acts, ch 1091, §18
Referred to in §602.9115A
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 602 - JUDICIAL BRANCH › Section 602.9109 - Payment of annuities.

602.9109 Payment of annuities.
Annuities granted under the terms of this article are due and payable in monthly installments on the last business day of each month following the month or other period for which the annuity has accrued and shall continue during the life of the annuitant; and payment of all annuities, refunds, and allowances granted under this article shall be made by checks or warrants drawn and issued by the director of the department of administrative services. Applications for annuities shall be in such form as the director of the department of administrative services may prescribe.
[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §605A.9]
83 Acts, ch 186, §10202(2)
CS83, §602.9109
85 Acts, ch 197, §28; 89 Acts, ch 228, §8; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §286
Referred to in §602.9204
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 602 - JUDICIAL BRANCH › Section 602.9110 - Other public employment prohibited.

602.9110 Other public employment prohibited.
An annuity shall not be paid to any person, except a survivor, entitled to receive an annuity under this article while the person is serving as a state officer or employee. However, this section does not prohibit the payment of an annuity to a senior judge while serving as provided in section 602.9206.
[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §605A.10]
83 Acts, ch 186, §10202(2)
CS83, §602.9110
2019 Acts, ch 59, §198
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 602 - JUDICIAL BRANCH › Section 602.9111 - Investment of fund.

602.9111 Investment of fund.
1. So much of the judicial retirement fund as may not be necessary to be kept on hand for the making of disbursements under this article shall be invested by the treasurer of state in any investments authorized for the Iowa public employees’ retirement system in section 97B.7A and subject to the requirements of chapters 12F, 12H, and 12J, and the earnings therefrom shall be credited to the fund. The treasurer of state may execute contracts and agreements with investment advisors, consultants, and investment management and benefit consultant firms in the administration of the judicial retirement fund.
2. Investment management expenses shall be charged to the investment income of the fund and there is appropriated from the fund an amount required for the investment management expenses. The court administrator shall report the investment management expenses for the fiscal year as a percent of the market value of the system.
3. For purposes of this section, investment management expenses are limited to the following:
a. Fees for investment advisors, consultants, and investment management and benefit consultant firms hired by the treasurer of state in administering the fund.
b. Fees and costs for safekeeping fund assets.
c. Costs for performance and compliance monitoring, and accounting for fund investments.
d. Any other costs necessary to prudently invest or protect the assets of the fund.
4. The state court administrator and the treasurer of state, and their employees, are not personally liable for claims based upon an act or omission of the person performed in the discharge of the person’s duties concerning the judicial retirement fund, except for acts or omissions which involve malicious or wanton misconduct.
[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §605A.11]
83 Acts, ch 186, §10202(2)
CS83, §602.9111
84 Acts, ch 1180, §10; 96 Acts, ch 1187, §109; 2001 Acts, ch 68, §18, 24; 2007 Acts, ch 39, §13; 2011 Acts, ch 82, §13; 2017 Acts, ch 29, §159
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 602 - JUDICIAL BRANCH › Section 602.9112 - Voluntary retirement for disability.

602.9112 Voluntary retirement for disability.
Any judge of the supreme, district or municipal court, including a district associate judge, or a judge of the court of appeals, who shall have served as a judge of one or more of such courts for a period of four years in the aggregate and who believes the judge has become permanently incapacitated, physically or mentally, to perform the duties of the judge’s office may personally or by the judge’s next friend or guardian file with the court administrator a written application for retirement. The application shall be filed in duplicate and accompanied by an affidavit as to the duration and particulars of the judge’s service and the nature of the judge’s incapacity. The court administrator shall forthwith transmit one copy of the application and affidavit to the chief justice who shall request the attorney general in writing to cause an investigation to be made relative to the claimed incapacity and report back the results thereof in writing. If the chief justice finds from the report of the attorney general that the applicant is permanently incapacitated, physically or mentally, to perform the duties of the applicant’s office the chief justice shall by endorsement thereon declare the applicant retired, and the office vacant, and shall file the report in the office of the court administrator, and a copy in the office of the secretary of state. From the date of such filing the applicant shall be deemed retired from the applicant’s office and entitled to the benefits of this article to the same extent as if the applicant had retired under the provisions of section 602.9106.
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §605A.12]
83 Acts, ch 186, §10202(2)
CS83, §602.9112
2006 Acts, ch 1091, §19
Referred to in §602.9207
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 602 - JUDICIAL BRANCH › Section 602.9113 - Retirement benefits for disability.

