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TN Code § 8-7-401 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 7 - District Attorneys General|Part 4 - Private Co-Counsel for Crime Victims|§ 8-7-401. Employment of Private Counsel by Crime Victim — Participation as Co-Counsel in Prosecution of Crime

  A victim of crime or the family members of a victim of crime may employ private legal counsel to act as co-counsel with the district attorney general or the district attorney general's deputies in trying cases, with the extent of participation of such privately employed counsel being at the discretion of the district attorney general. The district attorney general or a deputy shall make the final and concluding argument. The privately retained counsel shall immediately inform the district attorney general of such counsel's employment.    No private legal counsel employed as a special prosecutor pursuant to subsection (a) is permitted to participate in any criminal hearing, trial or other proceeding unless the defendant or defendants have been notified and the court has conducted a hearing on such employment as provided in subdivision (b)(2).   At such hearing, the defendant or defendants have the right to be present and to raise and preserve any objections to the employment of such special prosecutor as provided by law. The court shall examine the private counsel to be employed and shall make a specific finding as to whether such person is or is not qualified under the law to serve as special prosecutor and as to whether such person has or does not have a conflict of interest as provided by law.   Any allegations of prosecutorial misconduct or other defects in the trial committed or caused by the special prosecutor shall be raised and disposed of at the time a motion for new trial is made by the defendant.
TN Code § 8-7-501 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 7 - District Attorneys General|Part 5 - Assistance to Grand Juries|§ 8-7-501. Attendance of District Attorney General at Grand Jury

 Whenever required by the grand jury, the district attorney general or a designated assistant may attend before that body for the purpose of assisting in its inquiries, which assistance may include the examination of witnesses and the giving of legal advice as to any matters cognizable by that body; provided, that the district attorney general or the designated assistant shall not be present when the question is taken upon the finding of an indictment; and provided further, that the foreman of any grand jury shall be prohibited from communicating to the district attorney general or any other person the way in which any grand juror voted on any question before such body.
TN Code § 8-7-502 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 7 - District Attorneys General|Part 5 - Assistance to Grand Juries|§ 8-7-502. Jurisdiction Over Misconduct

 It is the legislative intent that any misconduct by a district attorney general before the grand jury shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the board of professional responsibility established by Supreme Court Rule 9.
TN Code § 8-7-503 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 7 - District Attorneys General|Part 5 - Assistance to Grand Juries|§ 8-7-503. Judge's Instruction to Grand Jury

 It is the duty of the judge who instructs the grand jury to charge the jurors as to this part so that they will be fully informed of the fact that the district attorney general may attend before such body only upon the grand jury's request.
TN Code § 8-7-601 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 7 - District Attorneys General|Part 6 - District Attorneys General Fiscal Affairs Act|§ 8-7-601. Short Title

 This part shall be known as the “District Attorneys General Fiscal Affairs Act.”
TN Code § 8-7-602 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 7 - District Attorneys General|Part 6 - District Attorneys General Fiscal Affairs Act|§ 8-7-602. Fiscal Officer

  Whereas, the various district attorneys general for the state of Tennessee are entitled to receive and do receive funding from various state, federal and local governmental sources, and private donors, and an orderly system for receiving and disbursing same is necessary, the district attorneys general are hereby authorized and empowered to designate the executive director of the district attorneys general conference as fiscal officer for the judicial district served by a district attorney general. The executive director is authorized and empowered to receive and disburse funds so received for any lawful purpose not inconsistent with this part.    The executive director is hereby designated as fiscal officer for the receipt and disbursement of all funds distributed pursuant to § 36-5-107 and related federal matching funds when the office of the district attorney general is the agency actually participating in the child support collection program as provided by federal law.   Any unspent incentive funds being held by counties for the benefit of the offices of district attorneys general as of April 30, 1990, shall be transferred to the executive director.
TN Code § 8-7-603 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 7 - District Attorneys General|Part 6 - District Attorneys General Fiscal Affairs Act|§ 8-7-603. Disbursement of Funds

