Iowa Code 602.4201 – Rules governing actions and proceedings
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Terms Used In Iowa Code 602.4201
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
- Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
- Probate: Proving a will
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
- Writ of certiorari: An order issued by the Supreme Court directing the lower court to transmit records for a case for which it will hear on appeal.
602.4201 Rules governing actions and proceedings.
1. The supreme court may prescribe all rules of pleading, practice, evidence, and procedure, and the forms of process, writs, and notices, for all proceedings in all courts of this state, for the purposes of simplifying the proceedings and promoting the speedy determination of litigation upon its merits.
2. Rules of appellate procedure relating to appeals to and review by the supreme court, discretionary review by the courts of small claims actions, review by the supreme court by writ of certiorari to inferior courts, appeal to or review by the court of appeals of a matter transferred to that court by the supreme court, and further review by the supreme court of decisions of the court of appeals, shall be known as “”Rules of Appellate Procedure””, and shall be published as provided in § 2B.5B.
3. The following rules are subject to § 602.4202:
a. Rules of civil procedure.
b. Rules of criminal procedure.
c. Rules of evidence.
d. Rules of appellate procedure 6.101 through 6.105, 6.601 through 6.603, and 6.907.
e. Rules of probate procedure.
f. Juvenile procedure.
g. Involuntary hospitalization of mentally ill.
h. Involuntary commitment or treatment of persons with a substance use disorder.
83 Acts, ch 186, §5201, 10201; 92 Acts, ch 1163, §110; 98 Acts, ch 1115, §8, 21; 2009 Acts, ch 41, §165; 2011 Acts, ch 121, §60, 62; 2012 Acts, ch 1023, §83, 158; 2015 Acts, ch 29, §104;
2023 Acts, ch 19, §1264
Referred to in §125.94, 229.40, 232.7A, 602.4202, 633.18
Subsection 3, paragraph h amended
1. The supreme court may prescribe all rules of pleading, practice, evidence, and procedure, and the forms of process, writs, and notices, for all proceedings in all courts of this state, for the purposes of simplifying the proceedings and promoting the speedy determination of litigation upon its merits.
2. Rules of appellate procedure relating to appeals to and review by the supreme court, discretionary review by the courts of small claims actions, review by the supreme court by writ of certiorari to inferior courts, appeal to or review by the court of appeals of a matter transferred to that court by the supreme court, and further review by the supreme court of decisions of the court of appeals, shall be known as “”Rules of Appellate Procedure””, and shall be published as provided in § 2B.5B.
3. The following rules are subject to § 602.4202:
a. Rules of civil procedure.
b. Rules of criminal procedure.
c. Rules of evidence.
d. Rules of appellate procedure 6.101 through 6.105, 6.601 through 6.603, and 6.907.
e. Rules of probate procedure.
f. Juvenile procedure.
g. Involuntary hospitalization of mentally ill.
h. Involuntary commitment or treatment of persons with a substance use disorder.
83 Acts, ch 186, §5201, 10201; 92 Acts, ch 1163, §110; 98 Acts, ch 1115, §8, 21; 2009 Acts, ch 41, §165; 2011 Acts, ch 121, §60, 62; 2012 Acts, ch 1023, §83, 158; 2015 Acts, ch 29, §104;
2023 Acts, ch 19, §1264
Referred to in §125.94, 229.40, 232.7A, 602.4202, 633.18
Subsection 3, paragraph h amended