Chapter 14. ELECTIONS

§ 14-7. Vacancies in office.

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(a)

If a vacancy occurs in any elective office, the mayor or the person exercising the duties of the mayor shall cause a special meeting of the board of aldermen to convene where a successor to the vacant office shall be selected. The successor shall serve until the next regular municipal election.

(b)

No person shall be appointed to fill a vacancy in any elective office who does not possess all the qualifications required of such person to be elected to such office.

(c)

Any person appointed to fill a vacancy in any city office shall take all oaths and give all bonds that would have been required of him had he been elected to such office.

(Code 1971, § 6-12; Code 1991, § 6-12)

State law reference

Similar provisions, RSMo 79.280.

                    
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