§ Iowa Code § 46.16Terms of judges

46.16 Terms of judges.
1. Subject to sections 602.1610 and 602.1612 and to removal for cause:
a. The initial term of office of judges of the supreme court, court of appeals, and district
court shall be for one year after appointment and until January 1 following the next judicial
election after expiration of such year; and
b. The regular term of office of judges of the supreme court retained at a judicial election
shall be eight years, and of judges of the court of appeals and district court so retained shall
be six years, from the expiration of their initial or previous regular term as the case may be.
2. Subject to removal for cause, the initial term of office of a district associate judge shall
be for one year after appointment and until January 1 following the next judicial election after
expiration of such year, and the regular term of office of a district associate judge retained
at a judicial election shall be six years from the expiration of the initial or previous regular
term, as the case may be.
3. Subject to removal for cause, the initial term of office of a full-time associate juvenile
judge or a full-time associate probate judge shall be for one year after appointment and until
January 1 following the next judicial election after expiration of such year, and the regular
term of office of a full-time associate juvenile judge or a full-time associate probate judge
retained at a judicial election shall be six years from the expiration of the initial or previous
regular term, as the case may be.
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