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TN Code § 8-16-307 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 16 - Notaries Public|Part 3 - Online Notary Public Act|§ 8-16-307. Performance of Notarial Acts

 An online notary public:   Is a notary public for purposes of this chapter, is subject to this chapter, and must be appointed and commissioned as a notary public under this chapter;   May perform notarial acts as provided in part 1 of this chapter; and   May perform an online notarization, without regard to the physical location of the principal, if the notary is physically located in this state.
TN Code § 8-16-308 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 16 - Notaries Public|Part 3 - Online Notary Public Act|§ 8-16-308. Electronic Record of Online Notarizations

  An online notary public shall keep a secure electronic record of electronic documents notarized by the online notary public. The record may be kept in one (1) or more electronic journals. The electronic record must contain for each online notarization:  The date and time of the notarization;   The type of notarial act;   The type, the title, or a description of the electronic document or proceeding;   The printed name and address of each principal involved in the transaction or proceeding;   Evidence of identity of each principal involved in the transaction or proceeding in the form of:  A statement that the person is personally known to the online notary public;   A notation of the type of identification document provided to the online notary public;   A record of the identity verification made, if applicable; or     The printed name and address of each credible witness swearing to or affirming the person's identity; and   For each credible witness not personally known to the online notary public, a description of the type of identification documents provided to the online notary public;       A recording of any video and audio conference that is the basis for satisfactory evidence of identity and a notation of the type of identification presented as evidence; and   The fee, if any, charged for the notarization.     The online notary public shall take reasonable steps to:  Ensure the integrity, security, and authenticity of online notarizations;   Maintain a backup for the electronic record required by subsection (a); and   Protect the backup record from unauthorized use.     The electronic record required by subsection (a) must be maintained for at least five (5) years after the date of the transaction or proceeding requiring notarization. The notary, or a guardian or personal representative of an incapacitated or deceased notary, may by agreement use a repository acting in accordance with any rules established under this chapter to maintain such records.
TN Code § 8-16-309 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 16 - Notaries Public|Part 3 - Online Notary Public Act|§ 8-16-309. Use of Electronic Record, Signature, and Seal

  An online notary public shall take reasonable steps to ensure that any registered device used to create an electronic signature is current and has not been revoked or terminated by the device's issuing or registering authority.   An online notary public shall keep the online notary public's electronic record, electronic signature, and electronic seal secure and under the online notary public's exclusive control, which includes access protection through the use of passwords or codes under control of the notary public. No online notary public shall allow another person to use the online notary public's electronic record, electronic signature, or electronic seal.   An online notary public may only use the online notary public's electronic signature for performing online notarizations.   An online notary public shall attach the online notary public's electronic signature and electronic seal to the electronic notarial certificate of an electronic document in a manner that is capable of independent verification and renders any subsequent change or modification to the electronic document evident.   An online notary public shall immediately notify an appropriate law enforcement agency and the secretary of state of the theft or vandalism of the online notary public's electronic record, electronic signature, or electronic seal. An online notary public shall immediately notify the secretary of state of the loss or use by another person of the online notary public's electronic record, electronic signature, or electronic seal.
TN Code § 8-16-310 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 16 - Notaries Public|Part 3 - Online Notary Public Act|§ 8-16-310. Online Notarization Procedures

  In performing an online notarization, an online notary public shall verify the identity of a person creating an electronic signature at the time that the signature is taken by using two-way video and audio conference technology that meets the requirements of this part and rules promulgated pursuant to this part. Identity may be verified by:  The online notary public's personal knowledge of the person creating the electronic signature; or    Remote presentation by the person creating the electronic signature of a government-issued identification credential, including a passport or driver's license, that contains the signature and a photograph of the person;   Credential analysis of the credential described in subdivision (a)(2)(A); and   Identity proofing of the person described in subdivision (a)(2)(A).       The online notary public shall take reasonable steps to ensure that the two-way video and audio communication used in an online notarization is secure from unauthorized interception.   The electronic notarial certificate for an online notarization must include a notation that the notarization is an online notarization.   The validity of an online notarization performed by an online notary public of this state in accordance with this chapter shall be determined by applying the laws of this state.
TN Code § 8-16-311 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 16 - Notaries Public|Part 3 - Online Notary Public Act|§ 8-16-311. Fees for Online Notarization

 An online notary public or the online notary public's employer may charge a fee in an amount not to exceed twenty-five dollars ($25.00) each for performing an online notarization in addition to any other fees authorized under this chapter.
TN Code § 8-16-312 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 16 - Notaries Public|Part 3 - Online Notary Public Act|§ 8-16-312. Termination of Online Notary Public's Commission

