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TN Code § 18-1-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Part 1 - Qualifications and Conduct of Office|§ 18-1-103. Oath of Office

 Each clerk of a court must also, before entering on the duties of the office, take an oath to support the constitutions of the United States and of this state, and to execute the duties of the office without prejudice, partiality or favor, to the best of the clerk's skill and ability; also, that the clerk has neither given nor will give to any person any gratuity, gift, fee or reward in consideration of the clerk's support for the office, and that the clerk has neither sold nor offered to sell, nor will the clerk sell, the clerk's interest in the office.   Code 1858, § 332 (deriv. Acts 1794, ch. 1, §§ 3, 50); Shan., § 408; Code 1932, § 658; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-103.
TN Code § 18-1-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Part 1 - Qualifications and Conduct of Office|§ 18-1-104. Deputy's Oath

 Each deputy clerk shall take the oath appointed for the qualification of public officers, and an oath faithfully to discharge the duties of the office to the best of the deputy clerk's skill and ability.   Code 1858, § 333 (deriv. Acts 1794, ch. 1, § 72); Shan., § 409; Code 1932, § 659; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-104.
TN Code § 18-1-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Part 1 - Qualifications and Conduct of Office|§ 18-1-106. Judgment Index

  It is the duty of the clerk of the courts of record, and they are required, to keep a judgment index in which the name of each person, partnership, firm or corporation against whom a judgment or decree is rendered shall be entered under the proper alphabet or letter of the person, partnership, firm or corporation, giving the date, number of the cause and amount of the judgment.    Each page of the index shall have five (5) columns, as follows:  Name. Date. No. Cause. Amount.    Two (2) sets of these columns may be on each page.
TN Code § 18-1-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Part 1 - Qualifications and Conduct of Office|§ 18-1-107. Notation as to Party Requesting Process

 The clerks of court, in all cases where there are two (2) or more defendants in any case, civil or criminal, and a subpoena for witnesses or other process issues on application of part only of the defendants, shall mark thereon at whose instance the subpoena is issued.   Code 1858, § 4049 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 178, § 2); Shan., § 5864; Code 1932, § 10066; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-107.
TN Code § 18-1-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Part 1 - Qualifications and Conduct of Office|§ 18-1-108. Authority

  The clerks of the several courts have authority to:  Administer oaths and take affidavits in all cases in which the authority to administer the oath is not confined to some other officer, and the power may be exercised either in vacation or term time;   Take depositions to be read as evidence in any judicial proceeding in this or any other state;   Take probate of the attendance of witnesses, and issue tickets, in vacation as well as term time, and in civil as well as criminal cases, at any time between the commencement and decision of a cause;   Appoint deputies with full power to transact all the business of the clerk, such deputy first taking an oath to support the constitution and laws of this state, and faithfully to discharge the duties of deputy clerk of the court for which the deputy acts;   Receive the amount of any judgment or decree rendered in the court of which they are clerks, either before or after the issue of execution on the judgment or decree; and   Exercise such other powers as are, or may be, conferred upon them by law.     In counties where the clerks and the judges wish to establish a cooperative child support collection system that will serve all courts in the counties in which child support is ordered, the clerks of those counties may enter into an agreement, approved by the respective judges, that child support shall be collected and distributed by one (1) clerk for all the clerks of the counties. The agreement shall be in writing and shall set forth all the terms and conditions for the cooperative child support system. The clerk operating the cooperative child support system for the counties shall be financially accountable and treat all payments as if the order of child support had originated in the court served by that clerk.    Code 1858, § 4050 (deriv. Acts 1801, ch. 6, § 32; 1845-1846, ch. 164, § 1; 1849-1850, ch. 103, § 2); Shan., § 5865; Code 1932, § 10067; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-108; Acts 1989, ch. 346, § 1.
TN Code § 18-1-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Part 1 - Qualifications and Conduct of Office|§ 18-1-109. Acting as Masters in Chancery

 The clerks of the several courts, in all equity causes in their courts, are vested with the powers of clerks and masters of the chancery court.   Code 1858, § 4051 (deriv. Acts 1855-1856, ch. 101); Shan., § 5866; Code 1932, § 10068; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-109.
TN Code § 18-1-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Part 1 - Qualifications and Conduct of Office|§ 18-1-110. Practice of Law — Security on Bonds

 No clerk of any court can practice law in any of the courts of this state, except as provided in § 23-3-102; neither can the clerk become security for the prosecution of suits in the clerk's court, nor upon any bonds or other obligations required to be executed by the parties in the progress of the suits.   Code 1858, § 4039 (deriv. Acts 1817, ch. 51, § 2; 1826, ch. 14, § 1); Shan., § 5851; Code 1932, § 10051; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-115.
TN Code § 18-1-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Part 1 - Qualifications and Conduct of Office|§ 18-1-111. Providing Copy of Judgment When Payments to Be Made to Court Clerk — Receipt

