The sheriff shall, besides the oaths prescribed for public officers, take an oath that the sheriff has not promised or given, nor will give, any fee, gift, gratuity, or reward for the office or for aid in procuring such office, that the sheriff will not take any fee, gift, or bribe, or gratuity for returning any person as a juror or for making any false return of any process, and that the sheriff will faithfully execute the office of sheriff to the best of such sheriff's knowledge and ability agreeably to law.
Code 1858, § 356 (deriv. Acts 1777 (Nov.), ch. 8, § 2); Shan., § 445; Code 1932, § 692; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-804.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees
§ 8-8-101. Prohibited From Practice of Law or Serving as Member of General Assembly While Sheriff
§ 8-8-105. Replacement of Sureties
§ 8-8-106. Temporary Appointment by County Legislative Body
§ 8-8-107. Vacancy in Office — Temporary Discharge of Sheriff's Duties