14-14-1308. Vacancy in office.

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14-14-1308. Vacancy in office.

14-14-1308. Vacancy in office. A county, county quorum court district, or township office shall be considered vacant if any one (1) of the following conditions exists: (1) The incumbent fails to meet the qualifications for office prescribed by law as evidenced by failure to be commissioned; (2) The incumbent refuses or neglects to take and subscribe to the official oath required by law as evidenced by failure to be commissioned; (3) The incumbent refuses, neglects, or for any other reason fails to secure an official bond required by law as evidenced by failure to be commissioned; (4) The incumbent resigns; (5) The incumbent ceases to meet any residence requirements for office; (6) The incumbent is removed from office by judicial proceedings; (7) The election or appointment of the incumbent is declared void by a judicial proceeding; (8) The incumbent is convicted of a felony, incompetency, corruption, gross immorality, criminal conduct, malfeasance, misfeasance, or nonfeasance in office by judicial proceedings; (9) The incumbent ceases to discharge the duties of his or her office for a period of three (3) months, except when prevented by sickness or excused by a quorum court through resolution; (10) The incumbent is declared of unsound mind by judicial proceedings; (11) The quorum court determines that the incumbent has become disabled to the degree that he or she cannot perform the duties of his or her office; (12) The incumbent holds more than one (1) office or position in conflict with the provisions of Arkansas Constitution, Article 4, § 2, or Arkansas Constitution, Article 19, § 6; (13) The quorum court separates elective offices as provided by law; or (14) The incumbent dies.

Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-14-1308

Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. A text match is a research starting point; applicability is not established.