Opinion No.

The Honorable Stephen Choate Circuit Judge Sixteenth Judicial District Post Office Box 525 Heber Springs, Arkansas 72543

Dear Judge Choate:

I am writing in response to your request for an opinion on the following issue:

Is the office of County Judge included within the definition of "non-judicial office" or "non-judicial governmental office" as those phrases are used in Ark. Code Ann. Sec. 16-10-118 (a), Ark. Const. amend. 80, § 15, and Canon 5 of the Arkansas Code of Judicial Conduct?

RESPONSE

As an initial matter, I must decline to render an opinion as to compliance with the Arkansas Code of…