  The secretary of state shall terminate the commission of an online notary public if the online notary fails to comply with this chapter.   Except as provided in subsection (c), an online notary public whose commission terminates shall destroy the coding, disk, certificate, card, software, or password that enables electronic affixation of the online notary public's official electronic signature or seal. The online notary public shall certify compliance with this subsection (b) to the secretary of state as provided in rule.   A former online notary public whose commission terminated for a reason other than revocation or a denial of renewal is not required to destroy the items described in subsection (b) if the former online notary public is recommissioned as an online notary public with the same electronic signature and seal within three (3) months after the former commission terminated.
TN Code § 8-16-313 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 16 - Notaries Public|Part 3 - Online Notary Public Act|§ 8-16-313. Wrongful Possession of Software or Hardware — Penalty

  It is an offense for a person who, without authorization, knowingly obtains, conceals, damages, or destroys the certificate, disk, coding, card, program, software, or hardware enabling an online notary public to affix an official electronic signature or electronic seal.   A violation of this section is a Class D felony.
TN Code § 8-19-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 19 - Bonds of Officers|Part 1 - Form and Filing of Bonds|§ 8-19-102. Place of Filing Bonds — Copies of Bonds as Evidence

  The official bonds of county officials required by law to execute such bonds shall be transmitted to the office of county clerk for safekeeping immediately upon their execution, approval and recordation in the office of the county register of deeds.   Where suit is necessary to enforce the obligation of any such bond or undertaking, the county clerk shall make such bond available to the proper authorities. A copy of the official bond duly certified by the county clerk is admissible as evidence in any suit on the bond to prove the execution of the bond and any condition thereof.   The official bonds of state officials and state employees shall be lodged for safekeeping at an office designated by the governor.
TN Code § 8-19-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 19 - Bonds of Officers|Part 1 - Form and Filing of Bonds|§ 8-19-103. Recording of Bonds of County Officers

 The official bonds of all county officers covered by § 8-19-101 shall be recorded in the office of the register of deeds in the county in which the officers are elected or appointed.
TN Code § 8-19-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 19 - Bonds of Officers|Part 1 - Form and Filing of Bonds|§ 8-19-104. Special Book for Recording Bonds

 The registers of deeds of the various counties whose duty it is to record such bonds, under the provisions hereof, shall maintain a special record book and shall record therein each official bond presented for registration.
TN Code § 8-19-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 19 - Bonds of Officers|Part 1 - Form and Filing of Bonds|§ 8-19-105. Loss of Original of Recorded Bond

 When the original of any bond provided for or covered by §§ 8-19-101 — 8-19-107 shall be lost or destroyed, the record of the bond provided for shall be deemed the original and suit may be instituted on the recorded bond.
TN Code § 8-19-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 19 - Bonds of Officers|Part 1 - Form and Filing of Bonds|§ 8-19-106. Premiums and Registration Fees

 The respective counties shall pay the premiums for such bonds and the registration fees.
TN Code § 8-19-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 19 - Bonds of Officers|Part 1 - Form and Filing of Bonds|§ 8-19-107. Provisions Supplemental

 Sections 8-19-101 — 8-19-106 are cumulative and supplemental to all existing laws.
TN Code § 8-19-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 19 - Bonds of Officers|Part 1 - Form and Filing of Bonds|§ 8-19-108. County Official Prohibited as Sureties for Other County Officials

 No county official shall sign as surety an official bond for any other county official; provided, that when any person has signed as surety any bond of any county official, and is thereafter elected to or appointed to fill any public office, such official shall not be deemed to have violated this section and such bond signed by such official prior to such election or appointment shall continue to be good and valid for the duration of the term of office for which the principal of such bond was elected.
TN Code § 8-19-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 19 - Bonds of Officers|Part 1 - Form and Filing of Bonds|§ 8-19-109. Approval of County Official as Surety Prohibited

 It is unlawful for any person, whose duty it now is or may hereafter be to approve any official bond, to approve the bond of any county official that has been signed as surety by any other county official.
TN Code § 8-19-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 19 - Bonds of Officers|Part 1 - Form and Filing of Bonds|§ 8-19-110. Penalty for Violation

 A violation of §§ 8-19-108 and 8-19-109 is a Class C misdemeanor.
TN Code § 8-19-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 19 - Bonds of Officers|Part 1 - Form and Filing of Bonds|§ 8-19-111. Terms of Bond