602.9113 Retirement benefits for disability.
An adjudication as to permanent physical or mental disability under the provisions of article 2, part 1 shall entitle the judge to the same retirement benefits as provided for voluntary retirement for such cause.
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §605A.13]
83 Acts, ch 186, §10202(2)
CS83, §602.9113
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 602 - JUDICIAL BRANCH › Section 602.9114 - Forfeiture of benefits — refund.

602.9114 Forfeiture of benefits — refund.
If a judge covered under this part is removed for cause other than permanent disability the judge and the judge’s survivor shall forfeit the right to any retirement benefits under the system but the total amount in the judge’s individual account shall be returned to the judge or the judge’s legal representatives within one year of the removal.
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §605A.14]
83 Acts, ch 186, §10202(2)
CS83, §602.9114
86 Acts, ch 1243, §38
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 602 - JUDICIAL BRANCH › Section 602.9115 - Annuity for survivor of annuitant.

602.9115 Annuity for survivor of annuitant.
1. For the purposes of this article, “survivor” means the surviving spouse of a person who was a judge, if married to the judge for at least one year preceding the judge’s death.
2. The survivor of a judge who was qualified for retirement compensation under the system at the time of the judge’s death, is entitled to receive an annuity of one-half of the amount of the annuity the judge was receiving or would have been entitled to receive at the time of the judge’s death, or if the judge died before age sixty-five, then one-half of the amount the judge would have been entitled to receive at age sixty-five based on the judge’s years of service for which contributions were made to the system. The annuity shall begin on the judge’s death or upon the survivor’s reaching age sixty, whichever is later. However, a survivor less than sixty years old may elect to receive a decreased retirement annuity to begin on the judge’s death by filing a written election with the state court administrator. The election is subject to the approval of the state court administrator. The amount of the decreased retirement annuity shall be the actuarial equivalent of the amount of the annuity otherwise payable to the survivor under this section.
3. If the judge dies leaving a survivor but without receiving in annuities an amount equal to the judge’s credit, the balance shall be credited to the account of the judge’s survivor, and if the survivor dies without receiving in annuities an amount equal to the balance, the amount remaining shall be paid to the survivor’s legal representatives within one year of the survivor’s death.
[C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §605A.15]
83 Acts, ch 186, §10202(2)
CS83, §602.9115
84 Acts, ch 1285, §29; 86 Acts, ch 1243, §39; 2015 Acts, ch 29, §114; 2016 Acts, ch 1011, §110
Referred to in §602.9115A, 602.9209
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 602 - JUDICIAL BRANCH › Section 602.9115A - Optional annuity for judge and survivor.

602.9115A Optional annuity for judge and survivor.
1. In lieu of the annuities and refunds provided for judges and judges’ survivors under sections 602.9107, 602.9108, 602.9115, 602.9204, 602.9208, and 602.9209, judges may elect to receive an optional retirement annuity during the judge’s lifetime and have the optional retirement annuity, or a designated fraction of the optional retirement annuity, continued and paid to the judge’s survivor after the judge’s death and during the lifetime of the survivor.
2. The judge shall make the election request in writing to the state court administrator prior to retirement. The election is subject to the approval of the state court administrator. The judge may revoke the election prior to retirement by written request to the state court administrator, but cannot revoke the election after retirement.
3. The optional retirement annuity shall be the actuarial equivalent of the amounts of the annuities payable to judges and survivors under sections 602.9107, 602.9115, 602.9204, 602.9208, and 602.9209. The actuarial equivalent shall be based on the mortality and interest assumptions set out in section 602.9107, subsection 3.
4. a. If the judge dies without a survivor, prior to retirement or prior to receipt in annuities of an amount equal to the total amount remaining to the judge’s credit at the time of separation from service, the election is null and void and the refunding provisions of section 602.9108 apply.
b. If the judge dies with a survivor prior to retirement, the election remains valid and the survivor is entitled to receive the annuity beginning at the death of the judge.
c. If the judge dies with a survivor and the survivor subsequently dies prior to receipt in annuities by both the judge and the survivor of an amount equal to the total amount remaining to the judge’s credit at the time of separation from service, the election remains valid and the refunding provision of section 602.9115 applies.
86 Acts, ch 1243, §40; 92 Acts, ch 1236, §402, 403; 2006 Acts, ch 1091, §20; 2015 Acts, ch 29, §105
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 602 - JUDICIAL BRANCH › Section 602.9116 - Actuarial valuation.

