3-10-204. Residence requirements. (1) Every justice of the peace must reside in the county in which his court is held.
     (2) No person is eligible to the office of justice of the peace unless he shall have been a citizen of the United States and a resident of the county in which he is to serve for 1 year next preceding his election or appointment.

     History: En. Sec. 163, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 6311, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 8865, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 159; re-en. Sec. 8865, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 491, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 93-704.