331.759 - APPOINTMENT OF PRIVATE LEGAL COUNSEL.

        331.759  APPOINTMENT OF PRIVATE LEGAL COUNSEL.         At any stage of legal proceedings in which a county attorney is      authorized to represent a county officer acting in the officer's      official capacity, the county attorney may apply to the court for      permission to withdraw from representation of the officer for cause.      If the court allows the county attorney to withdraw, it shall appoint      an attorney to represent the county officer.  The costs of      representing a county officer acting in the officer's official      capacity shall be paid from the court expense fund or the general      fund of the county.  
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         [S81, § 331.759; 81 Acts, ch 119, § 1]