§ 168.443Probate judges; impeachment; removal from office, service of charges, hearing;

notice of vacancy.
 Sec. 443.



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    Any person holding the office of judge of probate 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 probate 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 the constitution of this state. 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
 shall occur 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.