  When a judgment is required by order of a general sessions, circuit or chancery court, or by agreement of the parties, to be paid to the court through the applicable court clerk, the clerk, upon request of the debtor, shall provide the debtor with a copy of the judgment entered by the court or the agreement between the parties.   Upon the request of the debtor, the clerk shall provide the debtor with a receipt for any amount paid by the debtor to the clerk in discharge of the judgment or the agreement between the parties.
TN Code § 18-1-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Part 1 - Qualifications and Conduct of Office|§ 18-1-113. Delivery of Records to Successor

 Upon the suspension or removal from office of any clerk, the clerk shall, on demand of the clerk's successor or order of the court, deliver over to the successor the books, papers and other articles belonging to the office, such delivery to be enforced as provided in title 8, chapter 49.   Code 1858, § 4060 (deriv. Acts 1801, ch. 17, § 4); Shan., § 5875; Code 1932, § 10075; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-118.   Collateral References. 14 C.J.S. Clerks of Courts § 39.
TN Code § 18-1-115 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Part 1 - Qualifications and Conduct of Office|§ 18-1-115. Judgment Affecting City or County Taxes Furnished Tax Collecting Officials

 It is the duty of the clerk of any court that renders a judgment or decree affecting city or county taxes to furnish a copy of the judgment or decree to the county trustee or to the city treasurer, comptroller or other municipal officers collecting taxes, as the case may be, of the county or city whose taxes are involved.
TN Code § 18-1-201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Part 2 - Disposition of Documents and Evidence|§ 18-1-201. Disposition of Documents According to Order of Court

 The clerks of the courts of record in this state are authorized and empowered to make such disposition of records, dockets, books, ledgers and other documents as the judges of their respective courts may severally direct, subject to the provisions set out in §§ 18-1-202 — 18-1-205.
TN Code § 18-1-202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Part 2 - Disposition of Documents and Evidence|§ 18-1-202. Documents Disposable

   In all cases that have been finally disposed of, for a period of more than ten (10) years, the clerks of the courts of record are empowered and authorized under the direction and order of the judges of their respective courts to dispose of the records, dockets, books, ledgers and other documents in all such cases, except the clerk shall retain and safely keep the pleadings, original process and original opinion, if any, all original rules, appearance and execution dockets, minute books, plat or plan books; provided, that all other records, dockets, books, ledgers and documents maintained by the clerks may be disposed of by the clerks after they have ceased to be current after a period of ten (10) years; provided, however, that the disposition is ordered by the respective judges of the courts.   Notwithstanding subdivision (a)(1), the clerks of the juvenile courts are empowered and authorized under the direction and order of the judges of their respective courts to dispose of original pleadings, process, opinions, records, dockets, books, ledgers, and all other documents in delinquent and unruly juvenile court cases after a period of ten (10) years following the juvenile reaching eighteen (18) years of age. Prior to ordering the clerk to dispose of original documents, the court must notify the district attorney general of the proposed order and provide the district attorney general reasonable time to file a notice of opposition to the proposed order.     In civil cases, a judge may order the clerk to destroy discovery materials, briefs, cost bonds, subpoenas and other temporary records three (3) years after the final disposition of the case or three (3) years after records sealed by order of the court have been unsealed. When the order is entered, the court clerk shall notify the parties of the three-year disposition schedule for temporary records, and that the parties may remove temporary records filed by the party during the three-year period. For the purpose of this subsection (b), “final disposition of a case” means the time when judgment has been entered and the appeal times have lapsed for all parties. This subsection (b) shall not apply if any party is a minor.
TN Code § 18-1-203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Part 2 - Disposition of Documents and Evidence|§ 18-1-203. Minute Order for Disposition of Documents

 Any order issued by any of the judges of courts of record, as authorized in § 18-1-202, shall be entered on the minutes of the court, setting forth generally what papers, books, documents and records may be disposed of. A detailed inventory in the minute entry shall not be required.
TN Code § 18-1-204 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Part 2 - Disposition of Documents and Evidence|§ 18-1-204. Preservation of Historical Records

 Before the clerk destroys or otherwise disposes of, pursuant to § 18-1-202, any records, dockets, books, papers, ledgers and documents, when so authorized by the court, the clerk shall give ninety (90) days' notice to the state librarian and archivist, whereupon the state librarian and archivist, or the state librarian and archivist's representative, shall examine and remove and take into the state librarian and archivist's possession for preservation any document, book, ledger or record that the state librarian and archivist believes to be of value for historical or other scholarly purposes.
TN Code § 18-1-205 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Part 2 - Disposition of Documents and Evidence|§ 18-1-205. Periodical Disposal of Documents

