§ 95. — Iowa.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 28USC95]
TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
PART I--ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
CHAPTER 5--DISTRICT COURTS
Sec. 95. Iowa
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, Sec. 3(a), Oct.
15, 1980, 94 Stat. 2053.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Secs. 156 and 156a (Mar. 3,
1911, ch. 231, Sec. 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).
A provision relating to the maintenance of clerk's office was
omitted as covered by section 751 of this title.
Changes in arrangement and phraseology were made.
Amendments
1980--Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 96-462, Sec. 3(a)(1), added Fremont
and Page counties to Western Division of Southern District.
Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 96-462, Sec. 3(a)(2), struck out references
to Fremont and Page counties in list of counties comprising Southern
Division of Southern District.
Effective Date of 1980 Amendment; Savings Provision
Amendment by Pub. L. 96-462 effective Oct. 1, 1981, 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 Oct. 1, 1981, see section 7 of Pub. L. 96-462, set out as a note
under section 84 of this title.
Section 3(b) of Pub. L. 96-462 provided that: ``The amendments made
by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall not apply to any action
commenced before the effective date of such amendments [Oct. 1, 1981]
and pending in the United States District Court for the Southern
District of Iowa on such date.''
Holding Court for the Southern District of Iowa
Pub. L. 107-273, div. C, title I, Sec. 11029, Nov. 2, 2002, 116
Stat. 1836, provided that: ``Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
during the period beginning on January 1, 2003, through July 1, 2005,
the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa may--
``(1) with the consent of the parties in any case filed in the
Eastern Division or the Davenport Division of the Southern District
of Iowa, hold court on that case in Rock Island, Illinois; and
``(2) summon jurors from the Southern District of Iowa to serve
in any case described under paragraph (1).''