  The bonds of all public officers required by law to give bond shall, unless it is otherwise provided, be made payable to the state, with such sureties as the officer or court required to approve the same is satisfied are sufficient, and conditioned, in all cases in which a different condition is not prescribed, that the officer shall faithfully discharge the duties, or any part thereof, of such office during the time such officer continues therein.   In every case, provisions of this code to the contrary notwithstanding, the official bond of every county public official shall be conditioned as follows and not otherwise:  “That if the   Principal  shall:   1.  Faithfully perform the duties of the office of   Office  of   County during such person's term of office or continuance therein; and   2.  Pay over to the persons authorized by law to receive them, all moneys, properties, or things of value that may come into such principal's hands during such principal's term of office or continuance therein without fraud or delay, and shall faithfully and safely keep all records required in such principal's official capacity, and at the expiration of the term, or in case of resignation or removal from office, shall turn over to the successor all records and property which have come into such principal's hands, then this obligation shall be null and void; otherwise to remain in full force and effect.”    “Duties,” as used in this section, includes any further and additional duties which may by law be made incumbent upon the particular office involved.    Code 1858, § 761 (deriv. Acts 1847-1848, ch. 167); Shan., § 1082; Code 1932, § 1823; Acts 1959, ch. 189, §§ 1, 2; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-1911.   Law Reviews.   Local Government Law — 1959 Tennessee Survey, 12 Vand. L. Rev. 1257 (1959).
TN Code § 8-19-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 19 - Bonds of Officers|Part 1 - Form and Filing of Bonds|§ 8-19-112. Irregular Bonds Not to Be Approved

 The bond of any public officer which is not in the penalty, payable or conditioned as prescribed by law, shall not be approved, and the officer approving thereof, under such circumstances, not only neglects such officer's duty, but subjects the officer and the officer's sureties to an action by any person injured, and a recovery to the extent of such injury.   Code 1858, § 763; Shan., § 1084; Code 1932, § 1825; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-1912.   Collateral References.   Approval of bond, right of sureties to take advantage of noncompliance with statutory requirement as to. 77 A.L.R. 1479.   Approval of or refusal to approve bond, judicial review. 134 A.L.R. 1359.
TN Code § 8-19-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 19 - Bonds of Officers|Part 1 - Form and Filing of Bonds|§ 8-19-113. Form of Approval

 The approval of all official bonds shall be in writing, endorsed on the bond, and shall show the day and year on which they were approved, and be signed by the approving officer, or authenticated as the act of the court, as the case may be.   Code 1858, § 762; Shan., § 1083; Code 1932, § 1824; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-1913.
TN Code § 8-19-114 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 19 - Bonds of Officers|Part 1 - Form and Filing of Bonds|§ 8-19-114. Unapproved Bond Not to Be Filed

 No officer with whom any official bond is required to be filed shall allow the same to be filed in such officer's office unless the approval of the proper officer or court appear thereon, endorsed according to §§ 8-19-111 — 8-19-115.   Code 1858, § 767; Shan., § 1088; Code 1932, § 1829; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-1914.
TN Code § 8-19-115 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 19 - Bonds of Officers|Part 1 - Form and Filing of Bonds|§ 8-19-115. Time of Filing

 Official bonds, including blanket bonds, and each rider or attachment thereto, required by law to be filed in the office of the county clerk or secretary of state, shall be filed therein within forty (40) days after the election or appointment of the principal named on the bond, rider, or attachment, or within twenty (20) days after the term of the office legally begins. In all other cases, such bonds shall be filed in the proper office within thirty (30) days after such election or appointment, or within ten (10) days after the term of office legally begins.   Code 1858, §§ 764, 765; Shan., §§ 1085, 1086; Code 1932, §§ 1826, 1827; Acts 1978, ch. 620, § 2; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-1915; Acts 2013, ch. 315, § 3.
TN Code § 8-19-116 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 19 - Bonds of Officers|Part 1 - Form and Filing of Bonds|§ 8-19-116. Endorsement of Time of Filing

 Every officer in whose office the official bond of any public officer is filed shall endorse thereon the day and year on which it was filed, and sign such officer's name to the endorsement, and, on failure so to do, commits a Class C misdemeanor.   Code 1858, § 770; Shan., § 1091; Code 1932, § 1832; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-1916; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.
TN Code § 8-19-117 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 19 - Bonds of Officers|Part 1 - Form and Filing of Bonds|§ 8-19-117. Failure to File in Time

 Any officer, required by law to give bond, who fails to file the same in the proper office within the time prescribed vacates the office. In such cases, it is the duty of the officer in whose office such bond is required to be filed, at once, to certify such failure to the appointing power, and the vacancy shall be filled as in other cases.   Code 1858, § 766; Shan., § 1087; Code 1932, § 1828; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-1917.
TN Code § 8-19-118 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 19 - Bonds of Officers|Part 1 - Form and Filing of Bonds|§ 8-19-118. Notice of Failure to File

 Notice of the failure to file bond, as required, shall be given by the officer in whose office the bond is required to be filed, as soon as the time for filing such bond expires, to the court or officer by whom the bond should be taken or approved, and also to the district attorney general of the district in which the delinquent officer resides. Any officer failing to give such notice commits a Class C misdemeanor.   Code 1858, § 769; Shan., § 1090; Code 1932, § 1831; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-1918; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.
TN Code § 8-19-119 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 19 - Bonds of Officers|Part 1 - Form and Filing of Bonds|§ 8-19-119. Acting Before Approval of Bond

