Iowa Code Title IX. Local Government [Chs. 331-420] § 331.757. Temporary and full-time assistants

1. The county attorney may employ, with the approval of a judge of the district court, a temporary assistant to assist in the trial of a person charged with a felony. The temporary assistant shall be paid a reasonable compensation as determined by the board upon certification of the services rendered by the district judge before whom the defendant was tried.

2. The county attorney may appoint, with the approval of the board, an assistant county attorney to serve as a full-time prosecutor. A full-time prosecutor shall refrain from the private practice of law. The county attorney shall determine the compensation paid to a full-time prosecutor within the budget set for the county attorney's office by the board. Except in counties having a population of more than two hundred thousand, the annual salary of an assistant county attorney shall not exceed eighty-five percent of the maximum annual salary of a full-time county attorney.