 The courts shall order the disposition of the records, papers, dockets, books, ledgers or other documents enumerated in §§ 18-1-202 — 18-1-204 annually or at such other times as may be thought to be advisable.
TN Code § 18-1-301 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Part 3 - Misconduct|§ 18-1-301. Grounds for Removal

 The court may remove its clerk:   Upon conviction of a misdemeanor in office or of a felony;   For nonresidence in the county in which the court is held;   For failing to give security as required by law;   For failing to pay over public moneys or moneys collected officially;   For incapacity, neglect of duty or misbehavior in office; and   For any other cause to which the penalty of removal from office is attached by law.    Code 1858, § 4061 (deriv. Acts 1801, ch. 17, § 1); Shan., § 5876; Code 1932, § 10076; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-119.
TN Code § 18-1-302 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Part 3 - Misconduct|§ 18-1-302. Suspension on Indictment

 Immediately upon indictment found against any clerk for a felony or misdemeanor in office, the court of which the clerk is clerk may suspend the clerk from office and appoint a clerk pro tempore, until a final decision can be had, who shall be entitled to the fees and perquisites of office during the suspension.   Code 1858, § 4062 (deriv. Acts 1801, ch. 17, § 2); Shan., § 5877; Code 1932, § 10077; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-120.
TN Code § 18-1-303 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Part 3 - Misconduct|§ 18-1-303. Proof of Improper Conduct of Office

 The failure to pay over money collected officially, incapacity, neglect of duty and misbehavior in office may be shown by the record of a suit, by motion, or otherwise founded upon one (1) of the causes, and decided adversely to the clerk; or charges may be exhibited to the court, in writing, by any person, and satisfactorily established by proof, the clerk having a right to be heard in defense, and to an appeal, as in other cases.   Code 1858, § 4063; Shan., § 5878; Code 1932, § 10078; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-121.
TN Code § 18-1-305 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Part 3 - Misconduct|§ 18-1-305. Misdemeanor in Office — Penalty

 Any clerk who willfully or corruptly does any act contrary to the duties of such clerk's office, as prescribed by law, or, in like manner, omits or refuses to perform any service or duty required of the clerk, unless some other penalty is expressly provided, commits a Class C misdemeanor and may be removed from office.   Code 1858, § 4065 (deriv. Acts 1801, ch. 17, § 1); Shan., § 5880; Code 1932, § 10080; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-123; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.
TN Code § 18-1-306 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Part 3 - Misconduct|§ 18-1-306. False Entries to Affect Causes

 Any clerk who knowingly and willfully makes a false entry, knowingly and willfully fails to make an entry required by law to be made, or knowingly and willfully makes out an imperfect or incorrect transcript of the proceedings had in the clerk's court, with the intent to affect the result of any cause, commits a Class A misdemeanor.   Code 1858, § 4066; Shan., § 5881; Code 1932, § 10081; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-124; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 111.
TN Code § 18-1-401 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Part 4 - Vacancy in Office|§ 18-1-401. Deputy Filling Vacancy

 In case of the death of any clerk of a court, the clerk's deputy holds the office until the vacancy is filled by appointment or election, as the case may be.   Code 1858, § 334 (deriv. Acts 1794, ch. 1, § 72); Shan., § 410; Code 1932, § 660; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-125.
TN Code § 18-1-402 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Part 4 - Vacancy in Office|§ 18-1-402. Temporary Appointment

 The several courts may fill any vacancy temporarily until an election can be had according to law.   Code 1858, § 325; Shan., § 401; mod. Code, 1932, § 651; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-126.
TN Code § 18-1-501 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Part 5 - State Court Clerks' Conference|§ 18-1-501. Creation and Membership of Conference

 There is created the Tennessee state court clerks' conference, which shall be the official organization of the circuit court clerks, clerks and masters, criminal court clerks, juvenile court clerks, probate clerks and elected general sessions court clerks in this state. The membership of the conference shall consist of all circuit court clerks, clerks and masters, elected probate clerks, criminal court clerks, juvenile court clerks and elected general sessions court clerks in this state. Deputies of the clerks shall be associate members of the conference.
TN Code § 18-1-502 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Part 5 - State Court Clerks' Conference|§ 18-1-502. Rules, Regulations, and Bylaws

 The state court clerks' conference is authorized to adopt and, from time to time, amend such rules, regulations, or bylaws as it considers necessary for the conduct of its affairs. The rules, regulations or bylaws shall provide for the election of a president, vice president, secretary and such other officers as the conference considers advisable, for the method of selection of the officers, and for such other matters consistent with the general laws of the state as the conference may choose.
TN Code § 18-1-503 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Part 5 - State Court Clerks' Conference|§ 18-1-503. Calling Meetings — Notice — Seminars