 Such funds shall be disbursed by the executive director of the district attorneys general conference upon proper request being submitted by the respective district attorneys general specifying the purpose of the disbursement and that the same is lawful and proper and not inconsistent with the terms upon which the funding was received.
TN Code § 8-7-604 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 7 - District Attorneys General|Part 6 - District Attorneys General Fiscal Affairs Act|§ 8-7-604. Authorized Use of Funds

 Such funding shall be used solely for the purpose of carrying out the duties and responsibilities of the office of district attorney general, and the orderly management and operation of same, and not to supplement the pay of any district attorney general.
TN Code § 8-7-605 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 7 - District Attorneys General|Part 6 - District Attorneys General Fiscal Affairs Act|§ 8-7-605. Use of Funds to Defray Costs

 The office of executive director of the district attorneys general conference may receive a portion of the funds to be set by the executive director to defray the cost of receiving and disbursing same.
TN Code § 8-7-606 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 7 - District Attorneys General|Part 6 - District Attorneys General Fiscal Affairs Act|§ 8-7-606. Records — Audit

 The office of executive director of the district attorneys general conference shall maintain records of all receipts, disbursements, requests for disbursements and the purpose of same, and the records shall be subject to an annual audit by the office of comptroller of the treasury.
TN Code § 8-8-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 8 - Sheriffs|Part 1 - Appointment—vacancy|§ 8-8-101. Prohibited From Practice of Law or Serving as Member of General Assembly While Sheriff

 No person shall engage in the practice of law or serve as a member of the general assembly while serving as sheriff.   Code 1858, § 357 (deriv. Acts 1777 (Nov.), ch. 8, § 4); Shan., § 446; Code 1932, § 693; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-801; Acts 2009, ch. 56, § 1.
TN Code § 8-8-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 8 - Sheriffs|Part 1 - Appointment—vacancy|§ 8-8-103. Surety Bond

 The sheriff, before entering on the duties of that office, shall enter into an official bond prepared in accordance with chapter 19 of this title, in a penalty of not less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), or in a greater sum as the county legislative body may determine, payable to the state, and conditioned well and truly to execute and make due return of all process directed to the sheriff, and to pay all fees and sums of money received by the sheriff, or levied by virtue of any process, into the proper office or to the person entitled, and faithfully to execute the office of sheriff and perform its duties and functions during such person's continuance therein. This bond shall be acknowledged before the county legislative body, in open session, approved by it, recorded upon the minutes, and recorded in the office of the county register of deeds and transmitted to the office of the county clerk for safekeeping.   Code 1858, §§ 354, 355 (deriv. Acts 1777 (Nov.), ch. 8, § 2; 1839-1840, ch. 63, §§ 1, 5); Shan., §§ 443, 444; Code 1932, §§ 690, 691; Acts 1977, ch. 270, § 2; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-803; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; Acts 1998, ch. 677, § 6; 2013, ch. 315, § 8.
TN Code § 8-8-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 8 - Sheriffs|Part 1 - Appointment—vacancy|§ 8-8-104. Oath of Office

 The sheriff shall, besides the oaths prescribed for public officers, take an oath that the sheriff has not promised or given, nor will give, any fee, gift, gratuity, or reward for the office or for aid in procuring such office, that the sheriff will not take any fee, gift, or bribe, or gratuity for returning any person as a juror or for making any false return of any process, and that the sheriff will faithfully execute the office of sheriff to the best of such sheriff's knowledge and ability agreeably to law.   Code 1858, § 356 (deriv. Acts 1777 (Nov.), ch. 8, § 2); Shan., § 445; Code 1932, § 692; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-804.
TN Code § 8-8-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 8 - Sheriffs|Part 1 - Appointment—vacancy|§ 8-8-105. Replacement of Sureties

