Run for Local Court Judge in Kinderhook

Election Date: Jun 24, 2025
Filing Deadline: Mar 27, 2025

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Election Details

  • Office level: town
  • Length of term: 4 years
  • Commitment level: N/A
  • Affiliation: partisan
  • Typical salary: N/A
  • Filing period: Mar 24, 2025 - Mar 27, 2025
  • Positions:
    Kinderhook Town Justice
    Kinderhook Town Justice

Job description

Local Court Judges are responsible for adjudicating cases in civil and criminal courts at the trial-level, such as small-claims court or drug court.

Eligibility requirements

Candidates must be a qualified elector of the town,  they don’t have to be lawyers, but are required to take courses once they are elected to be a judge. New judges with no prior legal experience are required to take in-person training provided by lawyers and judges through the state Office of Justice Court Support. Judges take a test at the end of the session. Follow-up courses are also required.
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