Judges： RICHARD P. IEYOUB
Filed Date： 4/11/2003
Status： Precedential
Modified Date： 7/5/2016
Dear Judge Connor:
You have requested this office to issue an advisory opinion as to the qualifications to be met by candidates in a mayoral election if the qualification period runs from January 28 to January 30, 2004.
La.R.S.
The mayor shall be an elector of the municipality who at the time of qualification as a candidate for the office of mayor shall have been domiciled and actually resided for at least the immediately preceding year in the municipality.
Therefore, a candidate for mayor, at the time of qualification must be a registered voter and must have been domiciled and resided in the municipality for at least the immediately preceding year. In this particular case, the candidate would have had to be a resident of the municipality from at least January 28, 2003, which is one year from the opening of qualifying in 2004.
Very truly yours,
RICHARD P. IEYOUB
ATTORNEY GENERAL
By: _______________________ ANGIE ROGERS LAPLACE Assistant Attorney General
RPI/ARL;mjb
Date Released: April 11, 2003
ANGIE ROGERS LAPLACE
Assistant Attorney General