Iowa Code § 29B.25: Summary courts-martial — who may convene.

1. In the state military forces, the commanding officer of a garrison, fort, post, camp, air base, auxiliary air base, or other place where members of the state military forces are on duty, or of a division, brigade, regiment, wing, group, detached battalion, detached squadron, detached company, or other detachment, may convene a summary court-martial consisting of one commissioned officer. The proceedings shall be informal.

2. When only one commissioned officer is present with a command or detachment, the officer shall be the summary court officer of that command or detachment and shall hear and determine all summary court-martial cases.