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Tenn. Code Ann. § 10-7-101 “Records” construed
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“Records,” as used in this part, shall be construed to mean any records of the county legislative body and common law, circuit, criminal, or chancery court, the register's books, the surveyor's and entry taker's book, and all other public records, required by law to be kept in th…
Tenn. Code Ann. § 10-7-102 Books for register's office to be furnished by county
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The county legislative body, on demand of the register, shall procure for the register's office well-bound books for the purpose of registering therein such instruments of writing as are required by law to be registered, the cost of which shall be paid by the trustee of the count…
Tenn. Code Ann. § 10-7-104 Mutilated records to be transcribed — Incomplete copies
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When any record book or books of the register's office of any county have been damaged or mutilated by fire or otherwise, so that any part of the record in any book is destroyed, or mutilated, or is likely to become destroyed, or mutilated by continual use, the county legislative…
Tenn. Code Ann. § 10-7-105 Rebinding or copying books at expense of county
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It is the duty of all county registers to have the books of their offices copied when, in the judgment of the county legislative body, they are so worn or mutilated as to need rebinding or copying. The county legislative bodies shall make the necessary appropriations to defray th…