As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Clerk” means clerk of the district court or the clerk’s designee.
2. “Court” means the district court of this state and includes, when the context requires,
a judicial officer as defined in section 602.1101.
3. “Electronic data processing system” means an electronic jury management system as
designated by the state court administrator.\n\nTue Dec 09 21:59:43 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 607A (34, 1)
§607A.3, JURIES 2\n\n 4. “Identification” means the random drawing of names in a manner immune to any
subjective bias so that no recognizable class of the population from which names are being
randomly drawn can be purposefully included or excluded.
5. “Juror” means any person identified for service on either the grand or petit jury who
attends court when originally instructed to report or is deferred to a future date uncertain, or
is on-call and available to report to court when so needed and so requested by the court.
6. “Jury pool” means the sum total of prospective jurors reporting for service.
7. “Jury wheel” means a physical device or electronic data processing system for storage
of the names and addresses or identifying numbers of prospective jurors.
8. “Master jury list” means the list of names taken from the source lists for possible jury
service.
9. “Motor vehicle operators list and nonoperators identification list” means the official
records maintained by the state of the names and addresses of those individuals in
the respective counties retaining valid motor vehicle driver’s licenses or nonoperator’s
identification cards.
10. “Panel” means those jurors drawn or assigned for service to a courtroom, judge, or
trial.
11. “Person with a disability” means a person who is not physically able to operate a motor
vehicle or use public transportation without assistance due to a physical disability.
12. “Source lists” means the voter registration list, the motor vehicle operators list, the
nonoperators identification list, and other comprehensive lists of persons residing in a county
as identified pursuant to section 607A.22.
13. “Term of service” means the period of time a juror is requested to serve.
14. “Voter registration list” means the official records maintained by the state of names
and addresses of persons registered to vote.
86 Acts, ch 1108, §11; 87 Acts, ch 85, §1, 2; 90 Acts, ch 1233, §37; 96 Acts, ch 1163, §1; 96
Acts, ch 1219, §31; 2017 Acts, ch 133, §10 – 12
Referred to in §720.4
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Notes of Decisions
State of Iowa v. Kelvin Plain Sr., 898 N.W.2d 801 (Iowa 2017).
· cites it 8× “A jury “panel” consists of “those jurors drawn or assigned for service to a courtroom, judge, or trial.”
State of Iowa v. Peter Leroy Veal, 930 N.W.2d 293 (Iowa 2019).
· cites it 4× “See Iowa Code § 607A.3. Thus, "pool" refers to the jurors summoned to the courthouse for a particular time period; "panel" refers to the jurors summoned to a particular courtroom to serve, potentially, on a jury for a specific trial.”
Summy v. City of Des Moines, 708 N.W.2d 333 (Iowa 2006).
· cites it 4× “See Iowa Code § 607A.3(7) (defining "panel" as "those jurors drawn or assigned for service to a courtroom, judge, or trial").”
State v. Morgan, 559 N.W.2d 603 (Iowa 1997).
· cites it 2× “That procedure, in our view, is not linked to impermissible discrimination on the basis of race, gender, or other recognizable classifications within the population.”
State v. Johnson, 476 N.W.2d 330 (Iowa 1991).
“Jury commissions and jury managers should use the source lists described in sections 607A.3(9) and 607A.22 to fulfill their statutory duties under sections 607A.”
State v. Chidester, 570 N.W.2d 78 (Iowa 1997).
· cites it 2× “) Section 607A.3(2) defines the word “court” to mean “the district court of this state and includes, when the context requires, a judicial officer as defined in section 602.”
State of Iowa v. Matthew Paul Ford (Iowa Ct. App. 2023).
· cites it 6× “3 See Iowa Code § 607A.3(10) (defining “panel” as “those jurors drawn or assigned for service to a courtroom, judge, or trial”); Plain, 969 N.”
State of Iowa v. Earnest B. Bynum (Iowa Ct. App. 2019).
· cites it 3× “§ 607A.3(3). 8 As a general rule, objections must be raised at the earliest opportunity after the grounds for objection become apparent.”
State of Iowa v. James Deyo Robinson, Jr. (Iowa Ct. App. 2021).
· cites it 3× “§ 607A.3(10). While Robinson’s objection seemed to stem from the lack of African Americans on his jury panel, the trial court correctly recognized a fair cross-section involves claims of systemic exclusion of a distinctive group from a jury pool.”
State of Iowa v. Kelvin Plain, Sr. (Iowa 2022).
· cites it 3× “§ 607A.3(10). The jury refers to the group actually 4 selected for a specific trial and generally given the power to decide questions of fact and return a verdict in the case.”
