Iowa Police Badge - ANTIQUE Guthrie County - Justice Of The Peace
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ANTIQUE Guthrie County - Justice of the Peace 1 1/2 x 2 1/4 silver metal center of Iowa
IF you notice the closing clip on the back side - it is the style used before the "rotary" clip - this style "flips" open.
In some US states, the justice of the peace is a judge of a court of limited jurisdiction, a magistrate, or a quasi-judicial official with certain statutory or common law magisterial powers.[47] Some states ...have special qualifications or unique features for the office.The justice of the peace typically presides over a court that hears misdemeanor cases, traffic violations, and other petty criminal infractions. The justice of the peace may also have authority over cases involving small debts, landlord and tenant disputes, or other small claims court proceedings. Proceedings before justices of the peace are often faster and less formal than the proceedings in other courts. In some jurisdictions a party convicted or found liable before a justice of the peace may have the right to a trial de novo before the judge of a higher court rather than an appeal strictly considered.A justice of the peace also performs civil marriages.
