2021 Tennessee Code
Chapter 12 - Costs
§ 20-12-127. Pauper's Oath

I,  , do solemnly swear under penalties of perjury, that owing to my poverty, I am not able to bear the expense of the action which I am about to commence, and that I am justly entitled to the relief sought, to the best of my belief;
and
Code 1858, § 3192 (deriv. Acts 1821, ch. 22, §§ 1, 2; 1829, ch. 88, § 1); Acts 1891, ch. 221, § 1; 1897, ch. 100, § 1; 1901, ch. 126, § 1; 1903, ch. 197, § 1; Shan., § 4928; Code 1932, § 9080; Acts 1957, ch. 20, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 20-1629; Acts 1983, ch. 393, § 1; 1995, ch. 242, § 1.
Rule Reference. This section is referred to in Rule 29 of the Rules of the Supreme Court of Tennessee.
This section is referred to in Rule XV of the Rules of Court for Divisions I Through VI of the Shelby County Court of General Sessions.

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