69.4 - RESIGNATIONS.
69.4 RESIGNATIONS.
Resignations in writing by civil officers may be made as follows,
except as otherwise provided:
1. By the governor, to the general assembly, if in session, if
not, to the secretary of state.
2. By state senators and representatives, and all officers
appointed by the senate or house, or by the presiding officers
thereof, to the respective presiding officers of the senate and
house, when the general assembly is in session, and such presiding
officers shall immediately transmit to the governor information of
the resignation of any member thereof; when the general assembly is
not in session, all such resignations shall be made to the governor.
3. By senators and representatives in Congress, all officers
elected by the registered voters in the state or any district or
division thereof larger than a county, or chosen by the general
assembly, all judges of courts of record, all officers, trustees,
inspectors, and members of all boards and commissions now or
hereafter created under the laws of the state, and all persons
filling any position of trust or profit in the state, for which no
other provision is made, to the governor.
4. By all county and township officers, to the county auditor,
except that of the auditor, which shall be to the board of
supervisors.
5. By all council members and officers of cities, to the clerk or
mayor. Section History: Early Form
[C51, § 430; R60, § 663; C73, § 782; C97, § 1268; C24, 27, 31, 35,
39, § 1148; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §
69.4] Section History: Recent Form
2001 Acts, ch 56, §7