1. 1. Full-time associate probate judges shall be appointed by the governor from persons nominated by the district judicial nominating commission in the same manner as district judges under chapter 46.
2. 2. A full-time associate probate judge who seeks to resign from the office of full-time associate probate judge shall notify in writing the governor, the chief judge of the judicial district, and the state commissioner of elections as to the full-time associate probate judge’s intention to resign and the effective date of the resignation.
3. 3. When a vacancy occurs or will occur within one hundred twenty days in the office of a full-time associate probate judge, the state commissioner of elections shall forthwith so notify the governor. The governor shall call a meeting of the commission within ten days after such notice. If the governor fails to do so, the chief justice shall call such meeting.

Section stricken and rewritten

99 Acts, ch 93, §13, 15; 99 Acts, ch 208, §62; 2003 Acts, ch 151, §51, 64; 2022 Acts, ch 1033, §12

Referred to in §602.2301, 602.6113