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Each county has a clerk of the district court who manages and maintains all trial records in the county. Court attendants facilitate court proceedings, and aid with clerical work. Court reporters transcribe all official statements in the courtroom, making the court record. Juvenile court officers work with youth who are accused of delinquent ...
The United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa (in case citations, S.D. Iowa) has jurisdiction over forty-seven of Iowa's ninety-nine counties. It is subject to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit).
Court related offices were moved into newly renovated areas during the project. In 2004 a bond referendum was passed by county voters to expand the size of the jail. The $29.7 million expansion was opened in 2007 [14] and expanded the courthouse and jail complex with a 75,000-square-foot (7,000 m 2) addition. [15]
Loy also had been fired in 2013 as city clerk in Grand River, where a special investigation by the state auditor found more than $27,000 in misspent funds in the southcentral Iowa town.
The Dubuque County Courthouse is located on Central Avenue, between 7th and 8th Streets, in Dubuque, Iowa, United States. The current structure was built from 1891 to 1893 to replace an earlier building. These are believed to be the only two structures to house the county courts and administrative offices. [2]
Buchanan County Court House in Independence, Iowa, United States was built in 1940. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003 as a part of the PWA-Era County Courthouses of IA Multiple Properties Submission. [1] The current structure is the third courthouse to house court functions and county administration. [2]
In the early years of the county records were kept in the homes or businesses of county officials. The first courthouse was a two-story stone structure built for $18,000 in 1861. [2] The building featured a self-supporting roof and a cupola which lightning struck on June 7, 1874. A fire destroyed the courthouse in 1881, but most county records ...
Dissatisfaction in the western part of the county led the Iowa General Assembly to appoint three new commissioners who would move the county seat to a site they called Livonia, which was near Clear Lake. A courthouse was built there, and some of the county records were moved in the winter of 1857. County officials reluctantly followed.