Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-186

Current with legislation from the 2024 Regular and Special Sessions.
Section 9-186 - Electoral status of municipal officers and justices of the peace

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.

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-186

(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.)

Cited. 162 Conn. 256. Cited. 40 Conn.App. 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 Conn.Supp. 447.