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TN Code § 16-22-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 22 - Drug Court Treatment Act of 2003|§ 16-22-107. Prohibited Use of Grant Awards

 Department of mental health and substance abuse services grant awards may not be:   Used to pay for wages not directly related to drug court treatment program operations;   Made to any court that does not agree to operate its program in accordance with the principles in § 16-22-104;   Used for construction or land acquisition;   Used to pay bonuses or commissions to any individuals or organizations; or   Used to form a corporation.
TN Code § 16-22-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 22 - Drug Court Treatment Act of 2003|§ 16-22-108. Establishment of Advisory Committee

 The commissioner of finance and administration shall establish an advisory committee composed of seven (7) members, two (2) of whom shall be judges who have presided over a drug court for at least two (2) years and two (2) of whom shall be drug coordinators who have functioned as drug coordinators in actively implemented drug courts for at least two (2) years. The committee shall review all program criteria established by the department of mental health and substance abuse services and shall advise the commissioner on the allocation of funds under this chapter. Before appointing the members, the commissioner shall consult with the president of the Tennessee Association of Drug Court Professionals, the president of the Tennessee Association of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services and the Tennessee Association of Mental Health Organizations. After the commissioner establishes staggered terms with the initial appointments, a member shall have a four-year term, and a member may be appointed to serve one (1) additional consecutive term. Each member shall be reimbursed from the drug court treatment program resources fund established in § 16-22-110 for travel expenses for attending a meeting of the advisory committee in accordance with the provisions of the comprehensive travel regulations promulgated by the department of finance and administration and approved by the attorney general and reporter.
TN Code § 16-22-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 22 - Drug Court Treatment Act of 2003|§ 16-22-110. Administration and Disbursement of Fees

 The assessment collected and remitted to the state shall be placed in a drug court treatment program resources fund for the purposes of funding drug court treatment program administration and the grant awards as provided in §§ 16-22-105 and 16-22-106. The office of criminal justice programs shall administer the money in the drug court treatment program resources fund. Any unspent money shall not be transferred or placed to the credit of the general revenue fund of the state at the end of each year, but shall remain deposited to the credit of the drug court treatment program resources fund for future allocation.
TN Code § 16-22-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 22 - Drug Court Treatment Act of 2003|§ 16-22-111. No Right to Treatment Conferred

 Nothing contained in this chapter shall confer a right or an expectation of a right to treatment for an offender within the criminal justice system.
TN Code § 16-22-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 22 - Drug Court Treatment Act of 2003|§ 16-22-112. Construction

 Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit the ability of any jurisdiction to create or maintain a drug court treatment program that adheres to the guidelines set forth in § 16-22-104.
TN Code § 16-22-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 22 - Drug Court Treatment Act of 2003|§ 16-22-113. Treatment Program Participants

 Each participant in a drug court treatment program shall:   Not be a violent offender as defined in § 16-22-103;   Be substance abusing or chemically dependent, or both; and   Be willing to participate in a treatment program.
TN Code § 16-22-114 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 22 - Drug Court Treatment Act of 2003|§ 16-22-114. Juvenile Court Drug Court Treatment Programs

 In addition to courts exercising criminal jurisdiction and authorized to serve as drug treatment courts, courts exercising jurisdiction over juveniles alleged to be delinquent or unruly may also develop and operate drug court treatment programs, subject to all guidelines and requirements in this chapter. The juvenile drug court treatment programs shall not be funded or supported by revenues collected by the clerks of general sessions, circuit and criminal courts or municipal courts exercising general sessions court jurisdiction pursuant to § 16-22-109.
TN Code § 18-3-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 3 - Supreme Court Clerks|§ 18-3-101. Appointment — Tenure

