17.09 Removal of elective county officers. Elective county officers may be removed from office as follows:
(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.
(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.
(5) Other elective county officers. The sheriff, coroner or register of deeds, by the governor, for cause.
History: 1977 c. 449; 1979 c. 32; 1989 a. 31.
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.