{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-607a.5","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 607A.5","heading":"Automatic excuse from jury service.","body":"A person shall be excused from jury service if the person submits written documentation verifying, to the court’s satisfaction, that the person is solely responsible for the daily care of a person with a permanent disability living in the person’s household and that the performance of juror service would cause substantial risk of injury to the health of the person with a disability, or that the person is the mother of a breastfed child and is responsible for the daily care of the child. However, if the person is regularly employed at a location other than the person’s household, the person shall not be excused under this section.","path":["Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES (Ch. 595 - 686D)","Chapter 607A - JURIES"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/607A.5.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:16Z","sha256":"fe6eaf2c723fda081b93e994490bbbf4906768609b348c046cec9982e4ec4a0c","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-607a.4","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-607a.6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}