602.6304  Appointment and resignation of district associate judges.
  1.  The district associate judges authorized by sections 602.6301 and 602.6302 shall be appointed by the governor from persons nominated by the district judicial nominating commission in the same manner as district judges under chapter 46.
  2.  A district associate judge who seeks to resign from the office of district associate judge shall notify in writing the governor, the chief judge of the judicial district, and the state commissioner of elections as to the district associate judge’s intention to resign and the effective date of the resignation.
  3.  When a vacancy occurs or will occur within one hundred twenty days in the office of the district associate judge, the state commissioner of elections shall forthwith so notify the governor. The governor shall call a meeting of the commission within ten days after such notice. If the governor fails to do so, the chief justice shall call such meeting.
83 Acts, ch 186, §7304, 10201; 86 Acts, ch 1015, §4; 98 Acts, ch 1115, §13; 2003 Acts, ch 151, §41, 64; 2022 Acts, ch 1033, §7
Referred to in §602.2301, 602.6113, 602.6303