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	State	Statute	Description/Statute Name	Statutory language	Court/legal body	Function
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Iowa	Iowa Code § 602.4102	Jurisdiction - Supreme Court	The supreme court has appellate jurisdiction only in cases in chancery, and constitutes a court for the correction of errors at law. The jurisdiction of the supreme court is coextensive + See more with the state.	Supreme Court	Jurisdiction of the courts
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Iowa	Iowa Code § 602.5103(1)-(2)	Jurisdiction - courts of appeals	1. The jurisdiction of the court of appeals is coextensive with the state. The court of appeals has appellate jurisdiction only in cases in chancery, and constitutes a court for + See more the correction of errors at law. 2. The court of appeals has subject matter jurisdiction to review the following matters: a. Civil actions and special civil proceedings, whether at law or in equity. b. Criminal actions. c. Postconviction remedy proceedings. d. A judgment of a district judge in a small claims action.	Court of appeals	Jurisdiction of the courts
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Iowa	Iowa Const. Art. 5 § 4	Supreme Court	The supreme court shall have appellate jurisdiction only in cases in chancery, and shall constitute a court for the correction of errors at law, under such restrictions as the general + See more assembly may, by law, prescribe; and shall have power to issue all writs and process necessary to secure justice to parties, and shall exercise a supervisory and administrative control over all inferior judicial tribunals throughout the state.	Supreme Court	Jurisdiction of the courts
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Iowa	Iowa Const. Art. 5 § 6	District Court	The district court shall be a court of law and equity, which shall be distinct and separate jurisdictions, and have jurisdiction in civil and criminal matters arising in their respective + See more districts, in such manner as shall be prescribed by law.	District Court	Jurisdiction of the courts
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Iowa	Iowa Code § 602.7101(2)	Juvenile Court	The jurisdiction of the juvenile court may be exercised by any district judge, and by any district associate judge who is designated by the chief judge as a judge of + See more the juvenile court.	Juvenile Court	Jurisdiction of the courts
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Iowa	Iowa Const. Art. 5 § 10	General assembly	[* * ] The general assembly may reorganize the judicial districts and increase or diminish the number of districts, or the number of judges of the said court, and may + See more increase the number of judges of the supreme court; but such increase or diminution shall not be more than one district, or one judge of either court, at any one session; and no reorganization of the districts, or diminution of the number of judges, shall have the effect of removing a judge from office. Such reorganization of the districts, or any change in the boundaries thereof, or increase or diminution of the number of judges, shall take place every four years thereafter, if necessary, and at no other time. At any regular session of the general assembly the state may be divided into the necessary judicial districts for district court purposes, or the said districts may be reorganized and the number of the districts and the judges of said courts increased or diminished; but no reorganization of the districts or diminution of the judges shall have the effect of removing a judge from office.	Judicial districts	Creation of the courts
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Iowa	Iowa Const. Art. 5 § 1	Judicial Power	The judicial power shall be vested in a supreme court, district courts, and such other courts, inferior to the supreme court, as the general assembly may, from time to time, + See more establish.	Courts generally	Creation of the courts
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Kentucky	Ky. Const. § 111(2)	Ky. Const. § 111	The Court of Appeals shall have appellate jurisdiction only, except that it may be authorized by rules of the Supreme Court to review directly decisions of administrative agencies of the + See more Commonwealth, and it may issue all writs necessary in aid of its appellate jurisdiction, or the complete determination of any cause within its appellate jurisdiction. In all other cases, it shall exercise appellate jurisdiction as provided by law.	Court of Appeals	Jurisdiction of the courts
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Kentucky	Ky. Const. § 110	Ky. Const. § 110(2)	(2) (a) The Supreme Court shall have appellate jurisdiction only, except it shall have the power to issue all writs necessary in aid of its appellate jurisdiction, or the complete determination + See more of any cause, or as may be required to exercise control of the Court of Justice. (b) Appeals from a judgment of the Circuit Court imposing a sentence of death or life imprisonment or imprisonment for twenty years or more shall be taken directly to the Supreme Court. In all other cases, criminal and civil, the Supreme Court shall exercise appellate jurisdiction as provided by its rules.	Supreme Court	Jurisdiction of the courts
