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TN Code § 18-2-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 2 - Accounting and Bonds|Part 1 - Accounting|§ 18-2-104. False Report of Moneys Held

 Any clerk or clerk and master who willfully and corruptly makes a false report to the court of the matters required by § 18-2-103 commits a Class A misdemeanor, and the clerk shall be removed from office under § 18-2-213.
TN Code § 18-2-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 2 - Accounting and Bonds|Part 1 - Accounting|§ 18-2-105. Unlawful Use or Disposal of Money or Property

 Any clerk or clerk and master of any court who, without authority of law, uses, loans or converts to the clerk's or clerk and master's own use, or otherwise disposes of, any money or property that may have come into the clerk's or clerk and master's hands in the clerk's or clerk and master's official capacity, commits a Class C felony.
TN Code § 18-2-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 2 - Accounting and Bonds|Part 1 - Accounting|§ 18-2-106. Reports of Property Sold

  It is the duty of the clerk, whenever property has been sold by the clerk under order of the clerk's court, or any judge of the court, at each term to make and submit to the court a report showing the property sold, the amount of the sale, the principal and interest collected, the aggregate fund on hand, the disbursements made, to whom and when, specifying separately the fees allowed to the clerk and other officers of court.   Any person interested in the report may except to the report, as in other cases.    Code 1858, §§ 4045, 4046 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 178, §§ 1, 2); Shan., § 5862; Code 1932, § 10064; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-206.
TN Code § 18-2-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 2 - Accounting and Bonds|Part 1 - Accounting|§ 18-2-107. Decree on Report of Property Sold — Appeal

  The report and the action of the court on the report shall be embodied in a decree, to be entered on the minutes of the court, and the clerk shall be entitled to no other fees or allowances than those specified and fixed by the decree of the court.   The action of the court is subject to the right of appeal by the persons interested, as in other cases.    Code 1858, §§ 4047, 4048 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 178, § 2); Shan., § 5863; Code 1932, § 10065; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-207.
TN Code § 18-2-201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 2 - Accounting and Bonds|Part 2 - Bonds|§ 18-2-201. Official Bond

  Every clerk of a court except the clerk of the supreme court and chief deputy clerks of the supreme court, before entering upon the duties of the clerk's office, shall enter into an official bond, which shall be prepared in accordance with title 8, chapter 19, to the satisfaction of the clerk's court, in the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) in counties with a population of less than fifteen thousand (15,000) and one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) in counties with a population of fifteen thousand (15,000) or more, according to the 2010 federal census or any subsequent federal census, or in a greater sum as the court may determine, payable to the state, and conditioned for the safekeeping of the records and for the faithful discharge of the duties of the clerk's office.   The clerk of the supreme court and chief deputy clerks of the supreme court shall be included within the blanket surety bond required by § 4-4-108.   Unless otherwise clearly indicated by the context in which it is used, “clerk of a court” or “clerk,” as used in this part, includes “county clerk.”    Code 1858, § 326 (deriv. Acts 1794, ch. 1, §§ 2, 50); Shan., § 402; Code 1932, § 652; Acts 1977, ch. 270, § 16; 1980, ch. 887, § 5; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-208; Acts 1982, ch. 662, § 1; 1993, ch. 70, §§ 6, 7; 1998, ch. 677, § 14; 2013, ch. 315, § 17.
TN Code § 18-2-202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 2 - Accounting and Bonds|Part 2 - Bonds|§ 18-2-202. Commissioner and Receiver Bond

 The several courts may also require their clerks to give bond, in accordance with § 18-2-205, in such sum as the court deems sufficient to cover property or funds that may at any time come to the hands of the clerks as special commissioners or receivers, by appointment of the court or any judge of the court.   Code 1858, § 328 (deriv. Acts 1849-1850, ch. 150, § 2); Shan., § 404; Code 1932, § 654; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-210; Acts 1998, ch. 677, § 15.
TN Code § 18-2-203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 2 - Accounting and Bonds|Part 2 - Bonds|§ 18-2-203. Failure to Give Commissioner and Receiver Bond

