46.14 NOMINATION.
1. Each judicial nominating commission shall carefully consider
the individuals available for judge, and within sixty days after
receiving notice of a vacancy shall certify to the governor and the
chief justice the proper number of nominees, in alphabetical order.
Such nominees shall be chosen by the affirmative vote of a majority
of the full statutory number of commissioners upon the basis of their
qualifications and without regard to political affiliation. Nominees
shall be members of the bar of Iowa, shall be residents of the state
or district of the court to which they are nominated, and shall be of
such age that they will be able to serve an initial and one regular
term of office to which they are nominated before reaching the age of
seventy-two years. Nominees for district judge shall file a
certified application form, to be provided by the supreme court, with
the chairperson of the district judicial nominating commission.
Absence of a commissioner or vacancy upon the commission shall not
invalidate a nomination. The chairperson of the commission shall
promptly certify the names of the nominees, in alphabetical order, to
the governor and the chief justice.
2. A commissioner shall not be eligible for nomination by the
commission during the term for which the commissioner was elected or
appointed to that commission. A commissioner shall not be eligible
to vote for the nomination of a family member, current law partner,
or current business partner. For purposes of this subsection,
"family member" means a spouse, son, daughter, brother, sister,
uncle, aunt, first cousin, nephew, niece, father-in-law,
mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law,
sister-in-law, father, mother, stepfather, stepmother, stepson,
stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister, half brother, or half sister.
Section History: Early Form
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 46.14]
Section History: Recent Form
89 Acts, ch 212, §1; 2003 Acts, ch 151, §2
Vacancies in courts and number of nominees, Iowa Constitution,
Art. V, §15
46.14 NOMINATION.
1. Each judicial nominating commission shall carefully consider
the individuals available for judge, and within sixty days after
receiving notice of a vacancy shall certify to the governor and the
chief justice the proper number of nominees, in alphabetical order.
Such nominees shall be chosen by the affirmative vote of a majority
of the full statutory number of commissioners upon the basis of their
qualifications and without regard to political affiliation. Nominees
shall be members of the bar of Iowa, shall be residents of the state
or district of the court to which they are nominated, and shall be of
such age that they will be able to serve an initial and one regular
term of office to which they are nominated before reaching the age of
seventy-two years. Nominees for district judge shall file a
certified application form, to be provided by the supreme court, with
the chairperson of the district judicial nominating commission.
Absence of a commissioner or vacancy upon the commission shall not
invalidate a nomination. The chairperson of the commission shall
promptly certify the names of the nominees, in alphabetical order, to
the governor and the chief justice.
2. A commissioner shall not be eligible for nomination by the
commission during the term for which the commissioner was elected or
appointed to that commission. A commissioner shall not be eligible
to vote for the nomination of a family member, current law partner,
or current business partner. For purposes of this subsection,
"family member" means a spouse, son, daughter, brother, sister,
uncle, aunt, first cousin, nephew, niece, father-in-law,
mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law,
sister-in-law, father, mother, stepfather, stepmother, stepson,
stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister, half brother, or half sister.
Section History: Early Form
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 46.14]
Section History: Recent Form
89 Acts, ch 212, §1; 2003 Acts, ch 151, §2
Vacancies in courts and number of nominees, Iowa Constitution,
Art. V, §15
46.14 NOMINATION.
1. Each judicial nominating commission shall carefully consider
the individuals available for judge, and within sixty days after
receiving notice of a vacancy shall certify to the governor and the
chief justice the proper number of nominees, in alphabetical order.
Such nominees shall be chosen by the affirmative vote of a majority
of the full statutory number of commissioners upon the basis of their
qualifications and without regard to political affiliation. Nominees
shall be members of the bar of Iowa, shall be residents of the state
or district of the court to which they are nominated, and shall be of
such age that they will be able to serve an initial and one regular
term of office to which they are nominated before reaching the age of
seventy-two years. Nominees for district judge shall file a
certified application form, to be provided by the supreme court, with
the chairperson of the district judicial nominating commission.
Absence of a commissioner or vacancy upon the commission shall not
invalidate a nomination. The chairperson of the commission shall
promptly certify the names of the nominees, in alphabetical order, to
the governor and the chief justice.
2. A commissioner shall not be eligible for nomination by the
commission during the term for which the commissioner was elected or
appointed to that commission. A commissioner shall not be eligible
to vote for the nomination of a family member, current law partner,
or current business partner. For purposes of this subsection,
"family member" means a spouse, son, daughter, brother, sister,
uncle, aunt, first cousin, nephew, niece, father-in-law,
mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law,
sister-in-law, father, mother, stepfather, stepmother, stepson,
stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister, half brother, or half sister.
Section History: Early Form
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 46.14]
Section History: Recent Form
89 Acts, ch 212, §1; 2003 Acts, ch 151, §2
Vacancies in courts and number of nominees, Iowa Constitution,
Art. V, §15
