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Legal Opinion

Opn. No.

New York Attorney General Reports

Decided April 3, 1991Published

1Opinion of the Court

Requestor: James C. Tomasi, Esq., County Attorney Washington County 70 Main Street Salem, New York 12865

Written by: Patrick Barnett-Mulligan, Assistant Attorney General

This is in response to your request for an Attorney General's opinion as to whether the offices of sheriff and district attorney's investigator are compatible.

In the absence of a constitutional or statutory prohibition against dual-officeholding, one person may hold two offices simultaneously unless they are incompatible. The leading case on compatibility of office isPeople ex rel. Ryan v Green, 58 N.Y. 295 (1874). In that case…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. People Ex Rel. Ryan v. . GreenNew York Court of Appeals · 1874
  2. The People Ex Rel. v. . NostrandNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
  3. People v. NeuschatzAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1975
  4. People v. NeuschatzNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
  5. Weinfeld v. Hillside Housing Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1941

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