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Chapter 1 - General Provisions
Part 1 - Qualifications and Conduct of Office
§ 18-1-101. Selection and General Functions - Each of the courts has a clerk, elected or appointed...
§ 18-1-102. Residence and Office - The clerk of each of the courts shall reside in...
§ 18-1-103. Oath of Office - Each clerk of a court must also, before entering on...
§ 18-1-104. Deputy's Oath - Each deputy clerk shall take the oath appointed for the...
§ 18-1-105. Duties - Code 1858, § 4040 (deriv. Acts 1794, ch. 1, §§...
§ 18-1-106. Judgment Index - Name. Date. No. Cause. Amount.
§ 18-1-107. Notation as to Party Requesting Process - The clerks of court, in all cases where there are...
§ 18-1-108. Authority - Code 1858, § 4050 (deriv. Acts 1801, ch. 6, §...
§ 18-1-109. Acting as Masters in Chancery - The clerks of the several courts, in all equity causes...
§ 18-1-110. Practice of Law — Security on Bonds - No clerk of any court can practice law in any...
§ 18-1-113. Delivery of Records to Successor - Upon the suspension or removal from office of any clerk,...
§ 18-1-115. Judgment Affecting City or County Taxes Furnished Tax Collecting Officials - It is the duty of the clerk of any court...
Part 2 - Disposition of Documents and Evidence
§ 18-1-201. Disposition of Documents According to Order of Court - The clerks of the courts of record in this state...
§ 18-1-203. Minute Order for Disposition of Documents - Any order issued by any of the judges of courts...
§ 18-1-204. Preservation of Historical Records - Before the clerk destroys or otherwise disposes of, pursuant to...
§ 18-1-205. Periodical Disposal of Documents - The courts shall order the disposition of the records, papers,...
Part 3 - Misconduct
§ 18-1-301. Grounds for Removal - The court may remove its clerk: Code 1858, § 4061...
§ 18-1-302. Suspension on Indictment - Immediately upon indictment found against any clerk for a felony...
§ 18-1-303. Proof of Improper Conduct of Office - The failure to pay over money collected officially, incapacity, neglect...
§ 18-1-305. Misdemeanor in Office — Penalty - Any clerk who willfully or corruptly does any act contrary...
§ 18-1-306. False Entries to Affect Causes - Any clerk who knowingly and willfully makes a false entry,...
Part 4 - Vacancy in Office
§ 18-1-401. Deputy Filling Vacancy - In case of the death of any clerk of a...
§ 18-1-402. Temporary Appointment - The several courts may fill any vacancy temporarily until an...
Part 5 - State Court Clerks' Conference
§ 18-1-501. Creation and Membership of Conference - There is created the Tennessee state court clerks' conference, which...
§ 18-1-502. Rules, Regulations, and Bylaws - The state court clerks' conference is authorized to adopt and,...
§ 18-1-503. Calling Meetings — Notice — Seminars - The president of the conference may call meetings at will,...
§ 18-1-506. Administration of Seminar - The seminar described in § 18-1-503 shall be administered by...
§ 18-1-508. Duties — Committee on Drafting and Monitoring Legislation - It is the duty of the conference to give consideration...
Chapter 2 - Accounting and Bonds
Part 1 - Accounting
§ 18-2-102. Payment of Money to Parties — Penalty for Violations - Code 1858, §§ 4043, 4044 (deriv. Acts 1807, ch. 66,...
§ 18-2-104. False Report of Moneys Held - Any clerk or clerk and master who willfully and corruptly...
§ 18-2-105. Unlawful Use or Disposal of Money or Property - Any clerk or clerk and master of any court who,...
§ 18-2-106. Reports of Property Sold - Code 1858, §§ 4045, 4046 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 178,...
§ 18-2-107. Decree on Report of Property Sold — Appeal - Code 1858, §§ 4047, 4048 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 178,...
Part 2 - Bonds
§ 18-2-201. Official Bond - Code 1858, § 326 (deriv. Acts 1794, ch. 1, §§...
§ 18-2-202. Commissioner and Receiver Bond - The several courts may also require their clerks to give...
§ 18-2-203. Failure to Give Commissioner and Receiver Bond - The failure of the clerk to execute the special bond...
§ 18-2-204. Special Bonds - The court may also require special bonds to meet particular...
