Earlier editions: 2026-07
Title 2 — Administration and Personnel
Huntington Beach Municipal Code Ch. 2.04 Eligibility of Candidates
Huntington Beach Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Huntington Beach
Cite as: Huntington Beach Municipal Code Chapter 2.04 · Text as of 2026-10-04
Note: §§ 2.04.010, 2.04.050 and 2.04.090 repealed by Ord. 2507-11/81.
§ 2.04.030. Residence and Registered Voter Requirements for Elective Officers.¶
A. No person is eligible to hold any elective office in the City of Huntington Beach unless that person was a resident and a registered voter of the City both at the time of assuming such office and at the time of issuance of nomination papers.
B. No person shall be appointed to fill a vacancy in an elective office in the City unless that person is at the time of assuming such office a resident and a registered voter of the City.
C. Any elective officer of the City, whether elected or appointed, shall at all times during his or her term of office be a resident and a registered voter of the City, and if during his or her term of office he or she moves his or her place of residence outside of the City limits or ceases to be a registered voter of the City, his or her office shall immediately become vacant.
(1756-7/72, 2023-1/75, 2943-7/88)
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