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17.09 Removal of elective county officers. Elective county officers may be removed from office as follows:17.09(1)
(1) County clerk; treasurer; surveyor; supervisor. The county clerk, county treasurer or surveyor, or a county supervisor, by the county board, for cause, by a vote of two-thirds of all the supervisors entitled to seats on such board.17.09(2)
(2) Clerk of circuit court. The clerk of the circuit court, by the judge or a majority of judges of the circuit court for the clerk's county, for cause.17.09(5)
(5) Other elective county officers. The sheriff, coroner or register of deeds, by the governor, for cause.17.09 - ANNOT.
History: 1977 c. 449; 1979 c. 32; 1989 a. 31.17.09 - ANNOT.
Removal is governed by s. 17.16 and contemplates a determination of cause by the board. An ordinance making a violation ipso facto cause for removal impermissibly circumvents that procedure. 66 Atty. Gen. 148.