7-2-2702. Petition for abandonment of county. (1) A petition may be filed with the county clerk of a county asking that the question of abandoning and abolishing the organization and corporate existence of the county and attaching its territory to and making the territory a part of some adjoining county be submitted to the qualified electors of the county at an election. The petition must state the name of the adjoining county to which the territory of the county to be abandoned and abolished will be attached and made a part.

(2) The petition must be signed by not less than 35% of the qualified electors of the county whose names appear upon the registration records of the county, must contain the post-office address and voting precinct of each individual signing it, and must state the name and address of three individuals to whom notice of the insufficiency of the petition must be sent if the petition does not have the required number of signatures of registered electors. A person, after signing the petition, may not be allowed or permitted to withdraw the person's signature or name from the petition.