Each elected municipal officer and each justice of the peace shall be an elector of the municipality in which he is elected, or in the case of a justice of the peace, nominated or appointed to office and, if for any reason he ceases to be an elector thereof, he shall thereupon cease to hold office therein and such office shall be deemed vacant.
(1949 Rev., S. 516; 1953, S. 251d; P.A. 76-173, S. 3; P.A. 80-281, S. 11, 31; P.A. 94-230, S. 8, 10.)
History: P.A. 76-173 changed “town” to “municipal” or “municipality” where appropriate; P.A. 80-281 added requirement for justice of the peace to be elector of municipality in which nominated; P.A. 94-230 inserted “or appointed”, effective June 11, 1994.
Cited. 162 C. 256.
Cited. 40 CA 643.
Court may not, in quo warranto proceeding, determine whether or not the defendant is an elector; selectmen and town clerk have exclusive jurisdiction to make such determination. 19 CS 487. The fact that for one to qualify for election to a town office he must be an elector, is an establishment of a minimum age qualification for municipal elective officials, including mayors, by the state. 31 CS 447.
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