Terms Used In Iowa Code 551.6

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
 It shall be the duty of the county attorneys, in their counties, and the attorney general, to enforce the provisions of sections 551.1, 551.2, 551.4, and 551.5, by appropriate actions in courts of competent jurisdiction.