2021 Tennessee Code
Title 18 - Clerks of Courts
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...