Whenever a vacancy shall occur in any judicial office by reason of death of an incumbent, resignation or retirement of an incumbent, removal of an incumbent from office, or creation of a new judicial office in which there has not heretofore been an incumbent, the Governor shall have the authority to appoint a qualified person to fill such vacancy to serve for the unexpired term or until such vacancy is filled by election as provided in Section 23-15-849, Mississippi Code of 1972. When a vacancy shall occur for any of the reasons enumerated in this section, the clerk of the court shall notify the Governor of such vacancy immediately.
Miss. Code Ann. § 9-1-103
Vacancy in office
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case 863 So. 2d 836 - Byrom v. State (2003)
Most recently applied in Rayner v. Barbour (October 2010)
Laws, 1989, ch. 587, § 2, eff from and after April 25, 1989 (became law without the Governor’s signature
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