602.9116 Actuarial valuation.
1. The court administrator shall cause an actuarial valuation to be made of the assets and liabilities of the judicial retirement fund at least once every four years commencing with the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1981. For each fiscal year in which an actuarial valuation is not conducted, the court administrator shall cause an annual actuarial update to be prepared for the purpose of determining the adequacy of the contribution rates specified in section 602.9104. The court administrator shall adopt actuarial methods and assumptions, mortality tables, and other necessary factors for use in the actuarial calculations required for the valuation upon the recommendation of the actuary. In addition, effective with the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, the actuarial valuation or actuarial update required to be conducted shall include information as required by section 97D.5. Following the actuarial valuation or annual actuarial update, the court administrator shall determine the condition of the system, determine the actuarially required contribution rate for each fiscal year which is the rate required by the system to discharge its liabilities, stated as a percentage of the basic salary of all judges covered under this article, and shall report any findings and recommendations to the general assembly.
2. The cost of the actuarial valuation or annual actuarial update shall be paid from the judicial retirement fund.
3. The court administrator shall submit to the general assembly a copy of each actuarial valuation and annual actuarial update.
[C81, §605A.18]
83 Acts, ch 186, §10202(2)
CS83, §602.9116
94 Acts, ch 1183, §85; 2006 Acts, ch 1091, §21; 2007 Acts, ch 22, §102; 2008 Acts, ch 1171, §56; 2022 Acts, ch 1145, §10
Referred to in §602.9104
NEW subsection 3
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 602 - JUDICIAL BRANCH › Section 602.9201 - Short title.

602.9201 Short title.
This part may be cited and referred to as the “Iowa Senior Judge Act”.
[C81, §605A.21]
83 Acts, ch 186, §10202(2)
CS83, §602.9201
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 602 - JUDICIAL BRANCH › Section 602.9202 - Definitions.

602.9202 Definitions.
As used in this part unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Retired senior judge” means a senior judge who has been retired from a senior judgeship as provided in section 602.9207.
2. “Roster of senior judges” means the roster maintained by the clerk of the supreme court under section 602.9203, subsection 3.
3. “Senior judge” means a supreme court judge, court of appeals judge, district court judge, district associate judge, full-time associate juvenile judge, or full-time associate probate judge, who meets the requirements of section 602.9203 and who has not been retired or removed from the roster of senior judges under section 602.9207 or 602.9208.
4. “Senior judge retirement age” means seventy-eight years of age or, if the senior judge is reappointed as a senior judge for an additional one-year term upon attaining seventy-eight years of age, and then to a succeeding one-year term, pursuant to section 602.9203, eighty years of age.
5. “Twelve-month period” means each successive one-year period commencing on the date a retired judge becomes a senior judge and while the judge continues to be a senior judge.
[C81, §605A.22]
83 Acts, ch 186, §10202(2)
CS83, §602.9202
2002 Acts, ch 1135, §56; 2008 Acts, ch 1191, §149; 2012 Acts, ch 1021, §106; 2012 Acts, ch 1138, §75
Referred to in §595.10
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 602 - JUDICIAL BRANCH › Section 602.9206 - Temporary service by senior judge.

602.9206 Temporary service by senior judge.
1. Section 602.1612 does not apply to a senior judge but does apply to a retired senior judge. During the tenure of a senior judge, if the judge is able to serve, the judge may be assigned by the supreme court to temporary judicial duties on courts of this state without salary for an aggregate of thirteen weeks out of each twelve-month period, and for additional weeks with the judge’s consent. A senior judge shall not be assigned to judicial duties on the supreme court unless the judge has been appointed to serve on the supreme court prior to retirement. While serving on temporary assignment, a senior judge has and may exercise all of the authority of the office to which the judge is assigned, shall continue to be paid the judge’s annuity as senior judge, shall be reimbursed for the judge’s actual expenses to the extent expenses of a district judge are reimbursable under section 602.1509, may, if permitted by the assignment order, appoint a temporary court reporter, who shall be paid the remuneration and reimbursement for actual expenses provided by law for a reporter in the court to which the senior judge is assigned, and, if assigned to the court of appeals or the supreme court, shall be given the assistance of a law clerk and a secretary designated by the court administrator of the judicial branch from the court administrator’s staff. Each order of temporary assignment shall be filed with the clerks of court at the places where the senior judge is to serve.
2. A senior judge also shall be available to serve in the capacity of administrative law judge under chapter 17A, and the supreme court may assign a senior judge for temporary duties as an administrative law judge. A senior judge shall not be required to serve a period of time as an administrative law judge which, when added to the period of time being served by the person as a judge, if any, would exceed the maximum period of time the person agreed to serve pursuant to section 602.9203, subsection 2.
[C81, §605A.26]
83 Acts, ch 186, §10202(2)
CS83, §602.9206
88 Acts, ch 1109, §30; 90 Acts, ch 1271, §1512; 98 Acts, ch 1047, §62; 98 Acts, ch 1202, §43, 46; 2019 Acts, ch 24, §104
Referred to in §4.1, 602.1101, 602.9110
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 602 - JUDICIAL BRANCH › Section 602.9207 - Retirement of senior judge.

