Iowa · federal district court
Artificial Intelligence (AI) guidance and FAQs for litigants
AI use is not prohibited and disclosure is not currently required. Parties are personally responsible for verifying quotations, citations, paraphrased assertions and legal analysis before filing, and the court says it could order disclosure in a particular case.
Tracker entry · Iowa
- Court. U.S. District Court, Southern District of IowaCOURT
- Level. federal district courtLEVEL
- Date. no date published on the pageDATED
- What it requires. verification dutyREQUIRES
- Source. Read the documentSOURCE
Last checked · we opened the source on that day and drew the requirement above from its text.
The page is written for litigants rather than for counsel, and it answers the two questions people actually ask. May I use it, and must I tell you.
The answers are yes, with extreme caution, and no, not at present. The court is explicit that it could require disclosure by order if AI use becomes a problem in a specific case. The duty that does apply now is personal verification of accuracy, including quotations, citations, paraphrased assertions and legal analysis, with Rule 11 sanctions named as the consequence of not doing it.
This entry is descriptive, not legal advice. It records what one document says. Read the order that governs your own division before you rely on any of it, and check whether it has changed since the date above.
Back to every jurisdiction in the tracker, or readhow to check an AI citation before you file.