 The president of the conference may call meetings at will, upon at least ten (10) days' written notice to members, and shall call at least one (1) meeting annually. The annual meeting shall provide educational seminars or training for the membership in addition to the business sessions. The conference may from time to time provide additional education seminars for its membership in cooperation with the administrative director of the courts and the University of Tennessee's center for government training.
TN Code § 18-1-504 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Part 5 - State Court Clerks' Conference|§ 18-1-504. Attendance

  The maximum number of individuals attending from a clerk's office in a county will be determined by the classification of counties as enumerated in § 8-24-101. The ratio of individuals from each clerk's office allowed to attend per classification is as follows:  Counties of the first class — 12;   Counties of the second class — 10;   Counties of the third class — 8;   Counties of the fourth class — 6;   Counties of the fifth class — 4;   Counties of the sixth class — 2;   Counties of the seventh class — 2; and   Counties of the eighth class — 2.     If a clerk's office in a county does not have the maximum number of attendees, other clerks' offices in the county may send additional people to meetings of the state court clerks' conference. The total number of attendees from all clerks' offices within each county shall not exceed the total established by adding the number of attendees allowed for each clerk's office within the county, as enumerated in § 8-24-101.
TN Code § 18-1-506 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Part 5 - State Court Clerks' Conference|§ 18-1-506. Administration of Seminar

 The seminar described in § 18-1-503 shall be administered by the administrative director of the courts and the administrative director's staff in cooperation with the conference. The state, through the administrative office of the courts, shall pay for all expenses incurred in administering the seminar.
TN Code § 18-1-507 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Part 5 - State Court Clerks' Conference|§ 18-1-507. Meetings

  The conference shall meet annually and at other times as provided in this part for consideration of any and all matters pertaining to the discharge of the official duties and obligations of its members, and for the purpose of education and training, to the end that there be a more prompt and efficient administration of the duties and responsibilities of the state clerks and their offices.   It is the official duty of each member of the conference to attend its meetings unless otherwise officially engaged, or for good and sufficient reasons.
TN Code § 18-1-508 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Part 5 - State Court Clerks' Conference|§ 18-1-508. Duties — Committee on Drafting and Monitoring Legislation

 It is the duty of the conference to give consideration to the enactment of such laws and rules or procedure as in its judgment may be necessary to the more effective operation of the offices of the state court clerks. To this end a committee of its members shall be appointed to draft suitable legislation and submit its recommendations to the general assembly and to monitor legislation otherwise submitted that impacts upon the operation of the state court clerks' offices.
TN Code § 18-2-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 2 - Accounting and Bonds|Part 1 - Accounting|§ 18-2-101. Cash Book — Penalty for Violations

  The clerks of the courts, and clerks and masters, shall keep a cash book as one (1) of the public records of their respective offices, in which they shall enter, under each case, all sums of money received or disbursed by them, showing the date of receipt or disbursement, on what account received or disbursed and to or from whom received or disbursed.   The cash book shall be indexed direct and reverse.   The cash book shall at all times be open to the inspection of the public.   It is a Class A misdemeanor for any clerk or clerk and master to fail to keep the cash book or to allow its inspection as provided in this section.
TN Code § 18-2-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 2 - Accounting and Bonds|Part 1 - Accounting|§ 18-2-102. Payment of Money to Parties — Penalty for Violations

  It is the duty of each of the clerks of the several courts, upon application of the party entitled, the party's agent or attorney, made at the office of the clerk, to pay and deliver to the applicant, without delay, any money or property in the clerk's hands, received by virtue of any decree, judgment or order of the court, or any judge of the court, or by virtue of the clerk's office.   A failure to comply with the requirements of this section is a Class C misdemeanor and, moreover, subjects the clerk to motion against the clerk and the clerk's sureties.    Code 1858, §§ 4043, 4044 (deriv. Acts 1807, ch. 66, §§ 8, 9); Shan., §§ 5860, 5861; Code 1932, §§ 10062, 10063; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-202; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.
TN Code § 18-2-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 2 - Accounting and Bonds|Part 1 - Accounting|§ 18-2-103. Report of Money or Assets Held

  It is the duty of the clerks or clerks and masters of the respective courts to prepare a written financial report describing and identifying the amounts of money or other assets in their respective offices at the end of each fiscal year.   The report shall include a listing of all cases for which funds are being held, showing the style of each case and the amount held for each case.   The report shall be filed with the respective court within thirty (30) days of the close of the fiscal year.   The report shall be available for inspection by the comptroller of the treasury, or the comptroller of the treasury's designated representative, parties to the litigation and their counsel and other interested parties.