(1) The term of office of a municipality head, mayor or county prefect or their deputies shall be terminated by force of law:

1. if he/she resigns, on the day of delivery of a resignation in writing pursuant to the rules on delivery prescribed by the General Administrative Procedure Act;
2. if, by a final court decision, he/she is divested of legal capacity, on the day the court decision divesting him/her of legal capacity becomes final;
3. if he/she is convicted by a final court judgement to an unconditional prison sentence longer than one month, on the day that court judgement becomes final;
4. if his/her residence in the territory of the unit ends, on the day his residence ends;
5. if his/her Croatian citizenship is revoked, on the day his/her citizenship is revoked, pursuant to the provisions of the law regulating Croatian citizenship;
6. by death.

(2) If the term of office of a municipality head, mayor or county prefect is terminated with the occurrence of the circumstances referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, before the end of two years of the term, the head of the administrative body competent for official relations shall inform the Government of the Republic of Croatia within 8 days of the termination of the term of office of the municipality head, mayor or county prefect, so that early elections may be called for a new municipality head, mayor or county prefect.