{"id":1020,"date":"2025-03-17T19:00:55","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T19:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/?p=1020"},"modified":"2025-03-17T19:00:55","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T19:00:55","slug":"justice-court-vacancy-extended-for-kane-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/2025\/03\/17\/justice-court-vacancy-extended-for-kane-county\/","title":{"rendered":"JUSTICE COURT VACANCY EXTENDED FOR KANE COUNTY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Kane County, Utah<\/strong>\u2014The deadline for applications for a part-time justice court judge position that\u00a0will serve Kane County, Utah, has been extended. The position will replace Judge Gary Johnson\u00a0who will retire at the end of June.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">To be considered for a justice court judgeship in Kane County, candidates must be at least 25 years of age, a citizen of the United States, a Utah resident for at least three years, and have a degree from a law school that would make one eligible to apply for admission to a bar in any state in the\u00a0United States. In addition, applicants must be a resident of Kane County, Garfield County, Iron\u00a0County, San Juan County or Washington County either upon appointment or before taking the\u00a0bench.<\/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=1742324423494000&amp;usg=AOvVaw01Xx5z4S7C9sMKDr-S7ek0\">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\/admin\/jobs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/admin\/jobs\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1742324423494000&amp;usg=AOvVaw11STd2s2-wgeuQKJFhbo99\">https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/admin\/jobs\/<\/a>). The salary range for the position is $53,903 to $69,303\u00a0per year.\u00a0For additional information about working for Kane County, email Rhonda Gant, the\u00a0Human Resources Director for Kane County, at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:rgant@kane.utah.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rgant@kane.utah.gov<\/a>\u00a0or call her at (435) 644-4929.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The deadline for applications is Monday, March 31, 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\u00a0position, 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\u00a0Kane 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>Kane County, Utah\u2014The deadline for applications for a part-time justice court judge position that\u00a0will serve Kane County, Utah, has been extended. The position will replace Judge Gary Johnson\u00a0who will retire at the end of June. To be considered for a justice court judgeship in Kane County, candidates must be at least 25 years of age, [&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-1020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-19 09:06:03","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\/1020","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=1020"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1020\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1021,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1020\/revisions\/1021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}