Iowa is divided into two judicial districts to be known as the Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa.
Northern District
(a) The Northern District comprises four divisions.
(1) The Cedar Rapids Division comprises the counties of Benton, Cedar, Grundy, Hardin, Iowa, Jones, Linn, and Tama.
Court for the Cedar Rapids Division shall be held at Cedar Rapids.
(2) The Eastern Division comprises the counties of Allamakee, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Chickasaw, Clayton, Delaware, Dubuque, Fayette, Floyd, Howard, Jackson, Mitchell, and Winneshiek.
Court for the Eastern Division shall be held at Dubuque and Waterloo.
(3) The Western Division comprises the counties of Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Crawford, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon, Monona, O’Brien, Osceola, Plymouth, Sac, Sioux, and Woodbury.
Court for the Western Division shall be held at Sioux City.
(4) The Central Division comprises the counties of Butler, Calhoun, Carroll, Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Franklin, Hamilton, Hancock, Humboldt, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Pocahontas, Webster, Winnebago, Worth, and Wright.
Court for the Central Division shall be held at Fort Dodge and Mason City.
Southern District
(b) The Southern District comprises six divisions.
(1) The Central Division comprises the counties of Boone, Dallas, Greene, Guthrie, Jasper, Madison, Marion, Marshall, Polk, Poweshiek, Story, and Warren.
Court for the Central Division shall be held at Des Moines.
(2) The Eastern Division comprises the counties of Des Moines, Henry, Lee, Louisa, and Van Buren.
Court for the Eastern Division shall be held at Keokuk.
(3) The Western Division comprises the counties of Audubon, Cass, Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie, and Shelby.
Court for the Western Division shall be held at Council Bluffs.
(4) The Southern Division comprises the counties of Adair, Adams, Clarke, Decatur, Lucas, Ringgold, Taylor, Union, and Wayne.
Court for the Southern Division shall be held at Creston.
(5) The Davenport Division comprises the counties of Clinton, Johnson, Muscatine, Scott, and Washington.
Court for the Davenport Division shall be held at Davenport.
(6) The Ottumwa Division comprises the counties of Appanoose, Davis, Jefferson, Keokuk, Mahaska, Monroe, and Wapello.
Court for the Ottumwa Division shall be held at Ottumwa.
June 25, 1948, ch. 646 62 Stat. 879 Pub. L. 96–462, § 3(a)94 Stat. 2053 (, ; , , .)
Historical and Revision Notes
Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, § 81 36 Stat. 1111 Mar. 3, 1913, ch. 122 37 Stat. 734 Feb. 23, 1916, ch. 32 39 Stat. 12 Apr. 27, 1916, ch. 90 39 Stat. 55 Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 256 42 Stat. 1483 Jan. 28, 1925, ch. 104 43 Stat. 794 July 5, 1937, ch. 428 50 Stat. 474 Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §§ 156 and 156a (, ; , ; , ; , ; , ; , ; , ).
section 751 of this titleA provision relating to the maintenance of clerk’s office was omitted as covered by .
Changes in arrangement and phraseology were made.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
Pub. L. 96–462, § 3(a)(1)1980—Subsec. (b)(3). , added Fremont and Page counties to Western Division of Southern District.
Pub. L. 96–462, § 3(a)(2)Subsec. (b)(4). , struck out references to Fremont and Page counties in list of counties comprising Southern Division of Southern District.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1980 Amendment; Savings Provision
Pub. L. 96–462section 7 of Pub. L. 96–462section 84 of this titleAmendment by effective , but not to affect the composition or preclude the service of any grand or petit juror summoned, empaneled, or actually serving in any judicial district on , see , set out as a note under .
Pub. L. 96–462, § 3(b)94 Stat. 2053
Holding Court for the Southern District of Iowa
Pub. L. 107–273, div. C, title I, § 11029116 Stat. 1836 Pub. L. 108–455, § 1118 Stat. 3628