Louisiana § RS 42:39 - Judges; ineligibility to become candidate for other elective office; conditions and exceptions
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§ RS 42:39. Judges; ineligibility to become candidate for other elective office; conditions and exceptions
A. After July 31, 1968, no person serving in or elected or appointed to the office of judge of any court, justices of the peace excepted, shall be eligible to hold or become a candidate for any national, state or local elective office of any kind whatsoever, including any national, state or local office in any political party organization, other than a candidate for the office of judge for the same or any other court.
B. The provisions of Subsection A of this Section shall not be construed as prohibiting any person from resigning from his office as judge of any court for the purpose of becoming a candidate for nomination or election to any national, state or local elective office for which he is qualified and eligible; provided, however, that the resignation of any such person shall be and is made not less than twenty-four hours prior to the date on which he qualifies as a candidate for nomination or election to the office to which he seeks nomination or election.
C. If any judge elected or appointed, justice of the peace excepted, qualifies for any other elective position, other than those allowed by the provisions of this section, without complying with the provisions of Subsection B of this Section, his qualification as a candidate for the other office shall ipso facto be null and void.
Added by Acts 1968, No. 504, §§1, 2.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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