IOWA CONSTITUTION
ARTICLE V
JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT

Art. V §1 | COURTS

The Judicial power shall be vested in a Supreme Court, District Courts, and such other Courts, inferior to the Supreme Court, as the General Assembly may, from time to time, establish.

Notes

Court of appeals, 602.5101 of the Code

Art. V §2 | SUPREME COURT

The Supreme Court shall consist of three Judges, two of whom shall constitute a quorum to hold Court.

Notes

But see sec. 10 following; see also 602.4101 of the Code

Art. V §3 | ELECTION OF JUDGES — TERM. [REPEALED]

[The Judges of the Supreme Court shall be elected by the qualified electors of the State, and shall hold their Court at such time and place as the General Assembly may prescribe. The Judges of the Supreme Court so elected, shall be classified so that one Judge shall go out of office every two years; and the Judge holding the shortest term of office under such classification, shall be Chief Justice of the Court, during his term, and so on in rotation. After the expiration of their terms of office, under such classification, the term of each Judge of the Supreme Court shall be six years, and until his successor shall have been elected and qualified. The Judges of the Supreme Court shall be ineligible to any other office in the State, during the term for which they shall have been elected.]*

Notes

*In 1962 this section was repealed: See Amendment [21]

Art. V §4 | JURISDICTION OF SUPREME COURT

The Supreme Court shall have appellate jurisdiction only in cases in chancery, and shall constitute a Court for the correction of errors at law, under such restrictions as the General Assembly may, by law, prescribe; and shall have power to issue all writs and process necessary to secure justice to parties, and exercise a supervisory control over all inferior judicial tribunals throughout the State.*

Notes

See 602.4102, 602.4201, 602.4202, 624.2 of the Code

*This section was amended in 1962: See Amendment [21]

Art. V §5 | DISTRICT COURT AND JUDGE. [REPEALED]

[The District Court shall consist of a single Judge, who shall be elected by the qualified electors of the District in which he resides. The Judge of the District Court shall hold his office for the term of four years, and until his successor shall have been elected and qualified; and shall be ineligible to any other office, except that of Judge of the Supreme Court, during the term for which he was elected.]*

Notes

*In 1962 this section was repealed: See Amendment [21]: See also Amendment [21(1)]

Art. V §6 | JURISDICTION OF DISTRICT COURT

The District Court shall be a court of law and equity, which shall be distinct and separate jurisdictions, and have jurisdiction in civil and criminal matters arising in their respective districts, in such manner as shall be prescribed by law.

Notes

Statutory provision, 602.6101 of the Code

Art. V §7 | CONSERVATORS OF THE PEACE

The Judges of the Supreme and District Courts shall be conservators of the peace throughout the State.

Art. V §8 | STYLE OF PROCESS

The style of all process shall be, The State of Iowa, and all prosecutions shall be conducted in the name and by the authority of the same.

Art. V §9 | SALARIES. [REPEALED]

[The salary of each Judge of the Supreme Court shall be two thousand dollars per annum; and that of each District Judge, one thousand six hundred dollars per annum, until the year Eighteen hundred and Sixty; after which time, they shall severally receive such compensation as the General Assembly may, by law, prescribe; which compensation shall not be increased or diminished during the term for which they shall have been elected.]*

Notes

*In 1962 this section was repealed: See Amendment [21]

Art. V §10 | JUDICIAL DISTRICTS

The state shall be divided into eleven judicial districts; and after the year eighteen hundred and sixty, the general assembly may re-organize the judicial districts and increase or diminish the number of districts, or the number of judges of the said court, and may increase the number of judges of the supreme court; but such increase or diminution shall not be more than one district, or one judge of either court, at any one session; and no re-organization of the districts, or diminution of the number of judges, shall have the effect of removing a judge from office. Such re-organization of the districts, or any change in the boundaries thereof, or increase or diminution of the number of judges, shall take place every four years thereafter, if necessary, and at no other time.*

Notes

*Much of this section apparently superseded by Amendment [8]

Art. V §11 | JUDGES — WHEN CHOSEN. [REPEALED]

[The Judges of the Supreme and District Courts shall be chosen at the general election; and the term of office of each Judge shall commence on the first day of January next, after his election.]*

Notes

*In 1962 this section was repealed: See Amendment [21]

Art. V §12 | ATTORNEY GENERAL

[The General Assembly shall provide, by law, for the election of an Attorney General by the people, whose term of office shall be two years, and until his successor shall have been elected and qualified.]*

Notes

*In 1972 this section was repealed and a substitute adopted in lieu thereof: See Amendment [32]

Art. V §13 | DISTRICT ATTORNEY. [REPEALED]

[The qualified electors of each judicial district shall, at the time of the election of District Judge, elect a District Attorney, who shall be a resident of the district for which he is elected, and who shall hold his office for the term of four years, and until his successor shall have been elected and qualified.]

Notes

*In 1884 this section was repealed and a substitute adopted in lieu thereof: See Amendment [10]. In 1970 this substitute was repealed: See Amendment [31]

Art. V §14 | SYSTEM OF COURT PRACTICE

It shall be the duty of the General Assembly to provide for the carrying into effect of this article, and to provide for a general system of practice in all the Courts of this State.

Notes

For provisions relative to the grand jury, see Amendment [9]

Art. V §15 | VACANCIES IN COURTS

Amendment [21].

Art. V §16 | STATE AND DISTRICT NOMINATING COMMISSIONS

Amendment [21].

Art. V §17 | TERMS — JUDICIAL ELECTIONS

Amendment [21].

Art. V §18 | SALARIES — QUALIFICATIONS — RETIREMENT

Amendment [21].

Art. V §19 | RETIREMENT AND DISCIPLINE OF JUDGES

Amendment [33].

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IOWA CONSTITUTIONARTICLE VJUDICIAL DEPARTMENT

Art. V §1 | COURTS

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Art. V §2 | SUPREME COURT

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Art. V §3 | ELECTION OF JUDGES — TERM. [REPEALED]

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Art. V §4 | JURISDICTION OF SUPREME COURT

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Art. V §5 | DISTRICT COURT AND JUDGE. [REPEALED]

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Art. V §6 | JURISDICTION OF DISTRICT COURT

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Art. V §7 | CONSERVATORS OF THE PEACE

Art. V §8 | STYLE OF PROCESS

Art. V §9 | SALARIES. [REPEALED]

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Art. V §10 | JUDICIAL DISTRICTS

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Art. V §11 | JUDGES — WHEN CHOSEN. [REPEALED]

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Art. V §12 | ATTORNEY GENERAL

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Art. V §13 | DISTRICT ATTORNEY. [REPEALED]

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Art. V §14 | SYSTEM OF COURT PRACTICE

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Art. V §15 | VACANCIES IN COURTS

Art. V §16 | STATE AND DISTRICT NOMINATING COMMISSIONS

Art. V §17 | TERMS — JUDICIAL ELECTIONS

Art. V §18 | SALARIES — QUALIFICATIONS — RETIREMENT

Art. V §19 | RETIREMENT AND DISCIPLINE OF JUDGES

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