2013 Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 30-A: MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES (HEADING: PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. A, @2 (new))
Chapter 1: COUNTY OFFICERS
30-A §251. Election; qualifications
Part 1: COUNTIES HEADING: PL 1987, C. 737, PT. A, §2 (NEW)
Subchapter 5: DISTRICT ATTORNEYS HEADING: PL 1987, C. 737, PT. A, §2 (NEW)
251. Election; qualifications
District attorneys shall be elected as provided in this section. They shall enter office on the first day of January following their election. [1987, c. 737, Pt. A, 2 (NEW); 1987, c. 737, Pt. C, 106 (NEW); 1989, c. 6, (AMD); 1989, c. 9, 2 (AMD); 1989, c. 104, Pt. C, 8, 10 (AMD).]
1. Election. The district attorneys shall be elected on the Tuesday following the first Monday of November in every 4th year, by the voters of the respective prosecutorial districts. The votes shall be received, sorted, counted and declared in the same manner as votes for Representatives. The names of the persons voted for, the number of votes for each and the whole number of ballots received shall be recorded by the clerk of each municipality within the prosecutorial district. The clerk shall send true copies of these names and totals, sealed and attested as returns of votes for Senators, to the Secretary of State.
[ 1987, c. 737, Pt. A, 2 (NEW); 1987, c. 737, Pt. C, 106 (NEW); 1989, c. 6, (AMD); 1989, c. 9, 2 (AMD); 1989, c. 104, Pt. C, 8, 10 (AMD) .]
2. Qualifications. Only attorneys admitted to the general practice of law in this State and who reside in the prosecutorial district may be elected or appointed district attorney. Removal from the prosecutorial district vacates the office.
[ 1987, c. 737, Pt. A, 2 (NEW); 1987, c. 737, Pt. C, 106 (NEW); 1989, c. 6, (AMD); 1989, c. 9, 2 (AMD); 1989, c. 104, Pt. C, 8, 10 (AMD) .]
3. Term of office. The term of office for a district attorney is 4 years, except when one is elected to fill out an unexpired term, in which case it is for the remainder of the unexpired term.
[ 1987, c. 737, Pt. A, 2 (NEW); 1987, c. 737, Pt. C, 106 (NEW); 1989, c. 6, (AMD); 1989, c. 9, 2 (AMD); 1989, c. 104, Pt. C, 8, 10 (AMD) .]
SECTION HISTORY
1987, c. 737, A2,C106 (NEW). 1989, c. 6, (AMD). 1989, c. 9, 2 (AMD). 1989, c. 104, C8,10 (AMD).
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