204.635���� Deputy sheriffs; special appointments; authority of deputy; liability of sheriff for certain deputies ELECTION OF COUNTY OFFICERS; COUNTY JUDGE PRO TEM ����� 204.005 Election or ap

204.635���� Deputy sheriffs; special appointments; authority of deputy; liability of sheriff for certain deputies

ELECTION OF COUNTY OFFICERS; COUNTY JUDGE PRO TEM

����� 204.005 Election or appointment of county officers. (1) The following county officers shall be elected at the primary election or general election, as provided in ORS 249.088:

����� (a) A sheriff.

����� (b) A county clerk.

����� (c) A county assessor.

����� (d) A county treasurer.

����� (e) A county commissioner to succeed any commissioner whose term of office expires the following January.

����� (f) In any county where there is a vacancy from any cause in the office of county commissioner, an additional commissioner to fill the vacancy.

����� (2) Unless an adopted county charter or a county ordinance provides otherwise, the governing body of a county shall appoint a county surveyor. [Subsection (2) enacted as 1953 c.477 �2; subsection (3) enacted as 1959 c.174 �3; 1959 c.628 �1; 1961 c.571 �3; subsection (4) enacted as 1963 c.386 �2; 1965 c.221 �21; 1969 c.532 �3; 1971 c.88 �4; 1983 c.327 �4; 2005 c.797 �29; 2009 c.491 �1]

����� 204.010 Terms of office of county officers. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the term of office of each officer mentioned in ORS 204.005 is four years.

����� (2) When two or more county commissioners are elected for one county at a general election and one of them is elected to fill a vacancy, as provided in ORS 204.005 (1)(f), one of them shall hold office for two years and the others four years. [Amended by 1983 c.327 �13; 1983 c.350 �16; 2005 c.797 �59; 2009 c.491 �3]

����� 204.013 Numbered positions for office of county commissioner. (1) In each county that has a board of county commissioners, each office of county commissioner shall be designated by number as Position No. 1, Position No. 2 or Position No. 3.

����� (2) After September 2, 1963, in every county having a board of county commissioners, or when a board of county commissioners is established in any county, the county clerk shall assign a position number to each office on the board of county commissioners. The number so assigned shall be certified by the county clerk to the commissioner in office holding that position. One copy of the certification shall be sent to the Secretary of State, and one copy shall be filed in the office of the county clerk. [1963 c.329 �1]

����� 204.015 [Repealed by 1957 c.555 �1 (204.016 enacted in lieu of 204.015)]

����� 204.016 Eligibility for county offices generally; additional qualifications for surveyor and assessor. (1) A person is not eligible to serve in any office listed in ORS 204.005 unless the person is a citizen of the United States and an elector under the Oregon Constitution.

����� (2) A person is not eligible to serve in any elective office listed in ORS 204.005 unless the person meets the requirements of subsection (1) of this section and in addition is a resident of the county in which the person is elected for the period of one year preceding the next election, except that in counties of less than 25,000 population the requirement of residency in the county in which the person is elected does not apply to an elected county surveyor.

����� (3) A person is not eligible to be a candidate for election or appointment to the office of county surveyor unless registered under the laws of this state as a registered professional land surveyor.

����� (4) A person is not eligible to be a candidate for election or appointment to the office of county assessor unless:

����� (a) The person has qualified as a registered appraiser or is an appraiser trainee under ORS