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- Jurisdiction
- Iowa (all State courts) · Iowa
- Level
- Court
- Authority
- Iowa Const. art. V, §§ 1, 4
- Issued
- 2020-05-22 May 22, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-05-22
- End
- Supplemented by the July 9, July 22, July 31, September 1 and October 2, 2020 orders; superseded in part by IA-052 and IA-053 (read as 2020-10-02)
- In force
- May 22, 2020 to Oct. 2, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Courts and public offices
- Addressees
- all Iowa courts, clerks, attorneys, litigants, jurors
- Functions reached
- CT no jury trials in Iowa March 14-September 14, 2020; no nonemergency in-person hearings to July 13, 2020
- CL/SV/PM court-dependent transactions
- Collection
- Iowa IA
Operative words
'6. Nonjury trials. Any nonjury trial that is scheduled to begin before July 13, 2020, shall be continued and reset to a date no earlier than July 13, 2020.... 7. Resumption of nonemergency in-person hearings. Nonemergency in-person hearings... shall resume according to the same schedule set forth for nonjury trials in paragraph 6.... 10. Jury trials. Any jury trial that is scheduled to begin before September 14, 2020 shall be continued and reset to a date no earlier than September 14, 2020.... 12. Scheduling. Judicial districts shall schedule in-person hearings [to comply with safety protocols]... 34. Mediation. Any mediation set to occur at a courthouse location before July 13, 2020 shall be continued or directed to occur by videoconference or telephone.'
Enforcement
Supervisory order; speedy-trial deadlines expanded (Iowa R. Crim. P. 2.33)
Notes
Text-layer PDF; the order also addresses evictions (CARES Act landlord verification form) and continues the elevated-risk attendance bar.
Retrieval noteRead from the text layer.