In any county having more than one (1) circuit court, or both a circuit court and a criminal court, the court in such county having the jurisdiction of the indictment and trial of offenses against the liquor laws of this state shall have exclusive jurisdiction of all matters relating to the seizure and destruction of intoxicating liquors as provided in this part, and where reference is made to the circuit court or criminal court clerk it shall be deemed to refer to the county clerk of the county having such jurisdiction, and the statements required of the sheriff shall be made to the clerk or the judge of such court.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
Title 57 - Intoxicating Liquors
§ 57-9-101. Destruction of Liquor and Paraphernalia
§ 57-9-102. Arrest of Persons Implicated in Manufacture
§ 57-9-103. Officers to Take Into Possession Intoxicating Liquors Held or Transported Illegally
§ 57-9-104. Officers to File Written Statement About Intoxicants Taken
§ 57-9-105. Court Having Jurisdiction
§ 57-9-106. Delivery of Seized Liquor to Sheriff
§ 57-9-107. Sheriff to Keep Intoxicants Until Otherwise Ordered by Court
§ 57-9-108. Sheriff's Statement of Intoxicants Held
§ 57-9-110. Notice When Name of Owner Unknown
§ 57-9-111. Claimants of Liquor — Petition
§ 57-9-112. Answer to Petition Claiming Ownership
§ 57-9-113. Petition Claiming Ownership Tried in Summary Manner
§ 57-9-114. Determination of Claims to Liquor
§ 57-9-117. Disposition of Liquor Bearing No Federal Tax Stamp — Destruction of Spoiled Liquor
§ 57-9-118. Sheriff's Inventory to Facilitate Credit to Proper Jurisdiction