{"id":1056,"date":"2025-08-01T20:31:04","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T20:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/?p=1056"},"modified":"2025-08-01T20:31:04","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T20:31:04","slug":"justice-court-vacancy-announced-for-san-juan-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/2025\/08\/01\/justice-court-vacancy-announced-for-san-juan-county\/","title":{"rendered":"JUSTICE COURT VACANCY ANNOUNCED FOR SAN JUAN COUNTY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>San Juan County, Utah<\/strong>\u2014Applications are being accepted for a justice court judge position that\u00a0will serve San Juan County, Utah. The successful candidate will replace Judge Lyon Hazleton who\u00a0will retire at the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">To be considered for a justice court judgeship in San Juan 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 in the United States. In addition, applicants must be a resident of San Juan 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\u00a0website 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=1754166622617000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0yB3DrneWM1ubUZlOJEiKI\">www.utcourts.gov<\/a>\u00a0under employment opportunities. An application for judicial office\u00a0must be completed online at\u00a0j<a href=\"http:\/\/usticecourtvacancies.utah.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/usticecourtvacancies.utah.gov&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1754166622617000&amp;usg=AOvVaw17VAzfvmCdEJo8rDrZULB1\">usticecourtvacancies.utah.gov<\/a>\u00a0before the deadline. The salary range\u00a0for the position is $59,856 to $76,957\u00a0per year and includes some benefits.\u00a0For additional information about working for San Juan County, email Mack McDonald, the Chief\u00a0 Administrative Officer for San Juan County, at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:mmcdonald@sanjuancountyut.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mmcdonald@sanjuancountyut.gov<\/a>\u00a0or call him at\u00a0(435) 587-3225.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The deadline for applications is Monday, September 1, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. Applications cannot\u00a0be submitted after the deadline. For questions about the justice courts or the process for filling this 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 San\u00a0Juan 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>San Juan County, Utah\u2014Applications are being accepted for a justice court judge position that\u00a0will serve San Juan County, Utah. The successful candidate will replace Judge Lyon Hazleton who\u00a0will retire at the end of the year. To be considered for a justice court judgeship in San Juan County, candidates must be at least 25\u00a0years 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-1056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-07 03:34:48","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\/1056","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=1056"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1056\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1057,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1056\/revisions\/1057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}