602.9207 Retirement of senior judge.
1. A senior judge shall cease to be a senior judge upon completion of the twelve-month period during which the judge attains senior judge retirement age. The clerk of the supreme court shall make a notation of the retirement of a senior judge in the roster of senior judges, at which time the senior judge shall become a retired senior judge.
2. A senior judge is subject to retirement under article 2, part 1 for the causes specified in section 602.2106, subsection 3, paragraph “a”. A senior judge may request and be granted retirement in the manner provided in section 602.9112. When a senior judge is retired as provided in this subsection the clerk of the supreme court shall make a notation of the retirement of the senior judge in the roster of senior judges, at which time the senior judge shall become a retired senior judge.
[C81, §605A.27]
83 Acts, ch 186, §10202(2)
CS83, §602.9207
2008 Acts, ch 1191, §153
Referred to in §602.1612, 602.9202, 602.9203
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 602 - JUDICIAL BRANCH › Section 602.9208 - Relinquishment of senior judgeship — removal for cause — retirement annuity.

602.9208 Relinquishment of senior judgeship — removal for cause — retirement annuity.
1. A senior judge, at any time prior to the end of the twelve-month period during which the judge attains senior judge retirement age, may submit to the clerk of the supreme court a written request that the judge’s name be stricken from the roster of senior judges. Upon the receipt of the request the clerk shall strike the name of the person from the roster of senior judges, at which time the person shall cease to be a senior judge. A person who relinquishes a senior judgeship as provided in this subsection may be assigned to temporary judicial duties as provided in section 602.1612.
2. A senior judge is subject to removal under the provisions of article 2, part 1 for any of the causes specified in section 602.2106, subsection 3, paragraph “b”. When a person is removed from a senior judgeship as provided in this subsection the clerk of the supreme court shall strike the name of the person from the roster of senior judges, at which time the person shall cease to be a senior judge.
3. A person who relinquishes a senior judgeship in the manner provided in subsection 1 or who is not reappointed shall be paid a retirement annuity that commences on the effective date of the relinquishment or the date of the completion of the term or appointment and shall be based upon the number of years the person served as a senior judge. A person who serves six or more years as a senior judge shall be paid a retirement annuity that is in an amount equal to the amount of the annuity the person is receiving on the effective date of the relinquishment or the date of the completion of the term or appointment in lieu of an amount determined according to section 602.9204. If the person serves less than six years as a senior judge, the person shall be paid a retirement annuity that is in an amount equal to an amount determined according to section 602.9107 added to an amount equal to the number of years the person served as a senior judge, divided by six, multiplied by the difference between the amount of the annuity the person is receiving on the effective date of the relinquishment and the amount determined according to section 602.9107. A person who is removed from a senior judgeship as provided in subsection 2 shall be paid a retirement annuity that commences on the effective date of the removal and is in an amount determined according to section 602.9107 in lieu of section 602.9204, and any service and annuity of the person as a senior judge is disregarded.
[C81, §605A.28]
83 Acts, ch 186, §10202(2)
CS83, §602.9208
84 Acts, ch 1234, §1; 95 Acts, ch 145, §5; 2008 Acts, ch 1191, §154
Referred to in §602.1612, 602.9115A, 602.9202, 602.9203, 602.9209
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 602 - JUDICIAL BRANCH › Section 602.9209 - Survivor’s annuity.

