Sec. 51-95b. Qualification and certification of appointed justices of the peace.
Sec. 51-95b. Qualification and certification of appointed justices of the peace.
(a) Each person appointed to be a justice of the peace pursuant to section 9-184c, before
commencing the duties of such office, shall take the official oath and shall furnish his
signature to the clerk of the town in which the justice of the peace was appointed, upon
a form prescribed and provided by the Secretary of the State. The form shall be delivered
or sent by the clerk to each appointed justice of the peace within the town. Unless the
official oath is administered by the town clerk, the officer who administers it shall
transmit a certificate of the taking of the oath to the clerk of the town in which the justice
of the peace was appointed.
(b) The town clerk of each town shall keep a record of the names of such qualified
justices of the peace.
(c) On or before the fifteenth day of January following the appointment of justices
of the peace or, if appointed to fill a vacancy, within ten days after the appointment, the
town clerk shall make a certificate upon a form to be prescribed and furnished by the
Secretary of the State, stating the names of such qualified justices of the peace in the
town, which names shall be set forth as on the registry list of electors in the town. The
town clerk shall transmit the certificate to the Secretary of the State.
(d) The certificate shall be sufficient authority upon receipt for the Secretary of the
State to certify that the justices of the peace were duly appointed and qualified. Town
clerks may also certify to the appointment and qualification of justices of the peace in
their respective towns.
(e) Within thirty days after the fifteenth day of January following the appointment
of any such justice of the peace, and provided the official oath has been taken and the
signature form has been received by the town clerk, the town clerk shall issue to each
qualified justice of the peace a certificate of qualification setting forth his name, address,
term of office and a statement that he is qualified to act as a justice of the peace.
(f) Each such justice of the peace shall cause the certificate of qualification to be
displayed to any person who seeks his service as a justice of the peace.
(P.A. 94-230, S. 7, 10.)
History: P.A. 94-230 effective June 11, 1994.