Iowa Code Title XV. Judicial Branch and Judicial Procedures [Chs. 595-686] § 602.1303. Local funding

1. A county or city shall provide the district court for the county with physical facilities, including heat, water, electricity, maintenance, and custodial services, as follows:

2. A county shall pay the expenses of the members of the county magistrate appointing commission as provided in section 602.6501.

3. A county shall provide the district court with bailiff and other law enforcement services upon the request of a judicial officer of the district court.

4. A county shall pay the costs incurred in connection with the administration of juvenile justice under section 232.141.

5. A county shall pay the costs and expenses incurred in connection with grand juries.

6. A county or city shall pay the costs of its depositions and transcripts in criminal actions prosecuted by that county or city and shall pay the court fees and costs provided by law in criminal actions prosecuted by that county or city under county or city ordinance. A county or city shall pay witness fees and mileage in trials of criminal actions prosecuted by the county or city under county or city ordinance.

7. A county shall pay the fees and expenses allowed under sections 815.2 and 815.3.

8. If a county board of supervisors, with the approval of the supreme court, elects not to maintain space for the district court, the county may enter into an agreement with a contiguous county in the same judicial district to share the costs under subsections 1 through 7. For the purposes of this subsection, two counties are contiguous if they share a common boundary, including a corner.