1. District associate judges shall serve initial terms and shall stand for retention in office within the judicial election districts of their residences at the judicial election in 1982 and every four years thereafter, under sections 46.17 to 46.24.
2. A person does not qualify for appointment to the office of district associate judge unless the person is at the time of appointment a resident of the county in which the vacancy exists, licensed to practice law in Iowa, and will be able, measured by the person's age at the time of appointment, to complete the initial term of office prior to reaching age seventy-two. An applicant for district associate judge shall file a certified application form, to be provided by the supreme court, with the chairperson of the county magistrate appointing commission.
3. A district associate judge must be a resident of a county in which the office is held during the entire term of office. A district associate judge shall serve within the judicial district in which appointed, as directed by the chief judge, and is subject to reassignment under section 602.6108.
4. District associate judges shall qualify for office as provided in chapter 63 for district judges.
83 Acts, ch 186, § 7305, 10201; 86 Acts, ch 1015, § 5; 89 Acts, ch 114, §2; 89 Acts, ch 212, §2; 89 Acts, ch 296, §83
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