 The failure of the clerk to execute the special bond provided for in § 18-2-202 shall not subject the clerk to any penalty, but the court may confide the particular business to such other person as will give the required security, and, in the absence of the special bond, the clerk and the clerk's sureties will be liable, on the regular official bond, for all property or money with which the clerk may be properly chargeable as special commissioner or receiver.   Code 1858, § 329; Shan., § 405; Code 1932, § 655; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-211.
TN Code § 18-2-204 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 2 - Accounting and Bonds|Part 2 - Bonds|§ 18-2-204. Special Bonds

 The court may also require special bonds to meet particular exigencies, and in a suitable penalty, whenever, in its judgment, the interest of suitors render it necessary, subject to § 18-2-203.   Code 1858, § 330; Shan., § 406; Code 1932, § 656; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-212.
TN Code § 18-2-205 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 2 - Accounting and Bonds|Part 2 - Bonds|§ 18-2-205. Entry and Filing of Bonds

 The bonds required in §§ 18-2-201 — 18-2-204, after being acknowledged before, approved and certified by the court, shall be entered upon the minutes within thirty (30) days, and shall then be recorded in the office of the county register of deeds and transmitted to the office of the county clerk for safekeeping.   Code 1858, § 331 (deriv. Acts 1794, ch. 1, §§ 2, 50); Shan., § 407; Code 1932, § 657; impl. am. Acts 1937, ch. 33, § 51; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 14; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-213; Acts 1998, ch. 677, § 16; 2013, ch. 315, § 18.
TN Code § 18-2-206 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 2 - Accounting and Bonds|Part 2 - Bonds|§ 18-2-206. Scope of Liability on Bonds

 The official bonds of clerks, executed under this code, are obligatory on the principal and sureties for every wrongful act or failure of duty in the clerk's official capacity, whether embraced in the condition of the bond or not, or growing out of a law passed subsequently to its execution.   Code 1858, § 335 (deriv. Acts 1849-1850, ch. 150, § 1); Shan., § 411; Code 1932, § 661; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-214.
TN Code § 18-2-207 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 2 - Accounting and Bonds|Part 2 - Bonds|§ 18-2-207. Chancellors to Examine Bonds

 It is the duty of the chancellors, on the first day of each term of their respective courts, to examine the bonds of the respective clerks and masters of those courts, and to ascertain whether they are in conformity to law and whether the sureties on the bonds are good and solvent and worth the penalties of the bonds respectively.
TN Code § 18-2-208 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 2 - Accounting and Bonds|Part 2 - Bonds|§ 18-2-208. Examination of Witnesses and Records

 The chancellors, whenever necessary to arrive at a correct knowledge of the respective bonds and their sufficiency, shall summon witnesses and examine them on oath, and shall examine all records in any of the county or state offices, and all records and papers in the offices of the clerks and masters.
TN Code § 18-2-209 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 2 - Accounting and Bonds|Part 2 - Bonds|§ 18-2-209. Orders to Correct Deficiencies in Bond

 Whenever any chancellor in any manner determines that the bonds of any clerk and master of any court within the chancellor's judicial district are, from any cause, insufficient, the chancellor shall forthwith make a record of the fact on the minutes of the court, and order the clerk and master, within thirty (30) days from that date, to make the clerk and master's bonds sufficient by executing new bonds or giving additional security, and complying with any order of the chancellor in regard to the bonds.
TN Code § 18-2-210 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 2 - Accounting and Bonds|Part 2 - Bonds|§ 18-2-210. Other Courts and County Legislative Bodies Also to Examine Bonds

 Sections 18-2-207 — 18-2-209 shall apply also to the clerks of the other courts of this state, and it shall be the duty of the judges of the supreme, circuit, criminal and special courts, at each term of those courts, respectively, and of the county legislative bodies at every quarterly meeting, to inquire into the bonds of their respective clerks, as the chancellors are required to do; and all the powers for this purpose vested in the chancellors are vested in the judges of the other courts and the county legislative body.
TN Code § 18-2-211 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 2 - Accounting and Bonds|Part 2 - Bonds|§ 18-2-211. Time for Examination of Bonds