  The clerk of the supreme court shall be appointed by the judges of the supreme court and shall hold office for a period of six (6) years. The clerk of the supreme court shall be located at Nashville.   Three (3) chief deputy clerks of the supreme court, one (1) each for the eastern, middle and western grand divisions, shall be appointed by the clerk of the supreme court, subject to the approval of the supreme court, to supervise and coordinate the business of the supreme court and intermediate appellate courts in their respective grand divisions. The chief deputy clerk for the eastern grand division shall be located at Knoxville. The chief deputy clerk for the middle grand division shall be located at Nashville. The chief deputy clerk for the western grand division shall be located at Jackson.    Code 1858, § 321 (deriv. Const. 1834, art. 6, § 13); Acts 1870, ch. 24, § 4; Shan., § 397; Code 1932, § 647; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-301; Acts 1993, ch. 70, § 8.
TN Code § 18-3-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 3 - Supreme Court Clerks|§ 18-3-102. Duties

 The clerk of the supreme court, in addition to the duties prescribed by chapters 1 and 2 of this title, is required to:   Preserve the written opinions of the judges as other records of the clerk of the supreme court's office, subject to the inspection of all persons wishing to examine them, and to furnish certified copies of the written opinions, on demand, to any person applying and paying the lawful fees;   Deliver to the attorney general and reporter the original opinions of the court within ten (10) days after the decision;   Issue to the inferior courts, within sixty (60) days, and before the next term of the inferior court after the adjournment of the supreme court, certified copies of the opinions and judgments or decrees in all cases reversed and remanded;   Pay over costs incurred in inferior courts, as provided in § 20-12-140;   Note on the execution docket executions not returned at the time specified in the execution; and   Perform such other duties as are or may be required of the clerk of the supreme court by law.    Code 1858, § 4088 (deriv. Acts 1823, ch. 54, § 5; 1829, ch. 60, § 1); Acts 1881, ch. 4, § 4; Shan., § 5902; mod. Code 1932, § 10102; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-302.
TN Code § 18-3-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 3 - Supreme Court Clerks|§ 18-3-109. Recess Appointments

 If the office of clerk of the supreme court becomes vacant during the recess of the court, the chief justice of the supreme court may make a temporary appointment to fill it until the judges of the supreme court meet and make a permanent appointment.   Code 1858, § 322 (deriv. Acts 1823, ch. 14, § 1); Shan., § 398; Code 1932, § 648; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-309; Acts 1993, ch. 70, § 11.   Law Reviews.   The Tennessee Court System — Supreme Court (Frederic S. Le Clercq), 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 191.
TN Code § 18-3-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 3 - Supreme Court Clerks|§ 18-3-110. Removal

  The clerk of the supreme court may be removed from office by the court for malfeasance, incompetency or neglect of duty.   The reasons for removal shall be entered on the minutes of the court.    Code 1858, §§ 4091, 4092; Shan., §§ 5904, 5905; Code 1932, §§ 10104, 10105; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-310; Acts 1993, ch. 70, § 12.   Law Reviews.   The Tennessee Court System — Supreme Court (Frederic S. Le Clercq), 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 191.   Collateral References. Clerks of Courts 8.
TN Code § 18-3-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 3 - Supreme Court Clerks|§ 18-3-111. Disposition of Old Court Documents — Record Retention Plan

 The clerk of the supreme court shall dispose of or preserve old dockets, old transcripts, old records or any other books, documents, papers, etc., as directed by the chief justice of the supreme court in accordance with the records retention plan promulgated by the supreme court.
TN Code § 18-5-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 5 - Clerks of Chancery Court|§ 18-5-101. Appointment — Tenure

 The clerk and masters of the chancery courts are appointed by the respective chancellors and hold their offices for six (6) years.   Code 1858, § 323 (deriv. Const. 1834, art. 6, § 13); Shan., § 399; Code 1932, § 649; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-501.
TN Code § 18-5-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 5 - Clerks of Chancery Court|§ 18-5-102. Duties

