Except as otherwise provided by state law, any city officer who shall not file the required oath of office, or oath and bond of office, as the case may be, with the proper officer within ten days after the beginning of the term for which he shall have been elected or appointed shall be deemed to have refused to serve, and the office shall be deemed to be vacant.
('75 Code, § 2-19)
Statutory reference:
Removal for failure to file oath or bond, see IC 5-4-1-1.2 and 5-4-1-9