Title 8, Public Officers And Employees

Notice of the removal of any officer from the state, or from the district, circuit, or county for which the officer was elected or appointed, shall be given by and to the same officers as notice of such officer's death.

Whenever there is a final judgment of a competent tribunal declaring any election or appointment void, or any office vacated, such judgment shall promptly be certified by the clerk to the appointing power or power whose duty it is to take steps to fill the vacancy.

The governor shall give notice to the general assembly, at each session thereof, of all offices to be filled by that body which have become vacant or which will be vacant by the expiration of the term of office, before the next regular session.

The provisions of §§ 8-48-102 – 8-48-107 for notice of official vacancy are merely directory, and the appointing power, or officer whose duty it is to take steps to supply the vacancy, need not wait for such notice, but may act upon information derived from other sources.

Any vacancy in the office of supreme court or appeals court judge shall be filled by a person residing in the grand division of the state in which the vacancy occurs.

With respect to local offices for which the legislative bodies of cities, towns, villages, townships, and counties may enact resolutions or ordinances relative to the manner in which vacancies will be filled or temporary appointments to office made, such legislative bodies are he…

This section shall be applicable to officers of political subdivisions, including, but not limited to, cities, towns, villages, townships and counties, as well as school, fire, power and drainage districts, not included in § 8-48-110. Such officers, subject to such regulations as…

“Military service,” as used in this part, includes the enlistment or induction into the United States army or any branch thereof, the United States navy, the air force, the space force, the marine corps, the coast guard, the merchant marine, or any other military activity carried…

Whenever any person holding a state or county office is inducted into the military service of the United States, such induction shall not operate to create a permanent vacancy in the office, but upon the return of the officer from the military service, such person shall be entitl…

If the regular officer who may be inducted into the military service does not return prior to the expiration of the term to which the officer was elected, then and in that event the officer's successor shall be elected in the regular manner as provided by the general law.

Whenever any state or county officer is inducted into the military service of the United States, the duties of the office shall be discharged temporarily during the absence of such officer by some other person legally qualified to discharge the duties of the office and selected i…

(1) The appointment or election of persons to fill such offices temporarily shall be as follows:(1) In the event a judge of any court of record in the state, including county judges and general sessions judges in counties where vacancies are filled by appointment of the governor,…

All persons selected under authority of this part to fill offices temporarily shall be persons possessing qualifications under the general law to fill such offices.

Every person either appointed or elected under this part to discharge the duties of any office and who is required by the general law to execute bond or subscribe to an oath of office shall, before entering upon the discharge of the duties of the office, qualify by executing and …

(a) The person filling an office temporarily under authority of this part shall be entitled to and shall receive the salary attached to the office, payable out of the funds provided for that purpose. (b) The person shall discharge the duties of the office and be clothed with all …

Any person chosen under this part to serve in the place and stead of any official inducted into the military service, as herein defined, shall be without power to remove any assistant or assistants appointed by the official whose duties the person is performing temporarily; but s…