{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-602.1602","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 602.1602","heading":"Sunday — permissible acts.","body":"A court shall not be opened on Sunday and judicial business shall not be transacted on Sunday, except to:\n1. Give instructions to a jury then deliberating on its verdict.\n2. Receive a verdict or discharge a jury.\n3. Exercise the powers of a magistrate in a criminal proceeding.\n4. Perform other acts as provided by law.","path":["Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES (Ch. 595 - 686D)","Chapter 602 - JUDICIAL BRANCH","Article 1 - JUDICIAL BRANCH","Part 6 - GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/602.1602.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:16Z","sha256":"d3a0c558a1f820aedf3538f30608d8adc2ed8af7869f826fe9a3fb4f39e2d3bc","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-602.1601","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-602.1603"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}