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Arkansas Code Title 14. Local Government § 14-14-1309. Declaration of vacancies--Procedure

Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) CONDITIONS. The quorum court of each county shall declare a county, county quorum court district, or township office vacant where conditions of vacancy exist as demonstrated in the following manner:

(1) Upon receipt of certification that a condition of vacancy exists as evidenced by failure of an officer to be commissioned or finding of judicial proceedings where such conditions serve as the cause of vacancy; and

(2) Upon determination by a quorum court that a condition of vacancy exists in all other causes not governed by failure to be commissioned or finding of judicial proceedings. Such determination by a quorum court shall be conducted through the process of resolution as prescribed by law if the resolution shall have been published prior to the meeting date in which the resolution is to be considered by the court.

(b) APPEAL. Appeals by the county, quorum court district, or township officer so affected from a declaration of vacancy by the quorum court may be taken to the circuit court if the appeal shall be filed within thirty (30) calendar days from the date of publication as required for county resolutions.

(c) NOTIFICATION OF GOVERNOR. The quorum court shall upon declaration of a vacancy, or within ten (10) calendar days thereafter, in any elective township office cause the declaration to be filed in writing with the Governor.

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