{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-602.6502","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 602.6502","heading":"Prohibitions to appointment.","body":"A member of a county magistrate appointing commission shall not be appointed to the office of magistrate. A member of the commission shall not be eligible to vote for the appointment or nomination of a family member, current law partner, or current business partner. For purposes of this section, “family member” means a spouse, son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, first cousin, nephew, niece, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, father, mother, stepfather, stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister, half brother, or half sister.","path":["Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES (Ch. 595 - 686D)","Chapter 602 - JUDICIAL BRANCH","Article 6 - DISTRICT COURT","Part 5 - MAGISTRATE APPOINTING COMMISSIONS"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/602.6502.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:16Z","sha256":"645b34bcfbd6bc4c59a221e9ba65448e404c5aad08cff6ba2882d6ba559906db","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-602.6501","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-602.6503"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}