 Nothing in §§ 18-2-207 — 18-2-210 is to be construed to prevent the examination of bonds on any other than the first day of any term or meeting, but the examination shall be made at each term and quarterly meeting, as respectively provided, and the examination may be continued from day to day until a satisfactory conclusion is reached.
TN Code § 18-2-212 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 2 - Accounting and Bonds|Part 2 - Bonds|§ 18-2-212. Grand Jury Examination of Bonds

 The grand jury in each county shall inquire into the correctness and sufficiency of the bonds of all the clerks within the county, including the clerk and master of the chancery court, and, for this purpose, they may send for witnesses and examine all necessary records and papers. Should they find any bond of any of the clerks incorrect in form or insufficient in amount, or in the quality of the security on the bonds, it is their duty to return the fact to the court to which the clerk belongs, and thereupon it shall be the duty of the court, without delay, to make an order upon the clerk to execute within thirty (30) days, in lieu of such bond, a new bond, or give additional satisfactory security.
TN Code § 18-2-213 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 2 - Accounting and Bonds|Part 2 - Bonds|§ 18-2-213. Removal for Failure to Execute New Bond

  Should any clerk or clerk and master fail to comply with the order of the clerk or clerk and master's court, it shall be the imperative duty of the court to remove the clerk or clerk and master, and appoint some other person in the clerk's or clerk and master's place.   If a clerk elected by the people is removed, the appointment shall be to fill the unexpired term, but if a clerk and master, or other clerk whose appointment is by law vested in the court is removed, the appointment shall be for a full term of office.   Ample power and authority are vested in the courts to take bond and security to carry into execution this section.
TN Code § 18-4-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 4 - Clerks of Circuit, Criminal, Special and General Sessions Courts|Part 1 - Circuit, Criminal and Special Courts|§ 18-4-101. Election — Tenure

  The clerks of the circuit and criminal courts and other special courts are elected by the qualified voters of the respective circuits and districts over which the local jurisdiction of the courts, respectively, extends.   The clerks' terms of office are four (4) years.    Code 1858, § 324; Shan., § 400; mod. Code 1932, § 650; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-401.
TN Code § 18-4-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 4 - Clerks of Circuit, Criminal, Special and General Sessions Courts|Part 1 - Circuit, Criminal and Special Courts|§ 18-4-102. Chapter Applicable to Criminal and Special Courts

 This chapter applies to clerks of the criminal and other special courts established by law.   Code 1858, § 4084; Shan., § 5898; Code 1932, § 10098; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-407.   Law Reviews.   The Tennessee Court System — Criminal Court (Frederic S. Le Clercq), 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 319.
TN Code § 18-4-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 4 - Clerks of Circuit, Criminal, Special and General Sessions Courts|Part 1 - Circuit, Criminal and Special Courts|§ 18-4-103. Duties

 The clerk of each circuit court, in addition to the duties prescribed by chapters 1 and 2 of this title, is required to:   At each term of the court, when the jury is discharged, make out and certify a list of the jury, with the number of days they have served and the amount due to each, and deliver the list to the county clerk, to be registered by the county clerk, and certificates issued thereon as prescribed by § 18-6-105;   Make out and transmit to the clerk of the supreme court transcripts of the record, in all cases in which appeals in the nature of writs of error have been taken from the clerk of the circuit court's court, within forty (40) days after the rendition of the judgment, unless the case has been determined within forty (40) days of the session of the supreme court, or during such session, and in that event forthwith;   Enter up judgment of the court on its records, after the verdict of a jury;   Note on every execution or order of sale of land, the defendant's direction not to advertise the execution or order in a newspaper;   Present to the judge of the circuit or criminal court all bills of costs for the clerk of the circuit court's certificate, in criminal cases, in which the state or county is liable for the costs;   Record, at full length, on the minutes of the clerk of the circuit court's court, the papers returned into the court by a judge of the court of general sessions, for the purpose of having a condemnation of land levied on by execution from such judge, and order of sale;   Enter, at full length, upon the minutes of the court, the presentment or indictment in cases of felony;   Perform duties in relation to revenue as prescribed in §§ 9-2-108 — 9-2-122 and 9-2-135 [repealed];   Notify the Tennessee bureau of investigation of final disposition of criminal proceedings against a person as soon as practicable but no later than thirty (30) days after final disposition of the criminal proceedings; and   Perform such other duties as are, or may be, required by law.    Code 1858, § 4077 (deriv. Acts 1805, ch. 45, § 2; 1827, ch. 49, § 18; 1835-1836, ch. 17, § 11; 1841-1842, ch. 129, §§ 1, 5; 1843-1844, ch. 215, §§ 3, 9; 1849-1850, ch. 120, § 1); Acts 1866-1867, ch. 36, § 7; Shan., § 5892; Code 1932, § 10093; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 22, 36; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-402; modified; Acts 1998, ch. 1080, § 9; 2016, ch. 739, § 1.
TN Code § 18-4-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 4 - Clerks of Circuit, Criminal, Special and General Sessions Courts|Part 1 - Circuit, Criminal and Special Courts|§ 18-4-104. Adjournment of Court