 The clerk and master of the chancery court, in addition to the duties prescribed by chapters 1 and 2 of this title, is required to:   Keep a rule docket, in which shall be entered the names of the complainants and defendants in full, the names of the attorneys and counsel, a minute of the date of the issuance and return of process, with the return on the process, and a note of all the orders and proceedings made at office;   Keep a well-bound book, in which shall be entered, under the name of each case, the depositions taken and filed in the case, the names of the witnesses, and the date of the filing, and by whom. This book may be dispensed with by keeping the rule docket in such a way as to enable the entries required in this section to be made in the docket, without interfering with the entries regularly belonging to that docket;   Issue all original, mesne and final process from the court, make orders of publication for defendants, grant decrees pro confesso for want of answer, hear exceptions to bills, answers and reports, subject at all times to the control, direction and supervision of the chancellor; and   Perform such other duties as are, or may be, by law required.    Code 1858, § 4085 (deriv. Acts 1801, ch. 6, §§ 44, 46; 1835-1836, ch. 20, § 3); Shan., § 5899; Code 1932, § 10099; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-502.
TN Code § 18-5-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 5 - Clerks of Chancery Court|§ 18-5-103. Powers as Master in Chancery

 The clerk and master of the chancery court is authorized to administer oaths and perform all the functions of masters in chancery, unless restrained by the provisions of law.   Code 1858, § 4086; Shan., § 5900; Code 1932, § 10100; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-503.
TN Code § 18-5-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 5 - Clerks of Chancery Court|§ 18-5-104. Adjournment of Court

 The master in chancery may adjourn court, in the absence of the chancellor, from day to day, for three (3) days in succession, or longer if, in the master in chancery's judgment, the interest of the public requires it, and then adjourn it to the court in course or to the time fixed by the chancellor for holding a special term.   Code 1858, § 4087 (deriv. Acts 1831, ch. 50, § 1); Shan., § 5901; Code 1932, § 10101; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-504.
TN Code § 18-5-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 5 - Clerks of Chancery Court|§ 18-5-105. Investment of Funds of Minors and Incompetents

 Clerks and masters of the chancery courts, having in their hands funds belonging to minors or incompetents who have no regular guardian or other custodian or other person authorized by law to demand the funds, may invest the funds as provided in § 8-21-401(i)(8) or, if applicable, § 8-21-409(f)(1) without prior specific order of the court if, in their best judgment, it appears that the funds will be idle and payment of funds will not be demanded for a period of thirty (30) days from and after receipt of funds.
TN Code § 18-6-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 6 - County Clerks|§ 18-6-101. Election — Term of Office — Clerk of County Legislative Body

  The county clerks are elected by the qualified voters of the respective counties over which the local jurisdiction of the county legislative body, respectively, extends.   Their term of office is four (4) years.   The county clerk shall be the clerk of the county legislative body.   If any vacancy occurs in the office of county clerk, the vacancy shall be filled as provided for in § 5-1-104(b).    Code 1858, § 324 (deriv. Const. 1834, art. 6, § 13); Shan., § 400; mod. Code 1932, § 650; modified; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, § 7; Acts 1978, ch. 934, § 22; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-601; modified; Acts 1981, ch. 318, § 8.
TN Code § 18-6-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 6 - County Clerks|§ 18-6-102. Name Change

  County court clerk shall assume the title “county clerk.”   The county clerk shall assume all the duties of the county court clerk and all statutes referring to county court clerks shall apply with equal force and effect to the county clerk.   The office of county clerk shall remain an office in this state regardless of the abolition of any county quarterly court.    Code 1858, § 324 (deriv. Const. 1834, art. 6, § 13); Shan., § 400; mod. Code 1932, § 650; modified; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, § 7; Acts 1978, ch. 934, § 22; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-601; modified.
TN Code § 18-6-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 6 - County Clerks|§ 18-6-103. Certain Boards of Commissioners Authorized to Appoint Own Clerks

  Notwithstanding the duties prescribed for the county clerk in chapters 1 and 2 of this title and §§ 18-6-101, 18-6-102 and 18-6-104, the board of commissioners in any county with a population of six hundred thousand (600,000) or more is authorized to employ its own clerk to serve at its meetings and to employ its own clerical and administrative help reasonably necessary to take the minutes of its meetings and to transcribe the minutes, subject to the approval of the board of commissioners, as official records of the county.   The board of commissioners shall appropriate such funds as are necessary to cover the cost of the clerk and staff provided for in subsection (a).
TN Code § 18-6-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 6 - County Clerks|§ 18-6-104. Duties as Clerk