602.9209 Survivor’s annuity.
1. A survivor of a senior judge, a retired senior judge, or a person who relinquished a senior judgeship under section 602.9208, subsection 1, shall be paid an annuity in lieu of that specified in section 602.9115, which is equal to one-half the amount of the annuity the senior judge, retired senior judge, or person who relinquished a senior judgeship was receiving at the time of death, provided the survivor is qualified under section 602.9115 to receive an annuity.
2. A survivor of a person whose name is stricken from the roster of senior judges because of removal from a senior judgeship under section 602.9208, subsection 2, shall be paid an annuity equal to one-half of the amount the person was receiving at the time of death, provided the survivor is qualified under section 602.9115 to receive an annuity.
[C81, §605A.29]
83 Acts, ch 186, §10202(2)
CS83, §602.9209
84 Acts, ch 1234, §2
Referred to in §602.9115A
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 602 - JUDICIAL BRANCH › Section 602.10101 - Admission to practice.

602.10101 Admission to practice.
The power to admit persons to practice as attorneys and counselors in the courts of this state, or any of them, is vested exclusively in the supreme court which shall adopt and promulgate rules to carry out the intent and purpose of this article.
[C97, §309, 315; S13, §315; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10907, 10918; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §610.1, 610.12; C75, 77, 79, 81, §610.1]
83 Acts, ch 186, §10202(2)
CS83, §602.10101
Referred to in §96.3
See
Iowa Ct.R., ch 31
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 602 - JUDICIAL BRANCH › Section 602.10102 - Qualifications for admission.

602.10102 Qualifications for admission.
Every applicant for such admission shall be a person of honesty, integrity, trustworthiness, truthfulness and one who appreciates and will adhere to a code of conduct for lawyers as adopted by the supreme court. The applicant shall have actually and in good faith pursued a regular course of study of the law and shall have graduated from some reputable law school. The application form shall not contain a recent photograph of the applicant. An applicant shall not be ineligible for registration because of age, citizenship, sex, race, religion, marital status or national origin although the application form may require citizenship information. The board may consider the past record of guilty pleas and convictions of public offenses of an applicant. Character references may be required; however, such references shall not be restricted to lawyers.
[C51, §1610; R60, §2700; C73, §208; C97, §310; S13, §310; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10908; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §610.2]
83 Acts, ch 186, §10202(2)
CS83, §602.10102
2019 Acts, ch 48, §1
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 602 - JUDICIAL BRANCH › Section 602.10103 - Board of law examiners.

602.10103 Board of law examiners.
There is established a board of law examiners which shall consist of five persons admitted to practice law in this state and two persons not admitted to practice law in this state who shall represent the general public. Members shall be appointed by the supreme court. A member admitted to practice law shall be actively engaged in the practice of law in this state.
[S13, §311-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10910; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §610.4; C75, 77, 79, 81, §610.3]
83 Acts, ch 186, §10202(2)
CS83, §602.10103
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 602 - JUDICIAL BRANCH › Section 602.10104 - Examinations.

602.10104 Examinations.
1. Every applicant shall be examined by the board concerning the applicant’s learning and skill in the law. The sufficiency of the education of the applicant may be determined by written examination or in such other manner as the board shall prescribe. The board shall hold at least one meeting each year at the seat of government. Examinations shall be given as often as deemed necessary as determined by the court, but shall be conducted at least one time per year. All examinations in theory shall be in writing and the identity of the person taking the examination shall be concealed until after the examination papers have been graded. For examinations in practice, the identity of the person taking the examination shall also be concealed as far as possible.
2. An applicant who fails the examination once shall be allowed to take the examination at the next scheduled time. Thereafter, the applicant shall be allowed to take the examination at the discretion of the court. An applicant who has failed the examination may request in writing information from the court concerning the applicant’s examination grade and subject areas or questions which the applicant failed to answer correctly, except that if the court administers a uniform, standardized examination, the court shall only be required to provide the examination grade and such other information concerning the applicant’s examination results which are available to the court.
[C97, §311; S13, §311; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10909; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §610.3; C75, 77, 79, 81, §610.4]
83 Acts, ch 186, §10202(2)
CS83, §602.10104
2019 Acts, ch 24, §104
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 602 - JUDICIAL BRANCH › Section 602.10105 - Term of office.

