Sec. 206a. Whenever any person elected to the office of county clerk, county treasurer, register of deeds, prosecuting attorney, sheriff, drain commissioner, surveyor or coroner in any county shall die before the commencement of the term for which he was elected, there shall be a vacancy for the term to which such person was elected to be filled according to law. The vacancy shall be filled within 15 days after the beginning of the term for which he was elected.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.206a
County officers; death before commencement of term
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Attorney General v. Riley (1983)
Most recently applied in Attorney General v. Riley (February 1983)
Add. 1965, Act 156, Eff
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