Terms Used In Iowa Code 46.7

  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
 To be eligible to vote in elections of judicial nominating commissioners, a member of the bar must be eligible to practice and must be a resident of the state of Iowa and of the appropriate congressional district or judicial election district at the time the member votes in the election. The member’s residency shall be determined by the home address shown on the member’s most recent electronic or paper submission to the commission on continuing education and the client security commission or on the member’s bar admission records. A judge who has been admitted to the bar of the state of Iowa shall be considered a member of the bar.