 Whenever the circuit court judge fails to hold court as required by law, the clerk may, at the expiration of the prescribed time, adjourn the court until the next term.   Code 1858, § 4079 (deriv. Acts 1817, ch. 130, § 1; 1835-1836, ch. 5, § 5); Shan., § 5893; Code 1932, § 10093a; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-403.   Law Reviews.   The Tennessee Court System — Circuit Court (Frederic S. Le Clercq), 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 241.   Collateral References. 21 C.J.S. Courts § 150.   Courts 76.
TN Code § 18-4-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 4 - Clerks of Circuit, Criminal, Special and General Sessions Courts|Part 1 - Circuit, Criminal and Special Courts|§ 18-4-105. Recognizances on Adjournment

 The clerk is authorized, in cases where the court is adjourned pursuant to § 18-4-104, to enter forfeiture of all recognizances previously taken, for the appearance of parties or witnesses, where the parties or witnesses, on being called by the sheriff, fail to appear in pursuance of the recognizances, or to take new recognizances from such of the parties as do appear, according to law, for their appearance at the next term of the court.   Code 1858, §§ 4080, 4081 (deriv. Acts 1817, ch. 130, § 1); Shan., §§ 5894, 5895; Code 1932, §§ 10094, 10095; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-404.   Law Reviews.   The Tennessee Court System — Circuit Court (Frederic S. Le Clercq), 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 241.
TN Code § 18-4-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 4 - Clerks of Circuit, Criminal, Special and General Sessions Courts|Part 1 - Circuit, Criminal and Special Courts|§ 18-4-106. Refusal to Give New Recognizance

 If any person, bound in a recognizance to appear, appears accordingly, but fails or refuses to enter into a new recognizance, similar to and of the purport and effect of the previous recognizance, for the person's appearance at the next term, the person shall be deemed to have surrendered to the sheriff, and shall be in custody until the person enters into such recognizance as is by law required upon surrender by bail in like cases.   Code 1858, § 4082 (deriv. Acts 1817, ch. 130, § 1); Shan., § 5896; Code 1932, § 10096; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-405.   Law Reviews.   The Tennessee Court System — Circuit Court (Frederic S. Le Clercq), 8 Mem. St. U. L. Rev. 241.
TN Code § 18-4-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 4 - Clerks of Circuit, Criminal, Special and General Sessions Courts|Part 1 - Circuit, Criminal and Special Courts|§ 18-4-107. Proceedings on Forfeitures

 The same proceedings shall be had in all cases for forfeitures entered by the clerk, in pursuance of §§ 18-4-104 — 18-4-106, as if the same had been entered by order of court.   Code 1858, § 4083 (deriv. Acts 1817, ch. 130, § 1); Shan., § 5897; Code 1932, § 10097; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-406.   Law Reviews.   The Tennessee Court System — Circuit Court (Frederic S. Le Clercq), 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 241.   Collateral References. Clerks of Courts 36.
TN Code § 18-4-201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 4 - Clerks of Circuit, Criminal, Special and General Sessions Courts|Part 2 - Courts of General Sessions|§ 18-4-201. Compensation of Clerk of General Sessions Court