§ 18-2-205. Entry and Filing of Bonds - The bonds required in §§ 18-2-201 — 18-2-204, after being...
§ 18-2-206. Scope of Liability on Bonds - The official bonds of clerks, executed under this code, are...
§ 18-2-207. Chancellors to Examine Bonds - It is the duty of the chancellors, on the first...
§ 18-2-208. Examination of Witnesses and Records - The chancellors, whenever necessary to arrive at a correct knowledge...
§ 18-2-209. Orders to Correct Deficiencies in Bond - Whenever any chancellor in any manner determines that the bonds...
§ 18-2-210. Other Courts and County Legislative Bodies Also to Examine Bonds - Sections 18-2-207 — 18-2-209 shall apply also to the clerks...
§ 18-2-211. Time for Examination of Bonds - Nothing in §§ 18-2-207 — 18-2-210 is to be construed...
§ 18-2-212. Grand Jury Examination of Bonds - The grand jury in each county shall inquire into the...
Chapter 3 - Supreme Court Clerks
§ 18-3-101. Appointment — Tenure - Code 1858, § 321 (deriv. Const. 1834, art. 6, §...
§ 18-3-102. Duties - The clerk of the supreme court, in addition to the...
§ 18-3-109. Recess Appointments - If the office of clerk of the supreme court becomes...
§ 18-3-110. Removal - Code 1858, §§ 4091, 4092; Shan., §§ 5904, 5905; Code...
§ 18-3-111. Disposition of Old Court Documents — Record Retention Plan - The clerk of the supreme court shall dispose of or...
Chapter 4 - Clerks of Circuit, Criminal, Special and General Sessions Courts
Part 1 - Circuit, Criminal and Special Courts
§ 18-4-101. Election — Tenure - Code 1858, § 324; Shan., § 400; mod. Code 1932,...
§ 18-4-102. Chapter Applicable to Criminal and Special Courts - This chapter applies to clerks of the criminal and other...
§ 18-4-103. Duties - The clerk of each circuit court, in addition to the...
§ 18-4-104. Adjournment of Court - Whenever the circuit court judge fails to hold court as...
§ 18-4-105. Recognizances on Adjournment - The clerk is authorized, in cases where the court is...
§ 18-4-106. Refusal to Give New Recognizance - If any person, bound in a recognizance to appear, appears...
§ 18-4-107. Proceedings on Forfeitures - The same proceedings shall be had in all cases for...
Part 2 - Courts of General Sessions
§ 18-4-202. Financial Report of General Sessions Court Filed by Clerk - It is the duty of the clerk of the court...
Chapter 5 - Clerks of Chancery Court
§ 18-5-101. Appointment — Tenure - The clerk and masters of the chancery courts are appointed...
§ 18-5-102. Duties - The clerk and master of the chancery court, in addition...
§ 18-5-103. Powers as Master in Chancery - The clerk and master of the chancery court is authorized...
§ 18-5-104. Adjournment of Court - The master in chancery may adjourn court, in the absence...
§ 18-5-105. Investment of Funds of Minors and Incompetents - Clerks and masters of the chancery courts, having in their...
Chapter 6 - County Clerks
§ 18-6-101. Election — Term of Office — Clerk of County Legislative Body - Code 1858, § 324 (deriv. Const. 1834, art. 6, §...
§ 18-6-102. Name Change - Code 1858, § 324 (deriv. Const. 1834, art. 6, §...
§ 18-6-104. Duties as Clerk - The county clerk, in addition to the duties prescribed by...
§ 18-6-105. Duties as to Revenue - The county clerk has the following duties in regard to...
§ 18-6-106. Administration of Estates - not less than nor more than 44,200 44,300 71,100 71,200...
§ 18-6-107. Duties as to Guardians - not less than not more than 12,800 12,900 27,100 27,200...
§ 18-6-108. Probate of Instruments - not less than not more than 12,800 12,900 27,100 27,200...
§ 18-6-109. Duties as to Marriages - Code 1858, § 4073 (deriv. Acts 1815, ch. 47, §...
§ 18-6-110. Record of Appointments and Settlements - not less than not more than 12,800 12,900 27,100 27,200...
§ 18-6-111. Other Duties - The county clerk is required to perform such other duties...
§ 18-6-113. Depositions - The county clerks are authorized and empowered to take depositions...
§ 18-6-115. Vacancies - If the office of the county clerk becomes vacant due...