46 chapters · 1,301 sections in this title.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-20-101 Application for authority to employ deputies
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(a) Where any one (1) of the clerks and masters of the chancery courts, the county clerks and the clerks of the probate, criminal, circuit and special courts, county trustees, registers of deeds, and sheriffs cannot properly and efficiently conduct the affairs and transact the bu…
Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-20-102 Legislative intent — Party defendant — Hearing — Standing — Mediation — Service of petition — Preliminary conference — Discovery and litigation plan — Scheduling order
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(a) The general assembly intends this chapter to provide an expedited process for resolving salary disputes in order to provide county officials quick relief and to protect taxpayers from unnecessary costs when gridlock occurs in the county budgeting process and a salary dispute …
Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-20-103 Requirements for authorization
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(a) No deputy or deputies or assistants shall be allowed to any office, unless the actual officer is unable to personally discharge the duties of the office by devoting such officer's entire working time thereto, except field deputy sheriffs. (b) In case the officer is incapacita…
Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-20-104 Decree — Modification
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The order of the court shall be spread upon the minutes of the court, as in the case of other judgments and decrees, and the petition and answer thereto shall be docketed, filed, and kept as permanent records of the court. The order or decree fixing the number of deputies and sal…