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Part 1 - Establishment
§ 16-15-103. Holding Court at Places Other Than County Seat - The county legislative body of each county shall be authorized...
Part 2 - Judge
§ 16-15-203. Oath - The oath of office shall be the same as that...
§ 16-15-211. Seminars - All general sessions court judges shall be required to attend...
Part 3 - Clerk
§ 16-15-302. Salaries of Court Officers in Metropolitan Government Counties - In counties governed by a metropolitan government as provided in...
§ 16-15-304. Dockets - Separate dockets shall be kept in the court for civil...
Part 4 - Powers and Duties
§ 16-15-401. General Powers - Code 1858, § 4125 (deriv. Acts 1794, ch. 1, §...
§ 16-15-402. General Duties - It is the duty of a general sessions court judge:...
§ 16-15-403. Conservator of Peace — Oaths - Every general sessions court judge is a conservator of the...
§ 16-15-404. Hearing Causes at Any Time - Each general sessions court judge is authorized to try any...
§ 16-15-406. Rules of Court - Judges of the courts of general sessions shall adopt such...
Part 5 - Jurisdiction
§ 16-15-501. General Jurisdiction - Code 1858, § 4123 (deriv. Acts 1827, ch. 51, §...
§ 16-15-502. Actions to Recover Personal Property - Actions to recover personal property may be conducted in general...
§ 16-15-503. Geographical Jurisdiction - The jurisdiction of general sessions courts, when not otherwise provided,...
§ 16-15-505. Objections to Jurisdiction - Objections to the jurisdiction of the general sessions court before...
Part 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions
§ 16-15-701. Electronic Filing - Any court governed by this chapter may, by local rule,...
§ 16-15-706. Infants or Incompetents — Representation - Whenever an infant or incompetent person has a representative, such...
§ 16-15-707. Plaintiffs — Nonsuits — Dismissals - The plaintiff shall have the right to take a voluntary...
§ 16-15-710. Commencement of Actions — New Process When Not Served - The suing out of a warrant is the commencement of...
§ 16-15-712. Enforcement of Judgments — Examination of Judgment Debtor and Others - In all courts exercising general sessions jurisdiction, the procedure on...
§ 16-15-714. Pleadings and Practice — General Sessions Courts - Practice and pleadings in the general sessions courts shall be...
§ 16-15-715. Court Bailiffs - The sheriff shall, unless otherwise provided, provide sufficient bailiffs to...
§ 16-15-716. Warrants - A civil action in the general sessions courts is commenced...
§ 16-15-718. Fees to Clerk - Before the issuance of any original process in a civil...
§ 16-15-719. Appeal Bond - An appeal bond returned with other papers to the circuit...
§ 16-15-720. Continuances - A continuance may be granted in the judge's discretion.
§ 16-15-721. Rules of Evidence — Application - Unless specifically provided otherwise, the Tennessee rules of evidence shall...
§ 16-15-722. Attachment - Code 1858, §§ 4173, 4174; Shan., §§ 5985, 5986; Code...
§ 16-15-723. Proceedings After Attachment - The proceedings after the issuance and service of attachment and...
§ 16-15-724. Cross Actions - Cross actions shall be instituted by cross summons to be...
§ 16-15-725. Judgment for Defendant on Setoff - Code 1858, §§ 4160, 4162 (deriv. Acts 1815, ch. 53,...
§ 16-15-726. Remittitur - If the sum found for either plaintiff or defendant exceeds...
§ 16-15-728. Proceedings Presumed Valid - Every intendment is in favor of the sufficiency and validity...
§ 16-15-729. Trial De Novo on Appeal — Decision on Merits - No civil case, originating in a general sessions court and...
§ 16-15-730. Presumption of Regularity of Execution - If the judgment is rendered by one general sessions judge,...
§ 16-15-733. Motions Against Officers - Code 1858, §§ 4167-4170 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 17, §§...
§ 16-15-734. Motion by Surety or Stayor - When any surety or stayor is compelled to pay a...
Part 8 - General Provisions
§ 16-15-801. General Sessions Courts Empowered to Issue Execution - The general sessions court that renders a judgment may issue...
§ 16-15-802. Compromise After Appeal - Where an appeal has been prayed and obtained from a...
§ 16-15-803. Issuance After Destruction of Records - When the docket book and original papers belonging to the...
§ 16-15-804. Execution on Real Property - Code 1858, §§ 3076, 3077, 3080-3083 (deriv. Acts 1786, ch....
§ 16-15-805. Execution on Personal Property - Code 1858, §§ 3079, 3084 (deriv. Acts 1829, ch. 90,...
§ 16-15-806. Executions Enforceable in All Counties - Except with regard to executions on real property that are...
§ 16-15-807. Priority of Time - When an execution issued from the judgment of a court...
Part 9 - Service of Process
§ 16-15-903. Service Upon Defendants in This State - The plaintiff shall after issuance by the clerk of the...
§ 16-15-905. Constructive Service - In cases where constructive service of process is permissible under...
Part 50 - Compensation and Qualifications of Judges — Jurisdiction
§ 16-15-5007. Administrative Director of Tennessee General Sessions Judge's Conference — Litigation Tax for State - The administrative director of the courts shall also serve as...
§ 16-15-5008. Additional Litigation Tax for State - Effective July 1, 1988, there is imposed a litigation tax,...
§ 16-15-5010. Index and Table of Jurisdiction - The Tennessee code commission shall publish in this code an...
§ 16-15-5011. Applicability to Certain Counties - Only §§ 16-15-5007 and 16-15-5008 apply to any county having...