 Any public officer required by law to give bond who performs any official act before such bond is approved as required commits a Class C misdemeanor.   Code 1858, § 768; Shan., § 1089; Code 1932, § 1830; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-1919; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113; 2012, ch. 974, § 5.
TN Code § 8-19-120 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 19 - Bonds of Officers|Part 1 - Form and Filing of Bonds|§ 8-19-120. Cash Deposit in Lieu of Bond

 Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any person who is required to deposit a bond for any reason by this state or any political subdivision of this state may deposit an amount of cash or a certified or cashier's check equal to the amount of the required bond in lieu of such bond. Nothing in this section shall affect the existing law applying to criminal appearance bonds in criminal cases.
TN Code § 8-19-121 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 19 - Bonds of Officers|Part 1 - Form and Filing of Bonds|§ 8-19-121. Bond of Constable

 Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, an official bond as required by law for a constable shall be a surety bond.
TN Code § 8-19-122 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 19 - Bonds of Officers|Part 1 - Form and Filing of Bonds|§ 8-19-122. When Furnishing New Bond Required

 No bond required by this chapter shall be renewed upon its expiration or in the event of the reappointment or re-election of any officer or employee to a position for which a bond is required, but a new bond shall be furnished.
TN Code § 8-19-201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 19 - Bonds of Officers|Part 2 - Examination, Approval, and Transmittal of Bonds|§ 8-19-201. Examination of Clerks' Bonds

 The judges of the chancery and circuit courts, and of other courts of record except the supreme court, court of appeals, and court of criminal appeals, at the first term after the election, or at the term of the appointment of the clerks, shall examine and attest the bonds by law required to be given by them, and cause the same to be recorded, and a certificate of such recording to be endorsed on the same by the clerks respectively.   Code 1858, § 720 (deriv. Acts 1839-1840, ch. 160, § 1); Shan., § 1033; mod. Code 1932, § 1762; T.C.A (orig. ed.), § 8-1927; Acts 1980, ch. 887, § 4.
TN Code § 8-19-203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 19 - Bonds of Officers|Part 2 - Examination, Approval, and Transmittal of Bonds|§ 8-19-203. Notice by Office of the County Clerk if Bond Not Filed

 If, at the expiration of four (4) months after a general election, or an appointment of clerks, such bonds have not been received by the office of the county clerk, the office of the county clerk shall forthwith notify the judges of the fact. If the bond from any cause was not taken, the judge may cause the same to be taken at the next or any subsequent term. If the bond was taken, and the original transmitted, but not received, the judge presiding at the first term after receiving the notice from the office of the county clerk shall direct the clerk to make a certified copy of the same from the records of the office, and transmit it to the office of the county clerk, who shall forthwith acknowledge the receipt of the same, in writing, addressed to the clerk.   Code 1858, §§ 722-724 (deriv. Acts 1839-1840, ch. 160, § 3); Shan., §§ 1035-1037; Code 1932, §§ 1764-1766; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-1929; Acts 2013, ch. 315, § 23.
TN Code § 8-19-205 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 19 - Bonds of Officers|Part 2 - Examination, Approval, and Transmittal of Bonds|§ 8-19-205. Action Upon Failure to Enter Bond

 Upon the filing of a complaint alleging the failure of a county officer or constable to enter into an official bond as required by law, the clerk of the circuit court, or the clerk and master of the chancery court having jurisdiction shall issue a summons which shall be served, together with a copy of the complaint, upon the county officer or constable in accordance with the Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure.   Code 1858, § 726 (deriv. Acts 1843-1844, ch. 103, § 11); Shan., § 1039; Code 1932, § 1768; Acts 1977, ch. 270, § 12; 1978, ch. 689, § 8; T.C.A., § 8-1931; Acts 1982, ch. 592, § 1.   Law Reviews.   The Tennessee Court System — Circuit Court (Frederic S. Le Clercq), 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 241 (1978).
TN Code § 8-19-206 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 19 - Bonds of Officers|Part 2 - Examination, Approval, and Transmittal of Bonds|§ 8-19-206. Judgment — Filling of Vacancies

 If, upon service and return of the summons and after a hearing, the circuit or chancery court finds that the county officer or constable failed or refused to enter into an official bond as required by law, the court shall enter a judgment declaring the office vacant, and the vacancy shall be filled according to law.   Code 1858, § 727 (deriv. Acts 1843-1844, ch. 103, § 11); Shan., § 1040; Code 1932, § 1769; Acts 1977, ch. 270, § 13; 1978, ch. 689, § 9; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-1932; Acts 1982, ch. 592, § 2.