Title 5, §3: Civil officers serve until successors qualify

Title 5, §3: Civil officers serve until successors qualify Maine Legislature Maine Revised Statutes Session Law Statutes Maine State Constitution Information §3 PDF §3 MS-Word Statute Search Ch. 1 Contents Title 5 Contents List of Titles Maine Law & Disclaimer Revisor's Office Maine Legislature §2 Title 5: ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AND SERVICES Part 1: STATE DEPARTMENTS Chapter 1: STATE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES GENERALLY Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS §4 §3. Civil officers serve until successors qualify All civil officers, other than judicial officers, appointed in accordance with law and whose terms of office are fixed by law, shall hold office during the term for which they were appointed and until their successors in office have been appointed and qualified, unless sooner removed in accordance with law.  [PL 1975, c. 771, §25 (RPR).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1975, c. 771, §25 (RPR).

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