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Iowa Ct. R. 21.2
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Rule 21.2 Absence of chief justice
Organization of the Supreme Court
Rule Text
If the chief justice is absent or ill or from any other disability is unable to act and does not select some other member of the supreme court to act as chief justice during an absence or disability, the court shall select one of its other members to act during such time.
Amendment history: Court Order September 19, 1979; November 9, 2001, effective February 15, 2002; March 5, 2013, effective May 3, 2013