The sheriff is allowed two (2) years from the time of going out of office to close unsettled business, with all the power and subject to all the limitations and restrictions of the actual sheriff.
Code 1858, § 369 (deriv. Acts 1811, ch. 49, § 1); Shan., § 459; Code 1932, § 706; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-824.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees
§ 8-8-202. Advance Fees on Process From Other Counties
§ 8-8-203. Payment of Collections by Collecting Officers
§ 8-8-204. Judgment on Motion for Failure to Pay Over
§ 8-8-205. Acting as Attorney or Security Prohibited — Attorney as Deputy
§ 8-8-206. Purchase at Own Sale Prohibited
§ 8-8-207. Disobedience of Process
§ 8-8-208. Service at Residence of Defendant
§ 8-8-209. Return as to Residence in Another County
§ 8-8-211. Penalty for Allowing Prisoner to Be Taken From Jail and Put to Death by Violence
§ 8-8-213. Conservator of Peace — Summoning Posse
§ 8-8-214. Delivery of Papers and Property to Successor
§ 8-8-215. Closing of Unsettled Business
§ 8-8-217. Service in Violation of § 8-8-216 Void
§ 8-8-220. Civil Actions — Sheriff May Appoint Persons to Serve Process