Rule Text
The complaint, petition, accusation or proceeding for removal or ouster from office may include allegations or charges of any act or acts of commission, omission or neglect which may be committed, done or omitted during the term of office in which such ouster or removal proceeding may be filed, and may also include allegations or charges as to any act or acts of commission, omission or neglect committed, done or omitted during a previous or preceding term in any office.
Amendment history: Added by Laws 1955, p. 200, § 2. Amended by Laws 2025, c. 336, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2025.
Plain-English Summary (for reference only — not a substitute for the rule text above)
This summary is not the rule. The rule text controls.
When someone tries to remove an official from office, the legal papers filed against them can include more than just recent problems. The charges can cover things the official did wrong, failed to do, or ignored during their current term in office.
The charges can also reach back further in time. If the official held a different office before, or held the same office in an earlier term, past misconduct from those periods can be included too. This means an official cannot avoid removal just because the bad behavior happened in an earlier term or a different position. Old actions can still count against them if someone files to remove them now.