— Iowa Code § 607A.3(10) — 3 cases
State of Iowa v. Matthew Paul Ford (Iowa Ct. App. 2023).
“3 See Iowa Code § 607A.3(10) (defining “panel” as “those jurors drawn or assigned for service to a courtroom, judge, or trial”); Plain, 969 N.”
State of Iowa v. James Deyo Robinson, Jr. (Iowa Ct. App. 2021).
“§ 607A.3(10). While Robinson’s objection seemed to stem from the lack of African Americans on his jury panel, the trial court correctly recognized a fair cross-section involves claims of systemic exclusion of a distinctive group from a jury pool.”
State of Iowa v. Kelvin Plain, Sr. (Iowa 2022).
“§ 607A.3(10). The jury refers to the group actually 4 selected for a specific trial and generally given the power to decide questions of fact and return a verdict in the case.”
— Iowa Code § 607A.3(2) — 2 cases
State v. Chidester, 570 N.W.2d 78 (Iowa 1997).
“) Section 607A.3(2) defines the word “court” to mean “the district court of this state and includes, when the context requires, a judicial officer as defined in section 602.”
— Iowa Code § 607A.3(3) — 3 cases
State of Iowa v. Kelvin Plain Sr., 898 N.W.2d 801 (Iowa 2017).
“A jury “panel” consists of “those jurors drawn or assigned for service to a courtroom, judge, or trial.”
State of Iowa v. Earnest B. Bynum (Iowa Ct. App. 2019).
“§ 607A.3(3). 8 As a general rule, objections must be raised at the earliest opportunity after the grounds for objection become apparent.”
— Iowa Code § 607A.3(6) — 4 cases
State of Iowa v. James Deyo Robinson, Jr. (Iowa Ct. App. 2021).
“§ 607A.3(10). While Robinson’s objection seemed to stem from the lack of African Americans on his jury panel, the trial court correctly recognized a fair cross-section involves claims of systemic exclusion of a distinctive group from a jury pool.”
State of Iowa v. Kelvin Plain, Sr. (Iowa 2022).
“§ 607A.3(10). The jury refers to the group actually 4 selected for a specific trial and generally given the power to decide questions of fact and return a verdict in the case.”
State of Iowa v. Matthew Paul Ford (Iowa Ct. App. 2023).
“3 See Iowa Code § 607A.3(10) (defining “panel” as “those jurors drawn or assigned for service to a courtroom, judge, or trial”); Plain, 969 N.”
— Iowa Code § 607A.3(7) — 7 cases
State of Iowa v. Kelvin Plain Sr., 898 N.W.2d 801 (Iowa 2017).
“A jury “panel” consists of “those jurors drawn or assigned for service to a courtroom, judge, or trial.”
Summy v. City of Des Moines, 708 N.W.2d 333 (Iowa 2006).
“See Iowa Code § 607A.3(7) (defining "panel" as "those jurors drawn or assigned for service to a courtroom, judge, or trial").”
State of Iowa v. Peter Leroy Veal, 930 N.W.2d 293 (Iowa 2019).
“See Iowa Code § 607A.3. Thus, "pool" refers to the jurors summoned to the courthouse for a particular time period; "panel" refers to the jurors summoned to a particular courtroom to serve, potentially, on a jury for a specific trial.”
— Iowa Code § 607A.3(8) — 1 case
State of Iowa v. Matthew Paul Ford (Iowa Ct. App. 2023).
“3 See Iowa Code § 607A.3(10) (defining “panel” as “those jurors drawn or assigned for service to a courtroom, judge, or trial”); Plain, 969 N.”
— Iowa Code § 607A.3(9) — 7 cases
State of Iowa v. Kelvin Plain Sr., 898 N.W.2d 801 (Iowa 2017).
“A jury “panel” consists of “those jurors drawn or assigned for service to a courtroom, judge, or trial.”
State of Iowa v. Peter Leroy Veal, 930 N.W.2d 293 (Iowa 2019).
“See Iowa Code § 607A.3. Thus, "pool" refers to the jurors summoned to the courthouse for a particular time period; "panel" refers to the jurors summoned to a particular courtroom to serve, potentially, on a jury for a specific trial.”
State v. Morgan, 559 N.W.2d 603 (Iowa 1997).
“That procedure, in our view, is not linked to impermissible discrimination on the basis of race, gender, or other recognizable classifications within the population.”
State v. Johnson, 476 N.W.2d 330 (Iowa 1991).
“Jury commissions and jury managers should use the source lists described in sections 607A.3(9) and 607A.22 to fulfill their statutory duties under sections 607A.”
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