602.10105 Term of office.
Appointments shall be for three-year terms and shall commence on July 1 of the year in which the appointment is made. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term by appointment of the supreme court. Members shall serve no more than three terms or nine years, whichever is less.
[S13, §311-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10911; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §610.5]
83 Acts, ch 186, §10202(2)
CS83, §602.10105
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 602 - JUDICIAL BRANCH › Section 602.10106 - Oath — compensation.

602.10106 Oath — compensation.
The members thus appointed shall take and subscribe an oath to be administered by one of the judges of the supreme court to faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of the office. The members shall, in addition to receiving actual and necessary expenses, set the per diem compensation for themselves and the temporary examiners appointed under section 602.10107 at a rate not exceeding the per diem specified in section 7E.6 for each day actually engaged in the discharge of their duties. The duties shall include the traveling to and from the place of examination, the preparation and conducting of examinations, and the reading of the examination papers. The per diem authorized under this section shall be reasonably apportioned in relation to the funds appropriated to the board.
[S13, §311-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10912; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §610.6]
83 Acts, ch 186, §10202(2)
CS83, §602.10106
90 Acts, ch 1256, §54
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 602 - JUDICIAL BRANCH › Section 602.10107 - Temporary appointments — expenses.

602.10107 Temporary appointments — expenses.
1. The supreme court may appoint from time to time, when necessary, temporary examiners to assist the board, who shall receive their actual and necessary expenses to be paid from funds appropriated to the board.
2. The members of the board authorized to grade examinations shall make the final decision on passage or failure of each applicant, subject to the rules of the supreme court. The board shall, also, recommend to the supreme court for admission to practice law in this state all applicants who pass the examination and who meet the requisite character requirements. The supreme court shall make the final decision in determining who shall be admitted.
[S13, §311-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10913; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §610.7]
83 Acts, ch 186, §10202(2)
CS83, §602.10107
2019 Acts, ch 24, §104
Referred to in §602.10106
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 602 - JUDICIAL BRANCH › Section 602.10108 - Fees — appropriation.

602.10108 Fees — appropriation.
1. The supreme court shall set the fees for examination and for admission. The fees for examination shall be based upon the annual cost of administering the examinations. The fees for admission shall be based upon the costs of conducting an investigation of the applicant and the administrative costs of sustaining the board.
2. Fees shall be collected by the board and are appropriated to the judicial branch and shall be used to offset the costs of administering this article 10.
[S13, §311-b; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10914; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §610.8]
83 Acts, ch 186, §10202(2)
CS83, §602.10108
2010 Acts, ch 1159, §10; 2013 Acts, ch 45, §2
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 602 - JUDICIAL BRANCH › Section 602.10109 - Practitioners from other United States jurisdictions.

602.10109 Practitioners from other United States jurisdictions.
Any person who has been admitted to the bar of any other state in the United States, the District of Columbia, or a territory of the United States, may, in the discretion of the court, be admitted to practice in this state without examination or proof of a period of study. The person, in the application for admission to practice law in this state, in addition to all other requirements stated in this chapter, shall establish that the person has practiced law for five full years under license in such jurisdiction within the seven years immediately preceding the date of application and still holds a license to practice law. The teaching of law as a full-time instructor in a recognized law school in this state or some other state shall for the purpose of this section be deemed the practice of law. Any person who has discharged actual legal duties as a member of the armed services of the United States shall be deemed to have practiced law for the purposes of this section if certified to as such by the judge advocate general of the service. The court may charge an investigation fee based upon the cost of conducting the investigation as determined by the court.
[C97, §313; S13, §313; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10916; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §610.10]
83 Acts, ch 186, §10202(2)
CS83, §602.10109
2019 Acts, ch 48, §2
See
Iowa Ct.R. 31.12
and
31.13
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 602 - JUDICIAL BRANCH › Section 602.10110 - Oath or affirmation.

602.10110 Oath or affirmation.
All persons on being admitted to the bar shall take an oath or affirmation, as promulgated by the supreme court, declaring to support the Constitutions of the United States and of the state of Iowa, and to faithfully discharge, according to the best of their ability, the duties of an attorney.
[C51, §1613; R60, §2703; C73, §208; C97, §314; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10917; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §610.11]
83 Acts, ch 186, §10202(2)
CS83, §602.10110
2005 Acts, ch 179, §76, 89
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 602 - JUDICIAL BRANCH › Section 602.10111 - Non-Iowa attorney — appointment of Iowa attorney.

