Ky. Const. art. I, § 100
Ky. Const. § 100
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Section 100 Qualifications of officers for counties and districts.
No person shall be eligible to the offices mentioned in Sections 97 and 99 who is
not at the time of his election twenty-four years of age (except Clerks of County and
Circuit Courts, who shall be twenty-one years of age), a citizen of Kentucky, and who has
not resided in the State two years, and one year next preceding his election in the county
and district in which he is a candidate. No person shall be eligible to the office of
Commonwealth's Attorney unless he shall have been a licensed practicing lawyer four
years. No person shall be eligible to the office of County Attorney unless he shall have
been a licensed practicing lawyer two years. No person shall be eligible to the office of
Clerk unless he shall have procured from a Judge of the Court of Appeals, or a Judge of a
Circuit Court, a certificate that he has been examined by the Clerk of his Court under his
supervision, and that he is qualified for the office for which he is a candidate.
Text as Ratified on: August 3, 1891, and revised September 28, 1891.
History: Not yet amended.