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TN Code § 8-14-305 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 14 - Public Defenders|Part 3 - Executive Director of the District Public Defenders Conference|§ 8-14-305. Executive Director — Assistants and Staff

  The executive director shall, subject to the approval of the duly elected officers of the district public defenders conference, appoint a deputy executive director, a budget officer and a director and such other assistants and clerical personnel as are necessary to enable the performance of the duties of the office.   Compensation for other assistants and clerical personnel shall be fixed by the executive director with the approval of the executive committee of the district public defenders conference.   A newly elected or appointed executive director, deputy executive director, or employee licensed as an attorney is not permitted to engage in the practice of law except as the duties of such position requires. Notwithstanding any other restrictions, attorneys with pending private legal matters at the time of employment with the office of executive director shall have a reasonable length of time to conclude or transfer such cases in keeping with the standards of professional ethical conduct.
TN Code § 8-14-306 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 14 - Public Defenders|Part 3 - Executive Director of the District Public Defenders Conference|§ 8-14-306. Executive Director — Office and Supplies

 The executive director shall be provided with suitable office space in the supreme court building or other convenient and suitable office space and with all office equipment and supplies necessary to perform the duties of the office.
TN Code § 8-14-307 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 14 - Public Defenders|Part 3 - Executive Director of the District Public Defenders Conference|§ 8-14-307. Executive Director and Personnel — State Employees

 The executive director and personnel of the district public defenders conference shall be state employees, entitled to all state employee benefit programs.
TN Code § 8-14-308 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 14 - Public Defenders|Part 3 - Executive Director of the District Public Defenders Conference|§ 8-14-308. Submission of Budget

 Each year's budget for the operation of the office of executive director of the district public defenders conference shall be submitted to the judiciary committee of the house of representatives and the judiciary committee of the senate prior to approval of the budget by the general assembly.
TN Code § 8-14-401 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 14 - Public Defenders|Part 4 - District Public Defender's Fiscal Affairs|§ 8-14-401. Fiscal Officer

  Whereas the various district public defenders may be entitled to receive funding from various local, state and federal government sources, and private donors, and an orderly system for receiving and disbursing same is necessary, the district public defenders are hereby authorized and empowered to designate the executive director of the district public defenders conference as the fiscal officer for the judicial district served by a district public defender.   The executive director, or the executive director's designee, is hereby authorized and empowered to receive and disburse funds so received for any lawful purpose not inconsistent with this part, subject to the guidelines established by the district public defenders conference.
TN Code § 8-16-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 16 - Notaries Public|Part 1 - Qualifications|§ 8-16-101. Election — Residency Requirement — Eligibility

  There shall be elected by the members of the county legislative body as many notaries public as they may deem necessary. In addition to any other requirement imposed by law, a person must be a United States citizen or a legal permanent resident in order to hold the office of notary public. At the time of their election, all notaries must be residents of the county, or have their principal place of business in the county, from which they were elected. If an individual's principal place of business is in any county in the state of Tennessee, the individual is eligible for election as a notary in that county, although the individual may reside in a state other than Tennessee.   Nothing contained within § 5-5-102(c)(2), or any other law, shall be construed to prohibit a member of a county legislative body from also serving as a notary public; provided, that such member complies with the requirements established within this part.   In addition to any other eligibility requirements, each person applying for election as a notary public shall certify under penalty of perjury that such person:  Has never been removed from the office of notary public for official misconduct;   Has never had a notarial commission revoked or suspended by this or any other state; and   Has never been found by a court of this state or any other state to have engaged in the unauthorized practice of law.      Code 1858, § 1792 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 11, § 1; 1851-1852, ch. 331, § 2; 1853-1854, ch. 139, § 1); Acts 1881, ch. 64, § 1; Shan., § 3194; mod. Code 1932, § 5892; Acts 1971, ch. 142, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-1601; Acts 1989, ch. 334, § 1; 1993, ch. 418, § 3; 2004, ch. 854, §§ 1, 2; 2008, ch. 834, § 1.
TN Code § 8-16-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 16 - Notaries Public|Part 1 - Qualifications|§ 8-16-102. Approval of Notaries

 All notaries shall be approved by the governor. For purposes of this section, “approved” means to accept or to sanction, and does not mean to appoint.   Code 1858, § 1793 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 11, § 4); Shan., § 3195; Code 1932, § 5893; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-1602; Acts 2014, ch. 805, §§ 1, 4.
TN Code § 8-16-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 16 - Notaries Public|Part 1 - Qualifications|§ 8-16-103. Term of Office

