Kris Mayes moves to remove David Marshall as Navajo County recorder

Attorney General Kris Mayes is asking the courts to remove Navajo County Recorder David Marshall, alleging that his appointment to the post last month blatantly violates the Arizona Constitution.

In a rare legal filing known as a quo warranto — Latin for “by what authority” and designed to prevent the unlawful usurpation of office — Mayes says that, because Marshall was elected to the state legislature in 2024 and was sworn into office in January 2025, the Arizona Constitution bars him from holding any other public office.

The claim centers on a constitutional provision that restricts what public roles members of the legislature can hold during their elected term: “No member of the legislature, during the term for which he shall have been elected or appointed shall be eligible to hold any other office or be otherwise employed by the state of Arizona or, any county or incorporated city or town thereof.”

Mayes contends that the language, particularly the phrasing “during the term for which he shall have been elected,” makes clear that legislators are ineligible to hold another office or work a government job until their two-year term ends.




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