Where the costs in any case in a court of record, or before a judge of the court of general sessions, are adjudged against a party, judgment shall be rendered jointly against the party and the party's sureties, but the execution issued on the costs shall be collected from the party, if it can be. If execution cannot be collected from the party, then it shall be collected from the sureties. Execution issued against an attorney as surety, for security taken or recorded after July 1, 1999, shall collect only the amounts required by law or included in the clerk's bill of costs, and shall not include discretionary costs.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
§ 20-12-101. Recovery by Successful Party
§ 20-12-103. Copies of Records
§ 20-12-105. Number of Witnesses
§ 20-12-106. Dismissal — Compromise
§ 20-12-108. Correction of Erroneous Taxation
§ 20-12-109. Charged Against Real Plaintiff
§ 20-12-110. Dismissal, Abatement or Discontinuance
§ 20-12-111. Appeal From General Sessions Court
§ 20-12-112. Jurisdictional Defects — Irregular Transfer
§ 20-12-113. Abatement of Action
§ 20-12-114. Nominal Damages Recovered
§ 20-12-115. Actions for Overflow of Water
§ 20-12-117. Taxation Between Defendants
§ 20-12-118. Cases Not Expressly Covered
§ 20-12-120. Security Given by Plaintiff
§ 20-12-121. Failure to Take Security
§ 20-12-122. Actions Commenced by Petition or Motion
§ 20-12-123. Appeals From General Sessions Court
§ 20-12-124. Rule to Give Security
§ 20-12-126. Omission of Provisions From Bond
§ 20-12-129. Next Friend's Oath
§ 20-12-131. Duties of Officers and Witnesses in Cases in Forma Pauperis
§ 20-12-132. Dismissal of Pauper's Action
§ 20-12-133. Judgment Against Pauper
§ 20-12-135. Judgment Against Surety
§ 20-12-136. Execution Against Principal and Surety
§ 20-12-137. Recovery From Successful Party
§ 20-12-138. Notice of Motion Against Successful Party
§ 20-12-139. Bill of Costs on Appeal
§ 20-12-140. Payments From Appellate to Trial Court