Columbia Selection, qualification and term of office ordinance (§ 15-46)

The municipal judge shall be selected by the council, a majority vote of all members being required for such selection. Selection shall be for a term of four (4) years, and the judge shall serve until a successor is selected and qualified. The judge shall have been a resident of the city for at least two (2) years prior to selection, and a duly licensed attorney of the state for at least three (3) years prior to selection. The judge shall be at least twenty-one

(21) years of age and no person shall serve as municipal judge after attaining the age of seventy-five (75). The judge shall not hold any other office in the city.