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66.3 - WHO MAY FILE PETITION.

        66.3  WHO MAY FILE PETITION.
         The petition for removal may be filed:
         1.  By the attorney general in all cases.
         2.  As to state officers, by not fewer than twenty-five electors
      of the state.
         3.  As to any other officer, by five registered voters of the
      district, county, or municipality where the duties of the office are
      to be performed.
         4.  As to district officers, by the county attorney of any county
      in the district.
         5.  As to all county and municipal officers, by the county
      attorney of the county where the duties of the office are to be
      performed.
         Section History: Early Form
         [S13, § 1258-d; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 1093; C46, 50, 54, 58,
      62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 66.3]
         Section History: Recent Form
         2001 Acts, ch 56, §6