(a) The term “official misconduct”, as used in this article, means conviction of a felony during the officer’s present term of office or any willful unlawful behavior by a public officer in the course of his or her performance of the duties of the public office. (b) The term “neglect of duty”, as used in […]
Any justice, judge, or magistrate may be retired from office because of advancing years and attendant physical or mental incapacity, in the manner prescribed in section eight of article eight of the Constitution of this state, and by rules prescribed, adopted, promulgated and amended pursuant thereto. The Senate or House of Delegates may expel a […]
Any officer of the state or any judge may be impeached and removed from office for maladministration, corruption, incompetency, gross immorality, neglect of duty, or any high crime or misdemeanor, in the manner prescribed in section 9 of article IV of the Constitution of this state.
Any person who has been, or may hereafter be appointed by the Governor to any office or position of trust under the laws of this state, whether his tenure of office is fixed by law or not, may be removed by the Governor at his will and pleasure. In removing such officer, appointee, or employee, […]
Any state officer holding any elective office (except the Governor, any judge, or a member of the Legislature of this state) may be removed from office, by the Governor, in the manner provided in the following section: (a) When disqualified from holding the office under any provision of the Constitution of this state, or any […]
The charges on which the removal of any officer mentioned in the preceding section is sought shall be reduced to writing and signed by a citizen or citizens of this state, and verified by the affidavit of one or more of the signers; or, in case the removal is sought of an officer entrusted by […]
(a) Any person holding any county, school district or municipal office, including the office of a member of a board of education and the office of magistrate, the term or tenure of which office is fixed by law, whether the office be elective or appointive, except judges of the circuit courts, may be removed from […]
The court, board, body or officer authorized by law to appoint any person to any county, magisterial district, independent school district, or municipal office, the term or tenure of which is not fixed by law, may remove any person appointed to any office by such court, board, body or officer, with or without cause, whenever […]
Any person holding any office, convicted in any court of any offense, the punishment or penalty for which, under any provision of the Constitution of the State, or any law now in effect, or which may hereafter become effective, entails a forfeiture of the office held by the person convicted, shall be removed from office […]
