Utah Code

Utah Code § 77-6-1 (2026)

Officers subject to removal

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All officers of any city, county, or other political subdivision of this state not liable to impeachment shall be subject to removal as provided in this chapter for high crimes and misdemeanors or malfeasance in office.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1985–2000 · leading case: Madsen v. Brown, 701 P.2d 1086 (Utah 1985).

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Madsen v. Brown, 701 P.2d 1086 (Utah 1985). · cites it 12× “, 1953, §§ 77-6-1 to -9, adopted in 1980, appellant, the mayor of Grantsville, was removed from office upon the jury's determination that appellant's participation in the killing of dogs constituted sanctionable "malfeasance in office.”

Green v. Turner, 2000 UT 54 (Utah 2000). “§§ 77-6-1 to -9 (judicial proceedings to remove officers not subject to impeachment); id.”

People ex rel. Smith v. Lewis, 939 P.2d 176 (Utah 1996). · cites it 2× “The petitioners request a writ of mandamus requiring Judge Lewis to accept “criminal informations” purportedly filed pursuant to Utah Code Ann. § 77-6-1 . This section provides for the removal of certain public officials “for high crimes and misdemeanors or malfeasance in office.”

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