Title 8, Public Officers And Employees

(a) Before entering into the duties of the office, the constable shall take an oath to support the constitutions of this state and of the United States, and an oath of office, pursuant to § 8-10-108. Each constable shall execute an official bond in an amount of four thousand doll…

The county legislative body, as in its discretion it may deem necessary, shall require constables to give new sureties whenever the old sureties die, remove from the county, or become insolvent or otherwise unable to pay.

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), every constable shall take an oath that the constable will well and truly serve the state in the office of constable; that the constable will faithfully, and without delay, execute and return all lawful process directed to the constable; …

(a) Every constable, so elected and sworn, in those counties set out in § 8-10-108(b), including counties added to § 8-10-108(b) at any time subsequent to 1969, is a conservator of the peace and vested with all the power and authority belonging to the office of constable by commo…

(a) (1) If a constable elected under this part is indicted or formally charged with a misdemeanor involving gambling or moral turpitude, or a felony, then the court with jurisdiction over the criminal offense shall place the constable on administrative leave by issuing an ex part…

(a) It is the duty of a constable to execute all process lawfully directed to the constable, and to wait upon the court, when appointed by the county legislative body or by the sheriff, as the case may be. (b) (1) In counties governed by a metropolitan government as provided for …

A failure on the part of the constable to comply with such requirement in such reasonable time as the court may prescribe shall vacate the office.

A constable may execute process from any court whenever there is at the time neither sheriff nor coroner, or whenever both the sheriff and the coroner are incompetent, or one (1) of those offices is vacant and the person holding the other office is incompetent in the particular c…

A constable appointed to wait upon grand juries, during the term of the constable's appointment, has power and authority to execute and return all process for enforcing the attendance of witnesses sent for by the grand jury.

Any constable to whom a precept or process is directed by a judge of the court of general sessions who refuses or neglects to serve such precept or process may be fined for every such offense on complaint of any person prosecuting, at the discretion of the court, the fine to be p…

It is a Class C misdemeanor, for which, on conviction, a constable may be removed from office and otherwise punished, for a constable to make any official sale at unlawful hours, or to purchase at the constable's own sales.

A judge may, in writing, specially depute any discreet person of full age, not being a party to the suit pending, to perform any particular duty devolving by law upon a constable, if no constable is at hand, and the business urgent; but no judge shall make such special deputation…

Any vacancy in the office of constable shall be filled by appointment of the county legislative body and by election of the people in accordance with § 5-1-104.

(a) Any constable may wear the official uniform of the type and design with the insignias of the Tennessee constable as described in subsection (b). Wearing of the uniform is permissive with the individual constable when such uniform is purchased by the constable; provided, that …

(a) Constable patrol cars may be white with a brown stripe running horizontally along the upper side. This color scheme shall not be used by any other state or local law enforcement official or agency; provided, that any state or local law enforcement official or agency that is u…

The Tennessee Constable Association, the Tennessee Constable Council, and the East Tennessee Constables Association may develop and maintain a series of in-service education courses to be offered routinely throughout the year in the various divisions of the state. These courses s…

(a) Each constable elected under § 8-10-101 shall complete forty (40) hours of in-service course time for each twelve-month period during which the constable holds office, beginning on the date the constable is sworn into office. (b) This section does not apply to any constable w…

Constables must be range-qualified prior to being authorized to carry a firearm. Qualification may be sponsored by the Tennessee Constable Association, the Tennessee Constable Council, the East Tennessee Constables Association, or by the local law enforcement authority.

In all counties where constables are not otherwise prohibited, constables shall be duly elected, trained, and qualified. Constables who meet the provisions of this chapter shall take the oath of office, be sworn and bonded, and retain the power of arrest.

The county election council shall notify the Tennessee Constable Association, the Tennessee Constable Council, or the East Tennessee Constables Association, as applicable, within sixty (60) days of election of the constable. Where the constable is appointed by the county legislat…

(a) Sections 8-10-201 — 8-10-205 do not apply to any constable who has served for four (4) years prior to July 1, 1993. (b) This part shall not apply to constables whose law enforcement powers have been removed but who have retained the authority to serve lawfully issued process.…