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Dear Mr. Cahill:

This office is in receipt of your request for an opinion of the Attorney General in regard to residence requirements for a Town official. You indicate the Mayor is building a new home, with the old home and new home in the City limits. However, the old home has been sold prior to completion of the new home. You ask whether he may live outside of the City limits for several months during the construction.

We find in response to an inquiry by a candidate whether he was required to move into a house under renovation prior to qualifying for the election, this office concluded in…