In any municipality in this state having a mayor's court or a municipal court presided over by the mayor of the municipality or the city recorder of the municipality and having no other provision for a municipal judge for the municipality, the governing body of the municipality is authorized by ordinance to provide for the office of municipal judge.
Governing body may provide for office of municipal judge
Tenn. Code Ann. § 16-18-101, under Establishment of Office.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 16-18-101