§ 19-131.1. Registration requirements for candidates for county offices.

To file as a candidate for any county office, a person must have been a registered voter and have maintained a current principal residence within the county for the six-month period immediately preceding the first day of the filing period prescribed by law.  Provided, to file as a candidate for the office of county commissioner, a person must have been a registered voter within the county commissioner district and have maintained a current principal residence within such district for the six-month period immediately preceding the first day of the filing period prescribed by law.  Evidence of a "principal residence" may include, but not be limited to, the address listed on:

1.  A federal or state tax return;

2.  A driver license; or

3.  An automobile registration.

Added by Laws 1973, c. 9, § 2.  Amended by Laws 1975, c. 69, § 1, emerg. eff. April 18, 1975; Laws 1981, c. 178, § 3, emerg. eff. May 18, 1981; Laws 2004, c. 53, § 4, emerg. eff. April 1, 2004; Laws 2011, c. 56, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2011; Laws 2013, c. 300, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2013.