Terms of office; removal from office.

The registrars appointed under this article may be removed for cause by the Secretary of State at any time before the end of their term of office, upon submitting written reasons therefor to the registrar removed and to the members of the state board of appointment. If not so removed, the registrar may hold office for four years from the date of appointment and until a successor is appointed.

(Code 1907, §301; Acts 1920, No. 78, p. 124; Code 1923, §371; Code 1940, T. 17, §22; Code 1975, §17-4-41; Acts 1978, No. 584, p. 667, §7; Act 2003-313, p. 733, §2; §17-4-151; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §7.)