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44-03 Deputy Officers

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CHAPTER 44-03DEPUTY OFFICERS44-03-01. Deputies may be appointed by certain officers. The secretary of state,state auditor, state treasurer, insurance commissioner, agriculture commissioner, commissioner<br>of labor, district assessor, and city assessor each may appoint a deputy. The appointment must<br>be in writing and is revocable in writing at the pleasure of the principal, and the appointment and<br>revocation must be filed as the oath of the principal is filed.44-03-02. Persons ineligible as deputy. No state officer can appoint as deputy anyother state or district officer. A state treasurer may not appoint as deputy any county treasurer,<br>recorder, sheriff, or county commissioner.44-03-03. Oath of deputy. Each deputy shall take and subscribe the same oath as thedeputy's principal, naming the deputyship, which must be endorsed upon and filed with the<br>deputy's certificate of appointment.44-03-04. Officials to be residents and citizens. No person may be appointed asdeputy in any state office nor as a member or officer upon any official board of the state, or of<br>any county or municipality of the state, who is not a citizen of the United States and who is not a<br>bona fide resident of the state.Page No. 1Document Outlinechapter 44-03 deputy officers