13th Judicial District announces vacancy

The 13th Judicial District Nominating Commission will meet Tuesday, Aug. 3, via videoconference to interview and select nominees for appointment by the governor to the office of district judge for the 13th Judicial District (Kit Carson, Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington and Yuma counties).

The vacancy will be created by the retirement of the Honorable Kevin L. Hoyer on Oct. 1.

To be eligible, applicants must be a qualified elector of the 13th Judicial District at the time of investiture and must have been admitted to the practice of law in Colorado for five years.

The current annual salary for this position is $178,452. The initial term of office of a district judge is a provisional term of two years; thereafter, the incumbent district judge, if approved by the voters, has a term of six years.

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