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Chapter 1 - General Provisions
Part 1 - Qualifications and Selection
§ 17-1-101. Age - A judge of the supreme court shall be thirty-five (35)...
§ 17-1-102. Residence - Each judge and chancellor of a circuit, criminal or chancery...
§ 17-1-103. Election - Code 1858, §§ 307, 308 (deriv. Const. 1834, art. 6,...
§ 17-1-104. Oath of Office - Before entering upon the duties of office, every judge and...
§ 17-1-105. Practice of Law Prohibited - No judge or chancellor shall practice law, or perform any...
§ 17-1-106. Judges to Be Lawyers — Exceptions - not less than nor more than 4,000 4,500 4,700 4,800...
§ 17-1-107. Uniformly Reported Caseload Statistics - No additional state trial judge positions shall be created until...
Part 2 - Miscellaneous Duties and Powers
§ 17-1-201. Attendance at Court Required - Every judge and chancellor is required to hold the terms...
§ 17-1-202. Penalty for Failure to Open Court - Any judge or chancellor who fails to open court for...
§ 17-1-203. Powers in Other Districts - The judges and chancellors are, notwithstanding § 17-1-102, judges and...
§ 17-1-204. Extraordinary Process - Code 1858, §§ 3946, 3947 (deriv. Acts 1825, ch. 71,...
§ 17-1-205. Appointment of Receivers - The judges of the circuit courts and chancellors may also...
§ 17-1-206. Marriage Rites - The several judges and chancellors of this state, including retired...
Part 3 - Vacancies
§ 17-1-305. New Trial in Event of Vacancy in Office - When a vacancy in the office of trial judge exists...
Part 4 - Secretarial Assistance
§ 17-1-403. Sole Authority Authorizing Secretarial Assistance - It is declared to be the legislative intent that this...
Chapter 2 - Special Judges and Interchange
Part 1 - Special Judges
§ 17-2-101. Grounds of Incompetency - No judge or chancellor shall be competent, except by consent...
§ 17-2-102. Incompetency of Supreme Court Judges - The judges of the supreme court, within the first week...
§ 17-2-103. Powers of Special Supreme Court Judges - The special judges commissioned pursuant to § 17-2-102 shall hear...
§ 17-2-104. Sickness of Judges of Supreme Court - In case of the sickness of any one (1) or...
§ 17-2-105. Special Judges for Appellate Courts - In case of the incompetency, sickness or other disability of...
§ 17-2-106. Compensation of Special Supreme Court Judge - Special judges of the supreme court shall in all cases...
§ 17-2-107. General Sessions Judges - The provisions of this chapter in relation to the incompetency...
§ 17-2-111. Expenses of Assigned Judge or Chancellor - The expenses of the chancellor, judge or appellate judge who...
§ 17-2-112. Transfers From Chancery to Circuit Court Because of Incompetency - When any chancellor is incompetent to try any cause in...
§ 17-2-113. Circuit Judge Acting as Chancellor - Any circuit judge may also during the sittings of a...
§ 17-2-115. Certification of Incompetency to Governor - When any judge of any circuit court, criminal court, or...
§ 17-2-116. Disability of Judges or Chancellors - Code 1858, § 3927 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 68, §§...
§ 17-2-117. Powers of Special Judges or Chancellors - Code 1858, § 3928 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 68, §§...
§ 17-2-119. Contested Elections — Temporary Judge - The governor shall appoint a temporary judge, chancellor or district...
§ 17-2-120. Oath of Special Judge - Every special judge, before entering on the duties of the...
Part 2 - Interchange
§ 17-2-201. Purpose - The purpose of this part is to ensure that existing...
§ 17-2-206. Powers on Interchange - In all such cases, the judge or chancellor holding court...
§ 17-2-207. Interchange by Special Judges - A person appointed and commissioned under §§ 17-2-116 and 17-2-117...
§ 17-2-208. Interchange of General Sessions and Juvenile Court Judges - Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, judges of courts...
Part 3 - Senior Judge Enabling Act
§ 17-2-301. Short Title - This part shall be known and may be cited as...
§ 17-2-302. Requests for Senior Designation - I, , do solemnly swear that I will support the...
§ 17-2-307. Conclusion of Law Practice - A former justice or judge who is engaged in the...
Chapter 3 - Conferences
Part 1 - Judicial Conferences
§ 17-3-102. Attorney General as Advisor - The attorney general and reporter shall be an ex officio...
§ 17-3-106. Rules of Conduct for Judges - The conference shall have full power and authority to prescribe...
§ 17-3-107. Crime Suppression Recommendations - It is the duty of the conference to give consideration...
Part 2 - General Sessions Judges Conference
§ 17-3-202. Adoption of Rules — Bylaws — Officers - The Tennessee general sessions judges conference is authorized to adopt...
§ 17-3-203. Annual Meeting - The conference shall meet annually for the consideration of any...
Part 3 - Municipal Judges Conference -
Chapter 4 - Judicial Appointment and Trial Court Vacancy Commission
Part 1 - Judicial Appointment
§ 17-4-106. Written Declaration of Candidacy Required - Shall (Name of Candidate) be retained in office as a...
Part 3 - Trial Court Vacancy Commission
§ 17-4-309. Nominees — Requirements - All nominees of the trial court vacancy commission shall be...
§ 17-4-311. Maintenance of Records by Administrative Office of the Courts — Notification of Time and Place of Meetings - The administrative office of the courts shall keep and maintain...
Chapter 5 - Board of Judicial Conduct
Part 1 - General Provisions
§ 17-5-101. Intent of Chapter - The regulation of judicial conduct is critical to preserving the...
§ 17-5-103. Liberal Construction of Chapter - This chapter must be liberally construed to accomplish the declared...
Part 2 - Creation and Organization
§ 17-5-201. Members of Board of Judicial Conduct — Chair and Vice Chair — Investigative Panels and Hearing Panels — Promulgation of Rules - A current or former judge who is subject to a...
Part 3 - Jurisdiction and Proceedings
§ 17-5-304. Investigation and Dismissal of Groundless Complaint - If it is determined that the charges against a judge...
§ 17-5-305. Immunity of Members of Board, Disciplinary Counsel, and Their Staff - Members of the board, the disciplinary counsel, and their staff...
§ 17-5-311. Conflict Between Timeframes - If a conflict arises between the timeframe provided for in...