Iowa District Courts

Iowa district courts are trial courts in Iowa. Appeals of decisions reached in the district courts are taken to the Iowa Court of Appeals.

Judicial districts

Iowa Judicial Districts

District Court	Counties Served
Iowa District 1A	Allamakee, Clayton, Delaware, Dubuque, and Winneshiek
Iowa District 1B	Black Hawk, Buchanan, Chickasaw, Fayette, Grundy, and Howard
Iowa District 2A	Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Floyd, Franklin, Hancock, Mitchell, Winnebago, and Worth
Iowa District 2B	Boone, Calhoun, Carroll, Greene, Hamilton, Hardin, Humboldt, Marshall, Pocahontas, Sac, Story, Webster, and Wright
Iowa District 3A	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Lyon, Kossuth, O'Brien, Osceola, and Palo Alto
Iowa District 3B	Crawford, Ida, Monona, Plymouth, Sioux, and Woodbury
Iowa District 4	Audubon, Cass, Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie, and Shelby
Iowa District 5A	Dallas, Guthrie, Jasper, Madison, Marion, and Warren
Iowa District 5B	Adair, Adams, Clarke, Decatur, Lucas, Ringgold, Taylor, Union, and Wayne
Iowa District 5C	Polk
Iowa District 6	Benton, Iowa, Johnson, Jones, Linn, and Tama
Iowa District 7	Cedar, Clinton, Jackson, Muscatine, and Scott
Iowa District 8A	Appanoose, Davis, Jefferson, Keokuk, Mahaska, Monroe, Poweshiek, Van Buren, Wapello, and Washington
Iowa District 8B	Des Moines, Henry, Lee, and Louisa

Judges

District judges in Iowa are paid approximately $122,000 annually.

See also

• Courts in Iowa
• Judicial selection in Iowa

External links

• Iowa Courts, "Judicial Districts"
• Court Reference.com, "Iowa Court Records"

Footnotes

Iowa courts

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Federal courts:

Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Northern District of Iowa, Southern District of Iowa • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Northern District of Iowa, Southern District of Iowa

State courts:

Iowa Supreme Court • Iowa Court of Appeals • Iowa district courts

State resources:

Courts in Iowa • Iowa judicial elections • Judicial selection in Iowa