 The county legislative body shall demand new sureties from the sheriff from time to time if the old sureties die, remove from the county, become insolvent, or otherwise unable to pay, as it, in its discretion, may judge necessary. A failure on the part of the sheriff to comply with such requirement within thirty (30) days shall vacate the office.   Code 1858, §§ 372, 373 (deriv. Acts 1839-1840, ch. 63, § 4); Shan., §§ 462, 463; mod. Code 1932, §§ 709, 710; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-805.
TN Code § 8-8-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 8 - Sheriffs|Part 1 - Appointment—vacancy|§ 8-8-106. Temporary Appointment by County Legislative Body

 If a vacancy occurs in the office of sheriff, the vacancy shall be filled as provided for in § 5-1-104(b).   Code 1858, § 374 (deriv. Acts 1839-1840, ch. 63, § 4); Shan., § 464; Code 1932, § 711; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-806; Acts 1981, ch. 318, § 4.
TN Code § 8-8-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 8 - Sheriffs|Part 1 - Appointment—vacancy|§ 8-8-107. Vacancy in Office — Temporary Discharge of Sheriff's Duties

 In the event that the office of sheriff becomes vacant due to death, resignation, incapacity, or other causes, the duties of the office shall be temporarily discharged by the chief deputy, or administrative assistant or other highest ranking member of the sheriff's office, until the sheriff is able to reassume the office or until the county legislative body appoints a successor as provided for in § 5-1-104(b).   Code 1932, § 1906; Acts 1977, ch. 492, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-807; Acts 1981, ch. 318, § 5.
TN Code § 8-8-202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 8 - Sheriffs|Part 2 - Powers and Duties|§ 8-8-202. Advance Fees on Process From Other Counties

 No sheriff or constable shall be compelled to execute any subpoena or original summons in civil cases coming from any county other than the one in which such sheriff or constable is an officer, unless the fees allowed such sheriff or constable by law for the service of such process, if demanded, are paid in advance.
TN Code § 8-8-203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 8 - Sheriffs|Part 2 - Powers and Duties|§ 8-8-203. Payment of Collections by Collecting Officers

 The sheriff and every other collecting officer shall pay all penalties, fines, forfeitures, amercements, and other sums of money collected by the sheriff or such other officer, or that ought to be collected, for the use of a county, into the hands of the clerk of the court or magistrate from whom the sheriff or such other officer received the execution under which the sheriff or such other officer made, or ought to have made, the collection, on or before the return day of such execution.   Code 1858, § 518; Shan., § 657; Code 1932, § 1056; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-812.
TN Code § 8-8-204 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 8 - Sheriffs|Part 2 - Powers and Duties|§ 8-8-204. Judgment on Motion for Failure to Pay Over

 If the sheriff or officer fails to do so, the clerk or magistrate shall furnish the district attorney general with the records, executions, and such other information as may be in the clerk or magistrate's possession, to show the liability of the officer, and the district attorney general shall move for judgment, in the name of the county, against the sheriff or officer and the sheriff's or officer's sureties for the moneys by the sheriff or officer collected, or that ought to have been collected, for the use of the county. Upon judgment, when obtained, the clerk or judge shall issue execution, and enforce satisfaction of such execution.   Code 1858, § 519; Shan., § 658; Code 1932, § 1057; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, §§ 2, 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-813.
TN Code § 8-8-205 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 8 - Sheriffs|Part 2 - Powers and Duties|§ 8-8-205. Acting as Attorney or Security Prohibited — Attorney as Deputy

  No sheriff or deputy sheriff shall appear in any court as attorney or counsel for any party, nor become security for any party in any civil suit or criminal proceeding.   Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the sheriff shall be permitted to appoint a duly licensed attorney as a special deputy sheriff, reserve deputy sheriff, or as a deputy sheriff.    Code 1858, § 363; Shan., § 453; Code 1932, § 700; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-814; Acts 1988, ch. 734, § 1.
TN Code § 8-8-206 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 8 - Sheriffs|Part 2 - Powers and Duties|§ 8-8-206. Purchase at Own Sale Prohibited

