7-4-2704. Limitations on activities of county attorneys and deputy county attorneys. (1) The county attorney, except for his own services, must not present any claim, account, or other demand for allowance against the county or in any way advocate the relief asked on the claim or demand made by another.
     (2) In each county with a population in excess of 30,000, the county attorney is prohibited from engaging in the private practice of law or sharing directly or indirectly in the profits of any private practice of law, except that he may represent himself and his immediate family and except as provided in subsection (4).
     (3) Any deputy county attorney in a county with a population in excess of 30,000 who is paid 70% or more of the county attorney's salary is prohibited from engaging in the private practice of law or sharing directly or indirectly in the profits of any private practice of law except as to those matters in which he has a direct interest and except as provided in subsection (4).
     (4) Any elected or appointed county attorney and any deputy county attorney shall, upon demonstration of need to the board of county commissioners, be granted a period of time, not to exceed 3 months from the date he takes office, to complete any pending matters remaining from any previous private practice of law. During such time the county attorney and any appointed deputy are bound by the customary rules of ethics applicable to attorneys at law.

     History: Ap. p. Sec. 4453, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 3055, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 4822, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Pol. C. Sec. 4258; re-en. Sec. 4822, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 16-3104, R.C.M. 1947; Ap. p. Secs. 1, 4, Ch. 102, L. 1975; Secs. 16-3106, 16-3108, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 16-3104, 16-3106, 16-3108; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 300, L. 1981.