2021 Tennessee Code
Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees
Chapter 21 - Fees Charged

Part 1 - General Provisions

§ 8-21-101. Express Authorization Required - No officer is allowed to demand or receive fees or...

§ 8-21-102. Advance Fees Unauthorized - No officer is entitled to demand and receive fees allowed...

§ 8-21-103. Penalty for Excessive Fees Charged - If any officer demands or receives any other or higher...

§ 8-21-104. Bill of Costs - Such officers shall, on demand, make out a bill of...

§ 8-21-105. Judicial Decision of Legal Questions - It is the duty of the courts to decide, upon...

§ 8-21-107. Payment of Fees, Fines, Costs, etc., by Credit Card - The state, county or municipal court clerk and county clerk...

Part 2 - Secretary of State

§ 8-21-201. Secretary of State — Specific Fees Authorized - The secretary of state is entitled to demand and receive,...

§ 8-21-202. Fees Not Included — Conflicts - Section 8-21-201 is not inclusive of all fees, such as...

§ 8-21-203. Signing and Sealing Commissions - Except as otherwise provided, the secretary of state shall not...

§ 8-21-204. Commissions of Judicial, Constitutional, and Unpaid Officers - There shall be no fees for commissions of judges or...

§ 8-21-205. Allocation of Fees Collected - Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, ninety-seven percent (97%)...

Part 4 - Clerks of Court

§ 8-21-401. Schedule of Fees - Code 1858, §§ 2306, 2844, 4551 (deriv. Acts 1837-1838, ch....

§ 8-21-404. Allowances Where No Fee Fixed - The court may make allowances to the clerk or other...

§ 8-21-405. Auctioneer Expense - If the clerk employs an auctioneer or other person to...

§ 8-21-406. Fees in Consequence of Neglect of Duty - No clerk of any court shall be entitled to any...

§ 8-21-407. Imperfect Transcripts on Appeal - Such clerks shall not be entitled to any fees for...

§ 8-21-408. Fees for Computer Searches - In addition to fees allowable pursuant to § 10-7-506, in...

Part 5 - Appellate Court Clerks -

Part 6 - Clerks and Masters in Chancery

§ 8-21-601. Clerks and Masters in Chancery - The clerks and masters of the chancery court are allowed...

§ 8-21-602. Division of Fees Pending Collection or Disbursement - In all chancery cases, where outgoing clerks and masters have...

Part 7 - County Clerks

§ 8-21-701. County Clerks — Specific Fees Authorized - In addition to any other fees for services established by...

§ 8-21-702. Settlement of Minor's Estate - Whenever the distributive share of any minor does not exceed...

§ 8-21-703. Fees in Pension Cases - The county clerks shall not be entitled to any fees...

Part 8 - Special Commissioners

§ 8-21-801. Special Commissioners - Special commissioners, appointed by court to sell property, take accounts,...

§ 8-21-802. Commissioners' Partition of Land - Code 1858, § 4582; Shan., § 6422; Code 1932, §...

Part 9 - Sheriffs and Constables

§ 8-21-902. Fees on Collection of Costs - The sheriffs and other collecting officers of this state shall...

§ 8-21-903. Judgments Paid After Execution Issued - The plaintiff in all judgments shall be liable to any...

Part 10 - Registers

§ 8-21-1001. Registers - not less than nor more than 26,700 26,800 31,300 31,400...

Part 11 - Surveyors

§ 8-21-1101. Surveyors — Specific Fees Authorized - Surveyors are entitled to demand and receive the following compensation...

Part 12 - Notaries Public

§ 8-21-1201. Fees for Services — When Recordation Required — Notaries Employed by Financial Institutions - Code 1858, § 4575; Acts 1883, ch. 151, § 2;...

Part 13 - Legal Notices

§ 8-21-1301. Legal Notices - Where a publication of a legal notice of any kind...