Mississippi Advisory Opinions August 26, 1987: 19870826 (August 26, 1987)

Advisory Opinion Text

Judge A.L. Brown

Winston County

Post Office Box 327

Louisville, Mississippi 39339-0327

Qualifications for Justice Court Judge

Dear Judge Brown:

Attorney General Edwin Lloyd Pittman has received your letter of request and has assigned it to the undersigned for research and reply. In your letter you state:

“Please send me a written opinion as to qualifications of Justice Court Judge.

“As to required time to live in district before qualifying.

“As to registration in that district.”

In response to your inquiry concerning qualifications for Justice Court Judge, please find enclosed a copy of a prior opinion addressed to Tippah County Democratic Executive Committee, dated June 20, 1983, which states that a candidate for Justice Court Judge must reside two (2) years in the county next preceding his selection and be a resident of the election district in which he seeks to run for a minimum of thirty (30) days.

Very truly yours,

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Attorney General.

Ryan Hood, Special Assistant Attorney General.