 No sheriff or deputy sheriff shall become the purchaser, either directly or indirectly, of any property by such sheriff or deputy exposed to sale under any process of law, and every such purchase shall be absolutely void.   Code 1858, § 364 (deriv. Acts 1805, ch. 31); Shan., § 454; Code 1932, § 701; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-815.
TN Code § 8-8-207 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 8 - Sheriffs|Part 2 - Powers and Duties|§ 8-8-207. Disobedience of Process

 A sheriff's disobedience of the command of any process is a contempt of the court from which it issued, and may be punished accordingly; and such sheriff is further liable to the action of the party aggrieved.   Code 1858, § 361 (deriv. Acts 1777 (Nov.), ch. 8, § 5); Shan., § 451; Code 1932, § 698; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-816.
TN Code § 8-8-208 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 8 - Sheriffs|Part 2 - Powers and Duties|§ 8-8-208. Service at Residence of Defendant

 No sheriff shall return upon any writ that the person upon whom it is to be served is not to be found in the county, unless such sheriff has actually been at the place of abode of such person.   Code 1858, § 365 (deriv. Acts 1777 (Nov.), ch. 8, § 5); Shan., § 455; Code 1932, § 702; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-817.
TN Code § 8-8-209 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 8 - Sheriffs|Part 2 - Powers and Duties|§ 8-8-209. Return as to Residence in Another County

 Where such person is a known inhabitant of another county, the sheriff shall return the truth of the case.   Code 1858, § 366 (deriv. Acts 1777 (Nov.), ch. 8, § 5); Shan., § 456; Code 1932, § 703; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-818.
TN Code § 8-8-210 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 8 - Sheriffs|Part 2 - Powers and Duties|§ 8-8-210. Bill of Fees

 On levying an execution for money, the sheriff, if required, shall make out a bill of the sheriff's own and all other fees endorsed thereon, giving the items separately and distinctly, and give a receipt therefor to the party paying them, under a penalty of one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125) to any person who will sue for such amount.   Code 1858, § 367 (deriv. Acts 1777 (Nov.), ch. 8, § 7); Shan., § 457; mod. Code 1932, § 704; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-819.
TN Code § 8-8-211 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 8 - Sheriffs|Part 2 - Powers and Duties|§ 8-8-211. Penalty for Allowing Prisoner to Be Taken From Jail and Put to Death by Violence

 Any sheriff who, either negligently or willfully, or by want of proper diligence, firmness, and promptness in the use of all the powers with which the sheriff is vested by law, allows a prisoner to be taken from the jail of the sheriff's county, or to be taken from the sheriff's custody, and put to death by violence, commits a Class A misdemeanor in office, and, upon indictment therefor and conviction thereof, shall be fined at the discretion of the court, and shall also, by the judgment of the court, forfeit the office, and be declared forever incapable of holding any office of trust or profit in this state.
TN Code § 8-8-212 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 8 - Sheriffs|Part 2 - Powers and Duties|§ 8-8-212. Special Deputies — Exchange of Law Enforcement Officers

  The sheriff may appoint as many special deputies as the sheriff may think proper, on urgent occasions, or when required for particular purposes.   The sheriff may appoint as many private special deputies as qualify for appointment pursuant to § 38-8-118.    The sheriff is also authorized to enter into agreements with other law enforcement agencies, including, but not limited to, other county sheriff departments, for the exchange of law enforcement officers when required for a particular purpose. Such exchanged officers shall be covered by liability insurance by the agency of their regular employment or by the agency to which such officers are being assigned. Responding officers under such agreements may be deputized by the requesting sheriff without making application to the court; provided, that such exchanged officers shall serve in such capacity only for the time necessary to complete the particular purpose for which the exchange was made.   The law enforcement officers exchanged under this subsection (c) shall not be deemed to be special deputies, and § 8-8-303 shall in no way be applicable to such law enforcement officers while serving in the capacity for the particular purpose for which the exchange was made.
TN Code § 8-8-213 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 8 - Sheriffs|Part 2 - Powers and Duties|§ 8-8-213. Conservator of Peace — Summoning Posse