 The county clerk, in addition to the duties prescribed by chapters 1 and 2 of this title, is required, as clerk to:   Act as clerk of the county legislative body;   Keep a docket of all the causes to be tried in the court;   Enter upon the docket every suit, motion and action that may come before the court for trial;   Produce to the judge of the circuit court, for the judge's examination at the first circuit court in the judge's county after the first Monday in April in each year, on the second day of the term, the bonds of all officers taken during such year by the county legislative body;   Spread on the records of court every bond required to be recorded; and   Receive and preserve the journals of congress, statutes and other public documents entrusted to the county clerk by law, and deliver them to the county clerk's successor.    Code 1858, § 4067 (deriv. Acts 1831, ch. 6, § 1; 1843-1844, ch. 103, § 11; 1847-1848, ch. 113; 1855-1856, ch. 253, §§ 7, 10, 11); Shan., § 5882; Code 1932, § 10082; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 22, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-602.
TN Code § 18-6-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 6 - County Clerks|§ 18-6-105. Duties as to Revenue

 The county clerk has the following duties in regard to revenue:   List in a book provided for that purpose all appropriations and allowances made by the county legislative body, all claims of jurors and officers for attendance, or other claim chargeable against the county, setting forth the character, description and for what purpose made, including the date and amount of the allowance, and the book and page of the minutes where the order may be found;   Issue orders or certificates to the parties entitled and endorse on the orders or certificates that they have been registered in the county clerk's office. The endorsement shall be necessary to authorize the county mayor to issue the county mayor's warrant for the amount;   Make out at the first meeting of the county legislative body in each year a balance sheet of revenue and disbursements of the county for the preceding year, giving the several sources of the revenue and items of disbursement plainly, and post the sheet on the outside wall of the courthouse;   Perform the acts in relation to state revenue prescribed in title 8, chapter 19, title 9, chapters 2 and 3, title 26, chapter 5, title 30, chapter 8, parts 2-5, title 57, chapter 5, parts 1-4 and title 67; and    Collect franchise fees pursuant to franchise agreements with municipalities, if so authorized by resolution of the legislative body of any municipality having a metropolitan form of government and a population of over four hundred fifty thousand (450,000), according to the 1990 federal census or any subsequent federal census;   Collect the enrollment fees and provide decals in connection with municipal programs to combat auto theft, if so authorized by ordinance of the legislative body of any municipality having a metropolitan form of government and a population of over four hundred fifty thousand (450,000), according to the 1990 federal census or any subsequent federal census; and   Any powers concerning fee or tax collection that may be granted to the county clerk by the legislative body of any municipality having a metropolitan form of government and a population of more than four hundred fifty thousand (450,000), according to the 1990 federal census or any subsequent federal census, shall not affect the powers granted to the director of finance under the charter of the municipality to make decisions concerning the official depository for fees and taxes as well as depository procedures. The county clerk shall not receive a commission for receiving and paying over the fees and taxes.      Code 1858, § 4068 (deriv. Acts 1827, ch. 49, §§ 16, 27); Shan., § 5883; Code 1932, § 10083; modified; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 12, 16, 22, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-603; Acts 1994, ch. 758, § 6; 2003, ch. 90, §  2.
TN Code § 18-6-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 6 - County Clerks|§ 18-6-107. Duties as to Guardians