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Kentucky	Ky. Const. § 112(1),(5)	Ky. Const. § 112	(1) Circuit Court shall be held in each county (5) The Circuit Court shall have original jurisdiction of all justiciable causes not vested in some other court. It shall have such appellate + See more jurisdiction as may be provided by law.	Circuit Court	Jurisdiction of the courts
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Kentucky	Ky. Const. § 113(1),(6)	Ky. Const. § 113	(1) District Court shall be held in each county. (6) The district court shall be a court of limited jurisdiction and shall exercise original jurisdiction as may be provided by the + See more General Assembly.	District Court	Jurisdiction of the courts
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Kentucky	Ky. Const. § 24A.110	District Court: Criminal jurisdiction	(1) The District Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction to make final disposition of all criminal matters, including violations of county, urban-county, or city ordinances or codes, except: (a) Offenses denominated + See more by statute as felonies or capital offenses; and (b) Offenses punishable by death or imprisonment in the penitentiary. (2) The District Court has exclusive jurisdiction to make a final disposition of any charge or a public offense denominated as a misdemeanor or violation, except where the charge is joined with an indictment for a felony, and all violations of county, urban-county, or city ordinances and, prior to trial, to commit the defendant to jail or hold him to bail or other form of pretrial release. (3) The District Court has, concurrent with Circuit Court, jurisdiction to examine any charge of a public offense denominated as a felony or capital offense or which may be punished by death or imprisonment in the penitentiary and to commit the defendant to jail or hold him to bail or other form of pretrial release.	District Court	Jurisdiction of the courts
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Kentucky	Ky. Const. § 23A.110	Jurisdiction of Circuit Court; court of record and of continuous session	(1) The Circuit Court is a court of general jurisdiction; it has original jurisdiction of all justiciable causes not exclusively vested in some other court. (2) The Circuit Court has + See more appellate jurisdiction as specified in this chapter.	Circuit Court	Jurisdiction of the courts
Add to Dashboard + Create New	North Dakota	N.D. Const. art. VI, § 1	Courts, generally	The judicial power of the state is vested in a unified judicial system consisting of a supreme court, a district court, and such other courts as may be provided by + See more law.	Courts generally	Creation of the courts
Add to Dashboard + Create New	North Dakota	N.D. Const. art. VI, § 2	Supreme Court	The supreme court shall be the highest court of the state. It shall have appellate jurisdiction, and shall also have original jurisdiction with authority to issue, hear, and determine such + See more original and remedial writs as may be necessary to properly exercise its jurisdiction. The supreme court shall consist of five justices, one of whom shall be designated chief justice in the manner provided by law.	Supreme Court	Jurisdiction of the courts
Add to Dashboard + Create New	North Dakota	N.D. Const. art. VI, § 8	District Courts	The district court shall have original jurisdiction of all causes, except as otherwise provided by law, and such appellate jurisdiction as may be provided by law or by rule of + See more the supreme court. The district court shall have authority to issue such writs as are necessary to the proper exercise of its jurisdiction.	District Courts	Jurisdiction of the courts
Add to Dashboard + Create New	North Dakota	N.D. Const. art. VI, § 9	District Courts	The state shall be divided into judicial districts by order of the supreme court. . . .	District Courts	Creation of the courts
Add to Dashboard + Create New	North Dakota	N.D. Cent. Code § 27-02-04	Supreme Court	The supreme court may exercise appellate jurisdiction only, except when otherwise specially provided by law or by the constitution. Such court, in the exercise of its original jurisdiction, may issue + See more writs of habeas corpus, mandamus, quo warranto, certiorari, and injunction. In the exercise of its appellate jurisdiction, and in its superintending control over inferior courts, it may issue such original and remedial writs as are necessary to the proper exercise of such jurisdiction. Such court shall exercise its original jurisdiction only in habeas corpus cases and in such cases of strictly public concern as involve questions affecting the sovereign rights of this state or its franchises or privileges.	Supreme Court	Jurisdiction of the courts
Add to Dashboard + Create New	North Dakota	N.D. Cent. Code § 27-02.1-01	Court of Appeals	A temporary court of appeals is established to exercise appellate and original jurisdiction as delegated by the supreme court. Panels of the temporary court of appeals may issue original and + See more remedial writs necessary to properly exercise jurisdiction in cases assigned to them. The panels of the temporary court of appeals are subject to administration by the supreme court pursuant to sections 3 and 8 of article VI of the Constitution of North Dakota.	Court of Appeals	Creation of the courts
Add to Dashboard + Create New	North Dakota	N.D. Cent. Code § 27-02.1-03	Court of Appeals	Panels of the temporary court of appeals have jurisdiction to hear and to decide all cases assigned by the supreme court.	Court of Appeals	Jurisdiction of the courts

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