 The term of office of notaries public shall be four (4) years, such term to begin on the date of the issuance of their commissions by the governor.
TN Code § 8-16-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 16 - Notaries Public|Part 1 - Qualifications|§ 8-16-104. Surety Bond

 Every notary public, before entering upon the duties of office, shall give bond executed by some surety company authorized to do business in Tennessee as surety, or with two (2) or more good sureties approved by the county legislative body, in the penalty of ten thousand dollars ($10,000), payable to the state, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the notary's duties. The bond shall be filed in the office of the county clerk in the county where elected.   Code 1858, § 1794 (deriv. Acts 1817, ch. 77, § 2; 1835-1836, ch. 11, § 2); Shan., § 3198, Code 1932, § 5898; Acts 1977, ch. 270, § 9; 1978, ch. 619, § 1; 1978, ch. 689, § 4; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 22, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-1604; Acts 1984, ch. 883, §§ 1, 2; 1993, ch. 57, § 3; 2004, ch. 854, § 3; 2007, ch. 254, § 1.
TN Code § 8-16-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 16 - Notaries Public|Part 1 - Qualifications|§ 8-16-105. Oath of Office

 A notary public shall also take and subscribe, before the county clerk or the clerk's deputy within the notary public's county, an oath to support the constitutions of this state and of the United States, and an oath that the notary will, without favor or partiality, honestly, faithfully, and diligently discharge the duties of notary public.   Code 1858, § 1795 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 11, § 2); Acts 1911, ch. 59, §§ 1, 2; Shan., § 3199; Code 1932, § 5899; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 22, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-1605.
TN Code § 8-16-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 16 - Notaries Public|Part 1 - Qualifications|§ 8-16-106. Payment of Fee — Issuance of Commission

 It is the duty of any person elected a notary public, who desires to qualify for such office, to pay to the county clerk of the county in which the notary resides or has principal place of business and was elected, the fee required to be paid into the office of the secretary of state for the issuance of a commission to a notary public. Thereupon, it is the duty of the county clerk to certify the notary's election to the secretary of state and forward to the latter the fee. It is the duty of the secretary of state, upon receipt of the certificate and fee, to forward such commission to the county clerk, when the same has been issued by the governor, and the county clerk shall promptly notify the person to whom such commission is issued that the same has been received in the clerk's office. The county clerk shall be entitled to a fee of seven dollars ($7.00), due with payment of the fee to the secretary of state, for the services performed according to this section.
TN Code § 8-16-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 16 - Notaries Public|Part 1 - Qualifications|§ 8-16-107. Delivery of Commission — Clerk's Record

 The county clerk shall not deliver the commission until the person elected has taken the oath and executed the bond, as required. The county clerk shall make a record of the date of the issuance and the expiration of the commission, noting the same on the bond executed by the notary public and also in the minute entry showing the notary's qualification as such notary public.
TN Code § 8-16-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 16 - Notaries Public|Part 1 - Qualifications|§ 8-16-109. Name Change — Relocation of Notary's Residence or Principal Place of Business to Another County

 If a notary public's surname changes, or if a notary public moves such notary's residence or principal place of business out of the county from which the notary was elected and commissioned to another county in Tennessee, the notary shall notify the county clerk of the county from which the notary was elected and commissioned and shall pay to such county clerk a fee of seven dollars ($7.00). The county clerk shall thereupon notify the secretary of state of the change of address or name change and forward to the secretary of state two dollars ($2.00) of the seven-dollar fee received from the notary.
TN Code § 8-16-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 16 - Notaries Public|Part 1 - Qualifications|§ 8-16-110. Relocation of Notary's Residence or Principal Place of Business to Another State — Surrender of Commission

  If a notary public moves such notary's residence or principal place of business out of the state of Tennessee, such notary is no longer qualified to act as a Tennessee notary public and shall surrender such notary's commission.   It is an offense for any person who has been commissioned as a Tennessee notary public to take acknowledgements or otherwise act in an official capacity after moving out of the state of Tennessee.   A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
TN Code § 8-16-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 16 - Notaries Public|Part 1 - Qualifications|§ 8-16-112. Scope of Authority — Powers — Electronic Signature

  A Tennessee notary public is authorized to act in any county in the state and has the power to acknowledge signatures upon personal knowledge or satisfactory proof, to administer oaths, to take depositions, to qualify parties to bills in chancery, and to take affidavits, in all cases. Furthermore, in all such cases the notary public's seal shall be affixed and the notary public shall sign such documents in ink by the notary's own hand unless otherwise provided by law.   The requirement of a notary public's signature in ink or by the notary's hand and a seal is satisfied if an electronic signature or a digitized image of a wet signature of the person authorized to perform that act, and all other information required to be included, is attached to or logically associated with the document or signature. A physical or electronic image of a stamp, impression, or seal need not accompany an electronic signature.
TN Code § 8-16-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 16 - Notaries Public|Part 1 - Qualifications|§ 8-16-113. Title of Notary Public for the State of Tennessee

