Orders - 2023 Archive

Chief Justice Christensen has signed an order adopting amendments to chapter 6 of the Iowa Court Rules, the Iowa Rules of Appellate Procedure. The amendments are based off of the recommendations of the Iowa Rules of Appellate Procedure Review Task Force and are comprehensive. A full, clean version of the appellate rules with all of the implemented amendments and a redlined version showing all of the revisions are provided with this order. Also provided with this order is a summary outlining all of the changes to the appellate rules. The amendments go into effect April 1, 2024. Amendments to rules 6.101 through 6.105, 6.601 through 6.603, and 6.907 are subject to a sixty-day review by the Iowa Legislative Council consistent with the provisions of Iowa Code section 602.4202.

Chief Justice Christensen has signed an order approving appointments to the Iowa Access to Justice Commission.

Chief Justice Susan Larson Christensen has signed an order adopting Chapter 15 of the Iowa Court Rules, Iowa Rules of Remote Procedure. The new chapter 15 rules govern the use of remote proceedings in district court. The new rules take effect January 1, 2024.

Chief Justice Susan Christensen has signed an order adopting modifications to Iowa Rule of Criminal Procedure 2.15(1), regarding witness testimony subpoenas for hearings, depositions, and trials in criminal proceedings. Included with the order are instructions for filers regarding how to electronically submit witness testimony subpoenas to clerks of court. The revised rule is effective October 23, 2023, subject to Legislative Council review consistent with the provisions of Iowa Code section 602.4202.
 

Chief Justice Susan Christensen has signed an order adopting rule 22.41, relating to the establishment and procedures of treatment courts. 
 

Chief Justice Christensen has signed a corrected order concerning the hiring of private court reporters by counsel in civil cases that repealed orders that were done in 2010 and 2023 and updated the procedure and rates. The original order referred to a “November 10, 2010 order” and a “May 1, 2013 order.” The correct references are “November 24, 2010 order” and “May 1, 2023 order.”

Chief Justice Christensen has signed an order approving amendments to various chapters of the Iowa Court Rules in Division III, Professional Regulation.

Chief Justice Christensen has signed an order requesting public comment on proposed Iowa Rules of Remote Proceedings from the Remote Proceedings Task Force. The deadline for submitting public comments is 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, August 3, 2023.
 

Chief Justice Christensen has signed an order amending Iowa Court Rules 31.6 concerning deferral of bar exam fees and 31.12(2) concerning applications for admission without examination.

Chief Justice Christensen has signed an order rescinding the supreme court's December 6, 2021 supervisory order—and two subsequent amendments—relating to certain provisions relating to the Coronavirus/COVID-19 impact on court services.

Chief Justice Christensen has signed an order adopting amendments to the revised Chapter 2 Iowa Rules of Criminal Procedure. The amendments modify the rule regarding the process by which a minor complaining witness can request to be interviewed or deposed outside the presence of the defendant and the rule and forms related to the issuing of arrest warrants.

Chief Justice Christensen has signed an order requesting public comment on proposed amendments to chapter 46 of the Iowa Court Rules, Rules of the Board of Examiners of Shorthand Reporters. The deadline for submitting comments is 4:30 p.m. on August 29, 2023.

Chief Justice Christensen has signed an order adopting amendments to Iowa Court Rule 22.14 regarding judicial vacation.

Chief Justice Christensen has signed an order adopting amendments to the revised Chapter 2 Iowa Rules of Criminal Procedure. The effective date of the October 14, 2022 submitted rules and November 7, 2022 revisions remains July 1, 2023. The rule amendments and form provided with today’s order are temporarily adopted effective July 1, 2023, and will take permanent effect subject to Legislative Council review consistent with the provisions of Iowa Code section 602.4202. The July 1, 2023 effective date includes criminal cases filed after that date and criminal cases already pending on that date; however, judicial districts or individual district judges may, in the exercise of their discretion, exempt any case that was pending before July 1, 2023, from one or more of the revised rules. 

Chief Justice Christensen has signed an order requesting public comment on proposed amendments to Chapter 6, Iowa Rules of Appellate Procedure. The deadline for submitting comments is 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 29, 2023.

Chief Justice Christensen has signed an order adopting amendments to Iowa Court Rule 17.100 and the forms for Dissolution of Marriage with no Minor or Dependent Adult Children. The updated fillable forms are provided on the Iowa Judicial Branch website.

Chief Justice Christensen has entered an order establishing a Remote Proceedings Task Force. The task force is charged with providing recommendations to the supreme court for the use of remote technology in court proceedings. The task force is divided into four work groups: criminal, civil, family, and juvenile law. 

The Iowa Supreme Court reselected Justice Susan Christensen, Harlan, as chief justice.