Kris Mayes moves to remove David Marshall as Navajo County recorder

By: Jim Small

Outlets: Arizona Mirror

Published: May 15, 2026

Words: 693

Last Updated: 2 months ago

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Attorney General Kris Mayes is asking the courts to remove Navajo County Recorder David Marshall, alleging that his appointment to the post last month blatantly violates the Arizona Constitution.

In a rare legal filing known as a quo warranto — Latin for “by what authority” and designed to prevent the unlawful usurpation of office — Mayes says that, because Marshall was elected to the state legislature in 2024 and was sworn into office in …

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