  The county clerk has the duty to enter in particular books, to be provided and kept for that purpose only, every guardian's first account of the guardian's ward's estate, received into the guardian's hands and possession, and each annual account of profits and disbursements afterwards exhibited by such guardian.   Subsection (a) shall only apply in counties having a population, according to the 2000 federal census or any subsequent federal census, of:  not less than  not more than   12,800 12,900   27,100 27,200   43,100 43,200   62,300 62,400   182,000 182,100    In counties having a population of not less than thirty-nine thousand fifty (39,050) nor more than thirty-nine thousand one hundred fifty (39,150), according to the 2000 federal census or any subsequent federal census, the circuit court clerk, who also serves as the general sessions court clerk, shall serve as the clerk of the court with probate jurisdiction in any such counties.    Code 1858, § 4070 (deriv. Acts 1762, ch. 5, § 9); Shan., § 5885; Code 1932, § 10085; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 22, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-605; Acts 2003, ch. 310, §§ 3, 6-10; 2005, ch. 24, §§ 1, 2.
TN Code § 18-6-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 6 - County Clerks|§ 18-6-108. Probate of Instruments

  The county clerk has the duty to take the probate or acknowledgment of all deeds and other instruments that are entitled to registration by law, and to certify the same for registration, and to demand and receive the state tax thereon, as specified in title 67, chapter 4, part 4.   Subsection (a) shall only apply in counties having a population, according to the 2000 federal census or any subsequent federal census, of:  not less than  not more than   12,800 12,900   27,100 27,200   43,100 43,200   62,300 62,400   182,000 182,100    In counties having a population of not less than thirty-nine thousand fifty (39,050) nor more than thirty-nine thousand one hundred fifty (39,150), according to the 2000 federal census or any subsequent federal census, the circuit court clerk, who also serves as the general sessions court clerk, shall serve as the clerk of the court with probate jurisdiction in any such counties.    Code 1858, § 4072 (deriv. Acts 1833, ch. 92, § 15; 1835-1836, ch. 53, § 6; 1837-1838, ch. 150, § 1); Shan., § 5887; Code 1932, § 10086; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-606; Acts 2003, ch. 310, §§ 4, 6-10; 2005, ch. 24, §§ 1, 2.
TN Code § 18-6-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 6 - County Clerks|§ 18-6-109. Duties as to Marriages

  The county clerk has the following duties as to marriages:  To endorse on or append to the marriage license the form of the return; and   To register, in a well-bound book, the names of the parties, and the date of the issuance of a marriage license, and to copy immediately, under or opposite thereto, the return of the proper functionary who solemnized the rites of matrimony, with the date thereof, and file and retain the license and return thereof in such clerk's office or other suitable facility.     The records described in subdivision (a)(2) are public records.   As used in this section, “suitable facility” means a facility that stores local government records securely against theft and natural disasters.    Code 1858, § 4073 (deriv. Acts 1815, ch. 47, § 1; 1837-1838, ch. 118, § 2); Shan., § 5888; Code 1932, § 10087; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 22, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-607; Acts 1993, ch. 418, § 1; 2019, ch. 79, §§ 1, 2.
TN Code § 18-6-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 6 - County Clerks|§ 18-6-110. Record of Appointments and Settlements

  The county clerk has the duty to record in well-bound books all letters testamentary and of administration, all guardian appointments and all settlements made by the clerk with guardians and personal representatives.   Subsection (a) shall only apply in counties having a population, according to the 2000 federal census or any subsequent federal census, of:  not less than  not more than   12,800 12,900   27,100 27,200   43,100 43,200   62,300 62,400   182,000 182,100    In counties having a population of not less than thirty-nine thousand fifty (39,050) nor more than thirty-nine thousand one hundred fifty (39,150), according to the 2000 federal census or any subsequent federal census, the circuit court clerk, who also serves as the general sessions court clerk, shall serve as the clerk of the court with probate jurisdiction in any such counties.    Code 1858, § 4074 (deriv. Acts 1837-1838, ch. 125, § 7); Shan., § 5889; Code 1932, § 10088; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 22, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-608; Acts 2003, ch. 310, §§ 5, 6-10; 2005 ch. 24, §§ 1, 2.
TN Code § 18-6-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 6 - County Clerks|§ 18-6-111. Other Duties

 The county clerk is required to perform such other duties as are, or may be, by law required of the county clerk.   Code 1858, § 4075; Shan., § 5890; Code 1932, § 10091; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 22, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-609.