{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-602.6404","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 602.6404","heading":"Qualifications.","body":"1. A magistrate shall be a resident of the judicial election district or a resident of a county contiguous to the judicial election district in which appointed during the magistrate’s term of office. A magistrate shall serve within the judicial district in which appointed, as directed by the chief judge, provided that the chief judge may assign a magistrate to hold court outside of the county or counties of appointment for the orderly administration of justice. A magistrate is subject to reassignment under section 602.6108.\n2. A person is not qualified for appointment as a magistrate unless the person files a certified application form, to be provided by the supreme court, with the chairperson of the county magistrate appointing commission. A person is not qualified for appointment as a magistrate if at the time of appointment the person has reached age seventy-eight.\n3. A magistrate shall be an attorney licensed to practice law in this state. However, a magistrate not admitted to the practice of law in this state and who is holding office on April 1, 2009, shall be eligible to be reappointed as a magistrate in the same county for a term commencing August 1, 2009, and for subsequent successive terms.","path":["Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES (Ch. 595 - 686D)","Chapter 602 - JUDICIAL BRANCH","Article 6 - DISTRICT COURT","Part 4 - MAGISTRATES"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/602.6404.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:16Z","sha256":"753cfbd454fd4cdc59fcf60939e744b30c4e3c242869cb3d002048c24f085d0b","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-602.6403","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-602.6405"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}