{"id":1018,"date":"2025-03-14T14:55:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T14:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/?p=1018"},"modified":"2025-03-14T14:55:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T14:55:00","slug":"justice-court-vacancy-announced-for-box-elder-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/2025\/03\/14\/justice-court-vacancy-announced-for-box-elder-county\/","title":{"rendered":"JUSTICE COURT VACANCY ANNOUNCED FOR BOX ELDER COUNTY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Box Elder County, Utah<\/strong>\u2014Applications are being accepted for a justice court judge position that\u00a0will serve Box Elder County, Utah. The successful candidate will replace Judge Kevin Christensen\u00a0who has resigned his position.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">To be considered for a justice court judgeship in Box Elder County, candidates must be at least 25\u00a0years of age, a citizen of the United States, a Utah resident for at least three years, and have a\u00a0degree from a law school that would make one eligible to apply for admission to a bar in any state\u00a0in the United States. In addition, applicants must be a resident of Box Elder County or an adjacent\u00a0county either upon appointment or before taking the bench.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Information on judicial retention and performance evaluation is posted on the Utah State Court\u2019s website at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.utcourts.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.utcourts.gov\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1742049561646000&amp;usg=AOvVaw09_kgUzD-FCQh1sksgH-lA\">www.utcourts.gov<\/a>\u00a0under employment opportunities. An application for judicial office\u00a0form must be completed and is available on the court\u2019s website\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/employment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/employment&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1742049561646000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3zyfsmDDDaJRz3hMZLW9Lx\">https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/employment<\/a>). The salary range for the position is $153,475 to\u00a0 $197,325\u00a0per year. Box Elder County offers additional employment benefits related to insurance,\u00a0health and wellness, 401k contributions of 3%, and URS pension.\u00a0For additional information about\u00a0working for Box Elder County, email Jenica Stander, the Human Resources Director for Box\u00a0Elder County, at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:jstander@boxeldercountyut.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">jstander@boxeldercountyut.gov<\/a>\u00a0or call her at (435) 734-3364.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The deadline for applications is Monday, April 14, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. Applications cannot be\u00a0submitted after the deadline. For questions about the justice courts or the process for filling this\u00a0 position, email Jim Peters, Justice Court Administrator, at\u00a0j<a href=\"mailto:amesp@utcourts.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">amesp@utcourts.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Utah law requires the Judicial Nominating Commission to submit at least three nominees to the Box\u00a0Elder County Commission within 45 days of its first meeting. The Commission will then have 30\u00a0days in which to select a finalist. Its selection must then be certified by the Utah Judicial Council.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center\"># # #<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Box Elder County, Utah\u2014Applications are being accepted for a justice court judge position that\u00a0will serve Box Elder County, Utah. The successful candidate will replace Judge Kevin Christensen\u00a0who has resigned his position. To be considered for a justice court judgeship in Box Elder County, candidates must be at least 25\u00a0years of age, a citizen of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-17 00:03:55","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1018"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1019,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1018\/revisions\/1019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}