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Iowa’s court offices, which include the clerk of courts and juvenile court services, will be closed Friday while employees take an unpaid furlough day because of state budget cuts.

County courthouses will remain open and county services will be available.

The order that came down from the Iowa Supreme Court applies to all court personnel, except judges and magistrates, and will affect 1,446 employees.

Court Communications Director Steve Davis said he did not know exactly how many employees will be affected in the 7th Judicial Court District, which includes Scott, Clinton, Cedar, Jackson and Muscatine counties.

Court administrator Kathy Gaylord referred questions to Davis.

The court said in a news release that the initial appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30 for judicial branch operations was $5 million less than the amount needed to maintain the same level of service to Iowans in the 2016 fiscal year.

The Iowa Legislature in January 2017 passed and the governor signed Senate File 130, which appropriated an additional $3 million from the 2017 operating budget of the Iowa Judicial Branch, according to the release.