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Ark. Code Ann. § 14-14-1306

Residence required

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case State ex rel. Robinson v. Craighead County Board of Election Commissioners (1989)

Most recently applied in Davis v. Holt (February 1991)

Acts 1977, No. 742, § 45; 1979, No. 413, § 9; A.S.A. 1947, § 17-3605.

(1) All county, county quorum court district, and township officers shall reside within their respective townships, districts, and counties.

(2) An office shall be deemed vacant if a county officer removes his or her legal residence from the county or if a district or township officer removes his or her legal residence from the district township from which elected.

(3) For purposes of this section, legal residence shall be defined as the domicile of the officer evidenced by the intent to make such residence a fixed and permanent home.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.