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46.15 APPOINTMENTS TO BE FROM NOMINEES.
1. All appointments to the supreme court and court of appeals
shall be made from the nominees of the state judicial nominating
commission, and all appointments to the district court shall be made
from the nominees of the district judicial nominating commission.
2. If the governor fails to make an appointment within thirty
days after a list of nominees has been submitted, the appointment
shall be made from the list of nominees by the chief justice of the
supreme court. Section History: Early Form
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 46.15] Section History: Recent Form
83 Acts, ch 186, § 10021, 10201; 2007 Acts, ch 86, §2
Vacancies in courts and number of nominees, Iowa Constitution,
Art. V, §15
