{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-633.20b","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 633.20B","heading":"Appointment and resignation of full-time associate probate judges.","body":"1. Full-time associate probate judges shall be appointed by the governor from persons nominated by the district judicial nominating commission in the same manner as district judges under chapter 46.\n2. A full-time associate probate judge who seeks to resign from the office of full-time associate probate judge shall notify in writing the governor, the chief judge of the judicial district, and the state commissioner of elections as to the full-time associate probate judge’s intention to resign and the effective date of the resignation.\n3. When a vacancy occurs or will occur within one hundred twenty days in the office of a full-time associate probate judge, the state commissioner of elections shall forthwith so notify the governor. The governor shall call a meeting of the commission within ten days after such notice. If the governor fails to do so, the chief justice shall call such meeting.","path":["Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES (Ch. 595 - 686D)","Chapter 633 - PROBATE CODE","Subchapter II - PROBATE COURT, CLERK OF PROBATE COURT, AND PROCEDURE IN PROBATE","Part 1 - PROBATE COURT"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/633.20B.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:16Z","sha256":"c3469a79156c399271235257102f4c586bacb139db155255bf64e13b2395307c","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-633.20a","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-633.20c"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}