The county legislative body, on demand of the register, shall procure for the register's office well-bound books for the purpose of registering therein such instruments of writing as are required by law to be registered, the cost of which shall be paid by the trustee of the county, on the warrant of the county mayor, which shall be issued on the register producing before the county mayor the receipt of the person from whom the books were purchased, and making affidavit that the register has paid, or is bound to pay, the sum specified in the receipt.
Code 1858, § 2090 (deriv. Acts 1805, ch. 62, § 7); Shan., § 3770; Code 1932, § 7681; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 16, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 15-102; Acts 2003, ch. 90, § 2.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
Title 10 - Public Libraries, Archives and Records
Part 1 - Preserving and Transcribing Records
§ 10-7-101. “Records” Construed
§ 10-7-102. Books for Register's Office to Be Furnished by County
§ 10-7-104. Mutilated Records to Be Transcribed — Incomplete Copies
§ 10-7-105. Rebinding or Copying Books at Expense of County
§ 10-7-106. Transcript Books to Be Collated and Certified to by Register and Deputy Register
§ 10-7-107. Omission of Probate or Acknowledgment
§ 10-7-108. Entering Omitted Probate or Acknowledgment in Transcript Where Document in Existence
§ 10-7-109. Copy of Probate or Acknowledgment Made by Clerk of Court on Demand
§ 10-7-110. Entry in Transcript Book
§ 10-7-113. Special Deputies — Appointment by Register Necessitated
§ 10-7-115. Original Deposited in Clerk's Office
§ 10-7-116. Copy Made From Original — Admissibility in Evidence
§ 10-7-119. County Legislative Bodies Authorized to Have Record Books Rebound
§ 10-7-120. Liability of Register and Clerks Suspended During Rebinding