Announcements

The Iowa Supreme Court filed opinions in three cases this week.

Chief Justice Christensen has filed an order regarding the coronavirus/COVID-19 impact on court services. 

https://www.iowacourts.gov/iowa-courts/covid-19-information-and-updates/

The Iowa Court of Appeals filed 55 opinions on April 1, 2020.

The Iowa Supreme Court granted four further review applications and denied 17 on March 26, 2020.

Iowans now have four ways to pay outstanding court fines and fees while following social distancing and self-isolation restrictions. All fines and fees can be mailed to the appropriate clerk of court office. The Iowa Judicial Branch offers a pay online option. People with multiple fines or fees on multiple cases can pay with a single payment using the shopping cart feature on Iowa Courts Online. And, the newest option, now available, is a single statewide number to pay by phone.

This certification of the most recent one-year treasury constant maturity index published by the Federal Reserve in the H15 Report is distributed to the courts in conformance with Iowa Code Section 668.13(3) (2017).

The March 2020 oral argument videos are now posted on YouTube. 

Following Governor Reynolds's State of Public Health Emergency Declaration earlier today, the Iowa Supreme Court issued an order permitting new ways to access courts to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

Today, the Iowa Supreme Court issued an order postponing all criminal jury trials until April 20 and all civil jury trials until May 4 unless the jury has been sworn in. The postponements are to protect public safety by mitigating the impact of coronavirus/COVID-19. Clerk of court offices throughout the state will remain open.

The candidate interviews for the Iowa Supreme Court vacancy are posted on the Iowa Judicial Nominating Commission website.