602.10111 Non-Iowa attorney — appointment of Iowa attorney.
Any member of the bar of another state, the District of Columbia, or a territory of the United States actually engaged in any cause or matter pending in any court of this state, may be permitted by such court to appear in and conduct such cause or matter, without being subject to this article; provided that at the time the attorney enters an appearance the attorney files with the clerk of such court the written appointment of some attorney admitted to practice in the state of Iowa, upon whom service may be had in all matters connected with said action, with the same effect as if personally made on such foreign attorney within this state. In case of failure to make such appointment, such attorney shall not be permitted to practice as provided in this section, and all papers filed by the attorney shall be stricken from the files.
[C51, §1612; R60, §2702; C73, §210; C97, §316; S13, §316; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10919; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §610.13]
83 Acts, ch 186, §10202(2)
CS83, §602.10111
2009 Acts, ch 133, §173; 2019 Acts, ch 48, §3
See
Iowa Ct.R. 31.14
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 602 - JUDICIAL BRANCH › Section 602.10113 - Deceit or collusion.

602.10113 Deceit or collusion.
An attorney and counselor who is guilty of deceit or collusion, or consents thereto, with intent to deceive a court or judge or a party to an action or proceeding, is liable to be disbarred, and shall forfeit to the injured party treble damages to be recovered in a civil action.
[C51, §1615; R60, §2705; C73, §212; C97, §318; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10921; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §610.15]
83 Acts, ch 186, §10202(2)
CS83, §602.10113
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 602 - JUDICIAL BRANCH › Section 602.10114 - Authority.

602.10114 Authority.
An attorney and counselor has power to:
1. Execute in the name of a client a bond, or other written instrument, necessary and proper for the prosecution of an action or proceeding about to be or already commenced, or for the prosecution or defense of any right growing out of an action, proceeding, or final judgment rendered therein.
2. Bind a client to any agreement, in respect to any proceeding within the scope of the attorney’s or counselor’s proper duties and powers; but no evidence of any such agreement is receivable, except the statement of the attorney in person, the attorney’s or counselor’s written agreement signed and filed with the clerk, or an entry thereof upon the records of the court.
3. Receive money claimed by a client in an action or proceeding during the pendency thereof, or afterwards, unless the attorney or counselor has been previously discharged by the client, and, upon payment thereof, and not otherwise, to discharge the claim or acknowledge satisfaction of the judgment.
[C51, §1616; R60, §2706; C73, §213; C97, §319; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10922; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §610.16]
83 Acts, ch 186, §10202(2)
CS83, §602.10114
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 602 - JUDICIAL BRANCH › Section 602.10115 - Proof of authority.

602.10115 Proof of authority.
The court may, on motion of either party and on the showing of reasonable grounds therefor, require the attorney for the adverse party, or for any one of the several adverse parties, to produce or prove by the attorney’s own oath, or otherwise, the authority under which the attorney appears, and, until the attorney does so, may stay all proceedings by the attorney on behalf of the parties for whom the attorney assumes to appear.
[C51, §1617; R60, §2707; C73, §214; C97, §320; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10923; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §610.17]
83 Acts, ch 186, §10202(2)
CS83, §602.10115
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 602 - JUDICIAL BRANCH › Section 602.10116 - Attorney’s lien — notice.

602.10116 Attorney’s lien — notice.
An attorney has a lien for a general balance of compensation upon:
1. Any papers belonging to a client which have come into the attorney’s hands in the course of professional employment.
2. Money in the attorney’s hands belonging to a client.
3. Money due a client in the hands of the adverse party, or attorney of such party, in an action or proceeding in which the attorney claiming the lien was employed, from the time of giving notice in writing to such adverse party, or attorney of such party, if the money is in the possession or under the control of such attorney, which notice shall state the amount claimed, and, in general terms, for what services.
4. After judgment in any court of record, such notice may be given, and the lien made effective against the judgment debtor, by entering the same in the judgment or combination docket, opposite the entry of the judgment.
[C51, §1618; R60, §2708; C73, §215; C97, §321; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10924; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §610.18]
83 Acts, ch 186, §10202(2)
CS83, §602.10116
Attorney as surety; §621.7, 636.5
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 602 - JUDICIAL BRANCH › Section 602.10117 - Release of lien by bond.

