ORS 236.210
Filling vacancies in county offices

qualification

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Annotations 1

(1)

When there is a vacancy in any elective county office other than the office of county judge or county commissioner, the county court or board of county commissioners shall appoint a person to perform the duties of the office until the vacancy is filled by election.

(2)

Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, when a vacancy occurs in the nonpartisan office of county judge who does not exercise judicial functions or county commissioner, the remaining members of the county court or board of county commissioners shall appoint a person to perform the duties of the office until the vacancy is filled by election.

(3)

When a vacancy occurs in the office of county judge who exercises judicial functions, the Governor shall fill the vacancy by appointment as provided in section 16, Article V of the Oregon Constitution.

(4)

Before a person appointed under subsection (1) or (2) of this section takes office, the person shall qualify in the same manner as required by law of the officer in whose place the person is appointed. [Amended by 1965 c.221 §24; 1983 c.327 §6; 1985 c.17 §1; 1987 c.549 §1; 2001 c.430 §3]

Source: Section 236.210 — Filling vacancies in county offices; qualification, https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors236.html.

Attorney General Opinions

Power of home rule county to provide method of filling vacancy in county office, (1974) Vol 37, p 280

236.010
Causes for vacancies in office 236.020
Vacancy for breach of official bond 236.030
Persons ineligible for office because of membership in certain organizations 236.040
Leave of absence for Peace Corps volunteer 236.100
Political affiliation of person appointed to fill vacancy in partisan elective office 236.115
Diversity included in criteria for filling certain vacancies 236.140
Term, removal, vacancy in appointive offices 236.145
Employment prohibitions for state board or commission members 236.147
Exception to ORS 236.145 236.210
Filling vacancies in county offices 236.215
Filling vacancies in partisan elective office of county judge or commissioner 236.217
Nominations 236.220
Deputy to fill vacancy in certain offices until person appointed qualifies 236.225
Filling vacancies in offices of county governing body 236.240
Removal of county treasurer from office 236.310
Right of county commissioner to resign 236.320
Recipient of resignation 236.325
Resignation of office effective at future date 236.350
Definitions for ORS 236.350 to 236.370 236.360
Disciplinary actions 236.370
ORS 236.350 to 236.370 not applicable to certain public safety officers 236.605
Definitions for ORS 236.605 to 236.640 236.610
Rights of employee when duties assumed by different public employer 236.620
Status of transferred employee 236.630
Authority of new employer over transferred employee 236.640
Reemployment right of employee at end of cooperation agreement 236.990
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Location: https://oregon.public.law/statutes/ors_236.210

Original Source: Section 236.210 — Filling vacancies in county offices; qualification, https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors236.html (last accessed Aug. 25, 2023).