Nick Loving failed to file a required oath of office document within 30 days after he was appointed on May 28 as Burns Harbor clerk-treasurer, which, according to state law, could cost him his job.

Loving didn’t take his official oath and file the paperwork with the Porter County Clerk’s Office until Aug. 19, 83 days after he was appointed clerk-treasurer by Porter County Democratic Party Chairman Don Craft.

Indiana Code states that if an individual appointed or elected to an office doesn’t file the oath document within 30 days, the office becomes vacant.

Porter County Clerk Jessica Bailey, who personally handled Loving’s oath and paperwork on Aug. 19, said that someone would have to file a complaint with the Porter County Election Board. The board has two members each from the Republic

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