602.10117 Release of lien by bond.
Any person interested may release such lien by executing a bond in a sum double the amount claimed, or in such sum as may be fixed by any district judge, payable to the attorney, with security to be approved by the clerk of the supreme or district court, conditioned to pay any amount finally found due the attorney for the attorney’s services, which amount may be ascertained by suit on the bond.
[C51, §1619; R60, §2709; C73, §216; C97, §322; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10925; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §610.19]
83 Acts, ch 186, §10202(2)
CS83, §602.10117
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 602 - JUDICIAL BRANCH › Section 602.10118 - Automatic release.

602.10118 Automatic release.
Such lien will be released, unless the attorney, within ten days after demand therefor, files with the clerk a full and complete bill of particulars of the services and amount claimed for each item, or written contract with the party for whom the services were rendered.
[C73, §216; C97, §322; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10926; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §610.20]
83 Acts, ch 186, §10202(2)
CS83, §602.10118
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 602 - JUDICIAL BRANCH › Section 602.10119 - Unlawful retention of money.

602.10119 Unlawful retention of money.
An attorney who receives the money or property of a client in the course of the attorney’s professional business, and refuses to pay or deliver it in a reasonable time, after demand, is guilty of a theft and punished accordingly.
[C51, §1627; R60, §2717; C73, §224; C97, §330; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10927; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §610.21]
83 Acts, ch 186, §10202(2)
CS83, §602.10119
Referred to in §602.10120
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 602 - JUDICIAL BRANCH › Section 602.10120 - Excuse for nonpayment.

602.10120 Excuse for nonpayment.
When the attorney claims to be entitled to a lien upon the money or property, the attorney is not liable to the penalties of section 602.10119 until the person demanding the money proffers sufficient security for the payment of the amount of the attorney’s claim, when it is legally ascertained. Nor is the attorney in any case liable as aforesaid, provided the attorney gives sufficient security that the attorney will pay over the whole or any portion thereof to the claimant when the claimant is found entitled thereto.
[C51, §1628, 1629; R60, §2718, 2719; C73, §225, 226; C97, §331; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10928; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §610.22]
83 Acts, ch 186, §10202(2)
CS83, §602.10120
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 602 - JUDICIAL BRANCH › Section 602.10121 - Revocation of license.

602.10121 Revocation of license.
The supreme court may revoke or suspend the license of an attorney to practice law in this state.
[C51, §1620; R60, §2710; C73, §217; C97, §323; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10929; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §610.23]
83 Acts, ch 186, §10202(2)
CS83, §602.10121
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 602 - JUDICIAL BRANCH › Section 602.10122 - Grounds of revocation.

602.10122 Grounds of revocation.
The following are sufficient causes for revocation or suspension:
1. When the attorney has been convicted of a felony. The record of conviction is conclusive evidence.
2. When the attorney is guilty of a willful disobedience or violation of the order of the court, requiring the attorney to do or forbear an act connected with or in the course of the attorney’s profession.
3. A willful violation of any of the duties of an attorney or counselor as prescribed in this article.
4. Doing any other act to which such a consequence is by law attached.
5. Soliciting legal business for the attorney or office, either by the attorney or representative. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to prevent or prohibit listing in legal or other directories, law lists and other similar publications, or the publication of professional cards in any such lists, directories, newspapers or other publication.
[C51, §1621; R60, §2711; C73, §218; C97, §324; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10930; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §610.24]
83 Acts, ch 186, §10202(2)
CS83, §602.10122
2020 Acts, ch 1063, §323; 2021 Acts, ch 80, §354
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 602 - JUDICIAL BRANCH › Section 602.10123 - Proceedings.

602.10123 Proceedings.
The proceedings to remove or suspend an attorney may be commenced by the direction of the court or on the petition of any individual. In the former case, the court must direct some attorney to draw up the accusation; in the latter, the accusation must be drawn up and sworn to by the person making it.
[C51, §1622; R60, §2712; C73, §219; C97, §325; S13, §325; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10931; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §610.25]
83 Acts, ch 186, §10202(2)
CS83, §602.10123
93 Acts, ch 85, §4
2023 Iowa Code › Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES › Chapter 602 - JUDICIAL BRANCH › Section 602.10124 - Costs.

602.10124 Costs.
If an action is commenced by direction of the court, the costs shall be taxed and disposed of as in criminal cases; provided that no allowance shall be made in such case for the payment of attorney fees.
[S13, §325; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10932; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §610.26]
83 Acts, ch 186, §10202(2)
CS83, §602.10124