§ 168.409kAppeals court judges; impeachment; removal from office, service of charges,

hearing; vacancy, notice.
 Sec. 409k.
    Any person holding the office of judge of the court of appeals may be removed from office
 upon conviction in impeachment proceedings for the reasons and in the manner set forth in
 section 7 of article 11 of the state constitution, or the governor shall remove any judge of the
 court of appeals upon a concurrent resolution of 2/3 of the members elected to and serving in
 each house of the state legislature, and the cause for such removal shall be stated at length in
 such resolution, as provided in section 25 of article 6 of said constitution. Such person shall be
 served with a written notice of the charges against him and be afforded an opportunity for a
 hearing thereon. When a vacancy occurs in any of the said offices, a notice of such vacancy
 and the reason why the same exists shall, within 10 days after such vacancy occurs, be given
 in writing by the secretary of state to the court administrator, with a copy to the governor.