Bill Text: IA SF379 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to qualifications to practice law in Iowa and regulation of persons admitted to practice law in a jurisdiction of the United States other than Iowa. (Formerly SSB 1069.) Effective 7-1-19.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-01 - Signed by Governor. S.J. 1195. [SF379 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-SF379-Enrolled.html
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AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
QUALIFICATIONS
TO
PRACTICE
LAW
IN
IOWA
AND
REGULATION
OF
PERSONS
ADMITTED
TO
PRACTICE
LAW
IN
A
JURISDICTION
OF
THE
UNITED
STATES
OTHER
THAN
IOWA.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
602.10102,
Code
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
602.10102
Qualifications
for
admission.
Every
applicant
for
such
admission
shall
be
a
person
of
honesty,
integrity,
trustworthiness,
truthfulness
and
one
who
appreciates
and
will
adhere
to
a
code
of
conduct
for
lawyers
as
adopted
by
the
supreme
court.
The
applicant
shall
be
an
inhabitant
of
this
state,
and
shall
have
actually
and
in
good
faith
pursued
a
regular
course
of
study
of
the
law
and
shall
have
graduated
from
some
reputable
law
school.
The
application
form
shall
not
contain
a
recent
photograph
of
the
applicant.
An
applicant
shall
not
be
ineligible
for
registration
because
of
age,
citizenship,
sex,
race,
religion,
marital
status
or
national
origin
although
the
application
form
may
require
citizenship
information.
The
board
may
consider
the
past
record
of
guilty
pleas
and
convictions
of
public
offenses
of
an
applicant.
Character
references
may
be
required;
however,
such
references
shall
not
be
restricted
to
lawyers.
Senate
File
379,
p.
2
Sec.
2.
Section
602.10109,
Code
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
602.10109
Practitioners
from
other
states
United
States
jurisdictions
.
Any
person
who
is
a
resident
of
this
state,
and
has
been
admitted
to
the
bar
of
any
other
state
in
the
United
States
,
or
the
District
of
Columbia,
or
a
territory
of
the
United
States,
may,
in
the
discretion
of
the
court,
be
admitted
to
practice
in
this
state
without
examination
or
proof
of
a
period
of
study.
The
person,
in
the
application
for
admission
to
practice
law
in
this
state,
in
addition
to
all
other
requirements
stated
in
this
chapter
,
shall
establish
that
the
person
has
practiced
law
for
five
full
years
under
license
in
such
jurisdiction
within
the
seven
years
immediately
preceding
the
date
of
application
and
still
holds
a
license
to
practice
law.
The
teaching
of
law
as
a
full-time
instructor
in
a
recognized
law
school
in
this
state
or
some
other
state
shall
for
the
purpose
of
this
section
be
deemed
the
practice
of
law.
Any
person
who
has
discharged
actual
legal
duties
as
a
member
of
the
armed
services
of
the
United
States
shall
be
deemed
to
have
practiced
law
for
the
purposes
of
this
section
if
certified
to
as
such
by
the
judge
advocate
general
of
the
service.
The
court
may
charge
an
investigation
fee
based
upon
the
cost
of
conducting
the
investigation
as
determined
by
the
court.
Sec.
3.
Section
602.10111,
Code
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
602.10111
Nonresident
Non-Iowa
attorney
——
appointment
of
local
Iowa
attorney.
Any
member
of
the
bar
of
another
state,
the
District
of
Columbia,
or
a
territory
of
the
United
States
actually
engaged
in
any
cause
or
matter
pending
in
any
court
of
this
state,
may
be
permitted
by
such
court
to
appear
in
and
conduct
such
cause
or
matter
while
retaining
the
attorney’s
residence
in
another
state
,
without
being
subject
to
this
article
;
provided
that
at
the
time
the
attorney
enters
an
appearance
the
attorney
files
with
the
clerk
of
such
court
the
written
appointment
of
some
attorney
resident
and
admitted
to
practice
in
the
state
of
Iowa,
upon
whom
service
may
be
had
in
all
matters
connected
with
said
action,
with
the
same
effect
as
if
personally
made
on
Senate
File
379,
p.
3
such
foreign
attorney
within
this
state.
In
case
of
failure
to
make
such
appointment,
such
attorney
shall
not
be
permitted
to
practice
as
provided
in
this
section
,
and
all
papers
filed
by
the
attorney
shall
be
stricken
from
the
files.
______________________________
CHARLES
SCHNEIDER
President
of
the
Senate
______________________________
LINDA
UPMEYER
Speaker
of
the
House
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
Senate
and
is
known
as
Senate
File
379,
Eighty-eighth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
W.
CHARLES
SMITHSON
Secretary
of
the
Senate
Approved
_______________,
2019
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor
