Section 17-16-6 - County officers - Time of holding elections - County commissioners - Terms of office(1) Except as otherwise provided in an optional plan adopted under Chapter 52a, Changing Forms of County Government:(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;(b) county commissioners shall be elected at the times, in the manner, and for the terms provided in Section 17-52a-201; and(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 17-16-1.(2)(a) The terms of county officers shall be staggered in accordance with this Subsection (2).(b) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(c), in the 2014 general election: (i) the following county officers shall be elected to one six-year term and thereafter elected to a four-year term: (ii) all other county officers shall be elected to a four-year term.(c) If a county legislative body consolidates two or more county offices in accordance with Section 17-16-3, and the consolidated offices are on conflicting election schedules, the county legislative body shall pass an ordinance that sets the election schedule for the consolidated offices in a reasonable manner that staggers the terms of county officers as provided in this Subsection (2).(3) An individual who holds a municipal elected office may not, at the same time, hold a county elected office.(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.Amended by Chapter 258, 2019 General Session ,§ 2, eff. 1/1/2020.Amended by Chapter 68, 2018 General Session ,§ 2, eff. 3/15/2018.Amended by Chapter 16, 2014 General Session ,§ 1, eff. 3/6/2014.Amended by Chapter 154, 2011 General Session