  The clerk of the circuit court, when acting as clerk of the court of general sessions, shall receive the compensation provided by law for circuit court clerks, as fixed by § 8-24-102. The fees, commissions and emoluments of the clerk of the court of general sessions shall constitute part of the fees, commissions and emoluments of the office of the clerk of the circuit court. The clerk shall receive such additional amount for the clerk's services as clerk of the court of general sessions as may be fixed by any private act in effect on March 11, 1959, or thereafter enacted affecting such county.   However, the clerk of any special court serving as a clerk of general sessions court as provided in § 16-15-301 shall receive only the fees, commissions and emoluments as provided by law for the general sessions court, and the compensation received shall be in addition to the compensation that the clerk receives for the clerk's services in the special court or courts. The compensation of the clerk shall not exceed the maximum statutory amount for the circuit court as allowed by law.
TN Code § 18-4-202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 4 - Clerks of Circuit, Criminal, Special and General Sessions Courts|Part 2 - Courts of General Sessions|§ 18-4-202. Financial Report of General Sessions Court Filed by Clerk

 It is the duty of the clerk of the court of general sessions to make and file with the county clerk of the county for transmission to each regular quarterly session of the county legislative body a complete detailed financial report of all receipts and disbursements of the court of general sessions for the previous quarter.
TN Code § 18-4-203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 18 - Clerks of Courts|Chapter 4 - Clerks of Circuit, Criminal, Special and General Sessions Courts|Part 2 - Courts of General Sessions|§ 18-4-203. Powers and Duties of Clerk

  The clerk of the general sessions court has concurrent authority with the judge to issue warrants and other process and writs, other than those that the law requires to be issued only by a judicial officer, and has the authority to set the amount of bond in the absence of the judge.   It is the duty of the clerk of the general sessions court to:  Keep all dockets required by title 16, chapter 15;   Write all minute entries required;   Promptly make any and all entries necessitated by §§ 16-15-101 - 16-15-711, 18-4-201, 18-4-202, 20-12-143, and 27-5-108, and former §§ 40-118, 40-424, and 40-425 (repealed); and   Notify the Tennessee bureau of investigation of final disposition of criminal proceedings against a person as soon as practicable but no later than thirty (30) days after final disposition of the criminal proceedings.     In counties having a population of not less than twenty thousand seven hundred (20,700) nor more than twenty-one thousand seven hundred (21,700), the clerk of the general sessions court has authority to issue search warrants and peace warrants.
TN Code § 20-2-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 20 - Civil Procedure|Chapter 2 - Process|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 20-2-101. Summons From General Sessions Court

 The summons from a court of general sessions shall be substantially the same as the summons from a court of record, but requiring the defendant to appear before the judge on a day fixed, or generally. If no time or place is designated, the officer serving the process shall notify the defendant of the time and place, and make the officer's return accordingly.   Code 1858, § 2817; Shan., § 4522; Code 1932, § 8649; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 20-204; modified.
TN Code § 20-2-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 20 - Civil Procedure|Chapter 2 - Process|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 20-2-102. Security for Costs and Damages

 The general sessions judge may, and the clerk shall, before issuing the summons or other leading process, require the plaintiff to enter into bond, with sufficient surety, conditioned to prosecute the plaintiff's suit with effect, or to pay such costs and damages as may be awarded against the plaintiff by the court having cognizance thereof, unless the plaintiff sue in forma pauperis.   Code 1858, § 2818 (deriv. Acts 1787, ch. 19, § 1); Shan., § 4523; Code 1932, § 8650; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 20-205.
TN Code § 20-2-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 20 - Civil Procedure|Chapter 2 - Process|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 20-2-103. Date of Process Shown — Penalty for Violation

  The clerk, general sessions judge or attorney issuing any process shall mark on the process the day on which the process is issued; and the sheriff or other officer into whose hands the process comes to be executed, shall, in like manner, mark on the process the day on which the sheriff or other officer received it.   The penalty for neglect of this requirement shall be a forfeiture of one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125), to be recovered in any court having cognizance thereof, by any persons who shall sue for the penalty, with costs.    Code 1858, § 2819 (deriv. Acts 1794, ch. 1, § 9); Shan., § 4524; Code 1932, § 8651; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 20-206.