Arizona Constitution|Section 6 - Death, resignation, removal or disability of governor; succession to office; impeachment, absence from state or temporary disability

                                                




 6.  Death, resignation, removal or disability of
                  governor; succession to office; impeachment, absence from
                  state or temporary disability
Section 6.  In the event of the death of the governor, or his
      resignation, removal from office, or permanent disability to discharge the
      duties of the office, the secretary of state, if holding by election, shall
      succeed to the office of governor until his successor shall be elected and
      shall qualify.  If the secretary of state be holding otherwise than by
      election, or shall fail to qualify as governor, the attorney general, the
      state treasurer, or the superintendent of public instruction, if holding by
      election, shall, in the order named, succeed to the office of governor. The
      taking of the oath of office as governor by any person specified in this
      section shall constitute resignation from the office by virtue of the holding
      of which he qualifies as governor.  Any successor to the office shall become
      governor in fact and entitled to all of the emoluments, powers and duties of
      governor upon taking the oath of office.

      In the event of the impeachment of the governor, his absence from the
      state, or other temporary disability to discharge the duties of the office,
      the powers and duties of the office of governor shall devolve upon the same
      person as in case of vacancy, but only until the disability ceases.