Arizona Revised Statutes

Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 9-235 (2026)

Vacancies in council

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9-235. Vacancies in council

A. The council shall fill a vacancy that may occur by appointment until the next regularly scheduled council election if the vacancy occurs more than thirty days before the nomination petition deadline, otherwise the appointment is for the unexpired term. If the city or town by ordinance provides that at the primary election any candidate for the office of mayor or city council who receives a majority of all votes cast at that election for that office is declared elected to the office and a candidate to fill the vacancy in that office receives a majority of all votes cast for that office at the primary election, section 9-821.01, subsection D applies. This subsection does not apply to a charter city.

B. The member appointed shall meet the qualifications established in section 9-232.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2013–2013 · leading case: Prutch v. Town of Quartzsite, 296 P.3d 94 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2013).

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Prutch v. Town of Quartzsite, 296 P.3d 94 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2013). · cites it 4× “Section 10 of Resolution Number 12-08 reads as follows: A.R.S. § 9-235 stating that an appointment [of a] vacant council seat shall extend only until the next regularly scheduled council election unless the vacancy occurs on or after the thirtieth day before the nomination…”

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