Connecticut General Statutes 51-95 – Qualification and certification of nominated justices of the peace
(a) Each person nominated to be a justice of the peace shall take the official oath on or before the first Monday of January following his nomination or, if nominated to fill a vacancy, within ten days thereafter. If the first Monday of January falls on a legal holiday, the oath shall be taken on or before the first Tuesday of January. Unless the official oath is administered by the town clerk, the officer who administers it shall transmit a certificate of the taking of the oath to the clerk of the town in which the justice of the peace was nominated.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 51-95
- Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
- oath: shall include affirmations in cases where by law an affirmation may be used for an oath, and, in like cases, the word "swear" shall include the word "affirm". See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1
(b) Each such justice of the peace, after taking the official oath, shall furnish his signature to such town clerk upon a form prescribed and provided by the Secretary of the State. The form shall be delivered or sent by the clerk to each nominated justice of the peace within the town.
(c) If a person nominated to be a justice of the peace fails to take the oath or to furnish his signature to the town clerk on or before the first Monday in January following his nomination, or the first Tuesday in January if the first Monday in January following the nomination is a legal holiday, the office to which he was nominated shall be deemed vacant.
(d) The town clerk of each town shall keep a record of the names of such qualified justices of the peace.
(e) On or before the fifteenth day of January following the nomination of justices of the peace or, if nominated to fill a vacancy, within ten days after the nomination, the town clerk shall make a certificate upon a form to be prescribed and furnished by the Secretary of the State, stating the names of such qualified justices of the peace in the town, which names shall be set forth as on the registry list of electors in the town. The town clerk shall transmit the certificate to the Secretary of the State.
(f) The certificate shall be sufficient authority upon receipt for the Secretary of the State to certify that the justices of the peace were duly nominated and qualified. Town clerks may also certify to the nomination and qualification of justices of the peace in their respective towns.
(g) Within thirty days after the fifteenth day of January following the nomination of any justice of the peace, and provided the signature form has been received by the town clerk, the town clerk shall issue to each such qualified justice of the peace a certificate of qualification setting forth his name, address, term of office and a statement that he is qualified to act as a justice of the peace.
(h) Each such justice of the peace shall cause the certificate of qualification to be displayed to any person who seeks his service as a justice of the peace.