{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-17-66-202","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 17-66-202","heading":"County officers -- Time of holding elections -- County commissioners -- Terms of office.","body":"(1) Except as otherwise provided in an optional plan adopted under Chapter 62, Forms of County Government:\n(a) each elected county officer shall be elected at the regular general election every four years in accordance with Section 20A-1-201, except as otherwise provided in this title;\n(b) county commissioners shall be elected at the times, in the manner, and for the terms provided in Section 17-62-201; and\n(c) an elected officer shall hold office for the term for which the officer is elected, beginning at noon on the first Monday in January following the officer's election and until a successor is elected or appointed and qualified, except as provided in Section 17-66-201.\n(2)\n(a) The terms of county officers shall be staggered in accordance with this Subsection (2).\n(b) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(c), in the 2014 general election:\n(i) the following county officers shall be elected to one six-year term and thereafter elected to a four-year term:\n(A) county treasurer;\n(B) county recorder;\n(C) county surveyor; and\n(D) county assessor; and\n(ii) all other county officers shall be elected to a four-year term.\n(c) If a county legislative body consolidates two or more county offices in accordance with Section 17-66-104, and the consolidated offices are on conflicting election schedules, the county legislative body shall pass an ordinance setting the election schedule for the consolidated offices in a reasonable manner that staggers the terms of county officers as provided in this Subsection (2).\n(3) An individual who holds a municipal elected office may not, at the same time, hold a county elected office.\n(4) The restriction described in Subsection (3) applies regardless of whether the individual is elected to the office or appointed to fill a vacancy in the office.","path":["Title 17 Counties","Chapter 17-66 County Officers and Officials Generally","Part 17-66-2 Qualifications and Term"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title17/Chapter66/17-66-S202.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:33Z","sha256":"a9c80287e69495e765d7463f158a176af66641a7514a683307b5a17f5708729e","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-17-66-201","next":"us-ut/utah-code-17-66-203"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}