Maine Statutes
§ 5 §3 — Civil officers serve until successors qualify
Maine § 5 §3
JurisdictionMaine
Title 5ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AND SERVICES
Part 1STATE DEPARTMENTS
Ch. 1STATE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES GENERALLY
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Bluebook
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 5, § 5 §3 (2026).
Text
All civil officers, other than judicial officers, appointed in accordance with law and whose terms of office are fixed by law, shall hold office during the term for which they were appointed and until their successors in office have been appointed and qualified, unless sooner removed in accordance with law.
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Legislative History
PL 1975, c. 771, §25 (RPR).
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Bluebook (online)
Maine § 5 §3, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/me/5%20%C2%A73.