7-4-2201. General qualifications for county office. No person is eligible to a county office who at the time of his election is not:
     (1) of the age of voting as required by the Montana constitution;
     (2) a citizen of the state; and
     (3) an elector of the county in which the duties of the office are to be exercised or for which he is elected.

     History: En. Sec. 4310, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 2955, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 4723, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Pol. C. Sec. 4101; re-en. Sec. 4723, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 423, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 16-2401.