  The sheriff and the sheriff's deputies are conservators of the peace, and it is the sheriff's duty to suppress all affrays, riots, routs, unlawful assemblies, insurrections, or other breaches of the peace, detect and prevent crime, arrest any person lawfully, execute process of law, and patrol the roads of the county.   The sheriff shall furnish the necessary deputies to carry out the duties set forth in subsection (a), and, if necessary, may summon to the sheriff's aid as many of the inhabitants of the county as the sheriff thinks proper.    Code 1858, § 362; Shan., § 452; Code 1932, § 699; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-822; Acts 2005, ch. 142, § 1.
TN Code § 8-8-214 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 8 - Sheriffs|Part 2 - Powers and Duties|§ 8-8-214. Delivery of Papers and Property to Successor

 The sheriff, when going out of office, shall deliver to the successor all books and papers pertaining to the office, and all property attached and levied on and in the sheriff's hands, unless authorized by law to retain the same, and all prisoners in the jail, and take a receipt therefor, which receipt will be an indemnity to the retiring officer.   Code 1858, § 368; Shan., § 458; Code 1932, § 705; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-823.
TN Code § 8-8-215 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 8 - Sheriffs|Part 2 - Powers and Duties|§ 8-8-215. Closing of Unsettled Business

 The sheriff is allowed two (2) years from the time of going out of office to close unsettled business, with all the power and subject to all the limitations and restrictions of the actual sheriff.   Code 1858, § 369 (deriv. Acts 1811, ch. 49, § 1); Shan., § 459; Code 1932, § 706; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-824.
TN Code § 8-8-216 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 8 - Sheriffs|Part 2 - Powers and Duties|§ 8-8-216. Service of Process or Other Paper by Employee of Party Prohibited — Penalty

  It is unlawful for any sheriff, deputy sheriff or constable to serve any summons, writ, process or other proceeding in any civil action when such officer is a salaried or commissioned employee of any party to the action or suit wherein any such summons, writ, process or other proceeding has been issued.   A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
TN Code § 8-8-217 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 8 - Sheriffs|Part 2 - Powers and Duties|§ 8-8-217. Service in Violation of § 8-8-216 Void

 Any summons, writ, process or other proceeding in a civil action which was served in violation of § 8-8-216 is void.
TN Code § 8-8-218 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 8 - Sheriffs|Part 2 - Powers and Duties|§ 8-8-218. Retention of Service Weapon Upon Retirement or Disability — Approval by Legislative Body of County

  Upon completion of honorable service by a full-time sheriff or deputy sheriff, the sheriff or deputy sheriff, upon retirement, may retain the sheriff's or deputy sheriff's service weapon in recognition of many years of good and faithful service. A sheriff or deputy sheriff who retires on disability retirement may also retain the service weapon.   Subsection (a) shall have no effect unless it is approved by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the legislative body of any county to which it may apply.
TN Code § 8-8-219 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 8 - Sheriffs|Part 2 - Powers and Duties|§ 8-8-219. Patrol Cars — Color Schemes — Markings — Unmarked Cars

  White patrol cars which have a green stripe running horizontally along the upper portion of each side may be used exclusively for county sheriffs' patrol cars, and this color scheme shall not be used by any other law enforcement official or agency. When adopted for use by a county sheriff's department, the stripe design as well as other emblems and lettering shall conform to the official uniform markings adopted by the Tennessee Sheriffs' Association and on file with the executive director of the Tennessee Sheriffs' Association. These uniform markings may be used exclusively for county sheriffs' patrol cars and shall not be used by any other law enforcement official or agency.   Nothing in this section shall prohibit a county sheriff's department from operating unmarked cars for undercover or other purposes.