3-10-201. Election. (1) Each justice of the peace must be elected by the qualified electors of the county at the general state election next preceding the expiration of the term of office of his predecessor.
     (2) A justice of the peace shall be nominated and elected on the nonpartisan judicial ballot in the same manner as are judges of the district court.
     (3) Each judicial office shall be a separate and independent office for election purposes, and each office shall be numbered by the county commissioners, and each candidate for justice of the peace shall specify the number of the office for which he seeks to be elected. A candidate may not file for more than one office.
     (4) Section 13-35-231, prohibiting political party endorsement for judicial officers, shall also apply to justices of the peace.

     History: En. Sec. 60, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 6279, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 8833, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 85; re-en. Sec. 8833, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 491, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 23, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 276, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 420, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 93-401(part).