The bond shall be in the amount of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) in counties with a population of less than fifteen thousand (15,000), and one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) in counties with a population of fifteen thousand (15,000) or more, according to the 2010 federal census or any subsequent federal census, or in a greater sum as the county legislative body may determine, payable to the state of Tennessee, conditioned on the true and faithful discharge of the duties of the office.
Code 1858, § 448 (deriv. Acts 1777 (Nov.), ch. 8, § 13; 1847-1848, ch. 167); Shan., § 560; Code 1932, § 809; Acts 1977, ch. 270, § 6; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-1303; Acts 2013, ch. 315, § 10.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees
§ 8-13-101. Election — Term of Office
§ 8-13-102. Surety Bonds — Oath of Office
§ 8-13-104. Vacation of Office
§ 8-13-105. Deputies — Appointment — Death, Resignation or Removal of Register
§ 8-13-106. Location of Office
§ 8-13-107. Records Kept in Office — Suitable Facility
§ 8-13-109. Payment for Record Books
§ 8-13-110. Indictment of Register for Failure to Perform Duties — Civil Liability
§ 8-13-111. Fees Accompanying Instrument — Register to Adopt Policy Regarding Overages
§ 8-13-113. Effect of Certification Under Seal
§ 8-13-114. Acting as Entry Taker
§ 8-13-115. Preservation of Records of Entry
§ 8-13-117. Failure to Comply With Entry Requirements
§ 8-13-118. Recording of Military Discharge Documents in the Office of County Register