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Iowa Code (Last Updated: December 05, 2016) |
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Title I. STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT |
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Chapter 2B. LEGAL PUBLICATIONS |
Section 2B.5B. Iowa court rules.
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1. The legislative services agency shall control and maintain in a secure electronic repository custodial information used to produce the Iowa court rules.
2. The administrative code editor, upon direction by the Iowa supreme court and in accordance with the policies of the legislative council pursuant to section 2.42 and the legislative services agency pursuant to section 2A.1, shall prescribe a uniform style and form required for filing a document for publication in the Iowa court rules. The document shall correlate each rule to the uniform numbering system. The administrative code editor shall provide for the publication of an electronic version of the Iowa court rules. The administrative code editor shall review all submitted documents for style and form and notify the Iowa supreme court if a rulemaking document is not in proper style or form, and may return or revise a document which is not in proper style and form.
3. a. The administrative code editor shall publish the Iowa court rules in accordance with section 2.42. However, the legislative services agency may publish supplements in lieu of the Iowa court rules. The administrative code editor shall provide for arrangement of the Iowa court rules in consultation with the Iowa supreme court.
b. The Iowa court rules shall include all of the following:
(1) Rules prescribed by the supreme court, which may include the Iowa rules of civil procedure, the Iowa rules of criminal procedure, the Iowa rules of evidence, the Iowa rules of appellate procedure, the Iowa rules of professional conduct, and the Iowa code of judicial conduct.
(2) A comprehensive method to search and identify its contents, including court rules.
(a) An electronic version may include search and retrieval programming and index.
(b) A print version may include an index.
c. The Iowa court rules may include all of the following:
(1) A preface.
(2) Tables, including tables of corresponding rule numbers.