 Any notary public fulfilling the requirements of this part shall be known as a notary public for the state of Tennessee, and the official signature of such notary public shall so indicate.
TN Code § 8-16-114 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 16 - Notaries Public|Part 1 - Qualifications|§ 8-16-114. Seal of Notary Public for the State of Tennessee — Imprinting of Seal — Electronic Image — Fee

  The secretary of state shall prescribe and design an official seal to be used by a Tennessee notary public. The seal of office may be imprinted by a rubber or other type of stamp. Such stamp shall imprint the seal of office in any color other than black or yellow, provided the color used to imprint the seal shall be clearly legible and appear as black when photocopied on a non-color copier. Nothing in this subsection (a) shall be construed to require a notary public to procure such a rubber or other stamp or to use a particular color of ink with the stamp prior to the expiration of the notary's term of office, and all impression notary seals shall be valid for use until the end of the notary's term of office. Notwithstanding any other law or this subsection (a) to the contrary, the use of an embossed notary seal after May 12, 2003, shall not render such an acknowledgement defective. No person shall incur any civil or criminal liability for failure to imprint the seal of office in a color required by this subsection (a) nor shall any document or title imprinted with a seal of the wrong color be invalid because of such failure.   The requirement in subsection (a) of an official seal of office or stamp imprinted in color ink is satisfied by an electronically transmitted document, if the document legibly reproduces the required elements of the seal. A physical or electronic image of a stamp, impression, or seal need not accompany an electronic signature.   Every notary public shall, at such notary's own expense, procure a seal of office, which the notary shall surrender to the county legislative body when the notary resigns, or at the expiration of such notary public's term of office, and which such notary's representatives, in case of such notary's death, shall likewise surrender, to be cancelled.   At the notary public's request, the county clerk may obtain an official seal or any part thereof for the notary public. Any county clerk providing this service may charge a fee not to exceed twenty percent (20%) of the cost of the seal or part obtained for the notary public.
TN Code § 8-16-115 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 16 - Notaries Public|Part 1 - Qualifications|§ 8-16-115. Expiration of Commission Indicated on Instruments

 Every certificate of acknowledgement officially executed by a Tennessee notary public shall include the true date of the notary's commission expiration. Failure to include the commission expiration date shall not render void or invalidate such certificate of acknowledgement.
TN Code § 8-16-116 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 16 - Notaries Public|Part 1 - Qualifications|§ 8-16-116. Receipt of Instruments in Evidence

 The attestations, protestations, and other instruments of publication or acknowledgment, made by any notary public under seal, shall be received in evidence.   Code 1858, § 1799 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 11, § 5); Shan., § 3203; mod. Code 1932, § 5906; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-1622; T.C.A. § 8-16-304; Acts 2004, ch. 854, § 18.
TN Code § 8-16-117 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 16 - Notaries Public|Part 1 - Qualifications|§ 8-16-117. Notice of Deposition of Notary Public

 The deposition of a notary public may be taken, whether a suit be pending or not, on ten (10) days' notice to the opposite party, if resident in the state, and forty (40) days' notice out of the state, to be read as evidence between the same parties in any suit then or afterward depending, should the notary die or leave the state before the trial.   Code 1858, § 1802 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 11, § 7); Shan., § 3210; Code 1932, § 5912; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-1623; T.C.A. § 8-16-305; Acts 2004, ch. 854, § 18.
TN Code § 8-16-120 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 16 - Notaries Public|Part 1 - Qualifications|§ 8-16-120. Acting After Expiration of Commission

 It is unlawful for any person who has been commissioned as a notary public, either as a result of election or upon direct appointment by the governor, to take acknowledgments or otherwise act in an official capacity after the expiration of such notary's commission. A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
TN Code § 8-16-121 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 16 - Notaries Public|Part 1 - Qualifications|§ 8-16-121. Depositions Taken by Notaries Public of Other States

 A notary public, duly and lawfully commissioned by the proper authorities of another state and empowered by the law of such state to take depositions, is authorized to take depositions to be used in the courts of this state, upon the same terms that are provided for the taking of depositions by other officials in such states. But the certificate of such notary shall show the date of the commencement and expiration of the commission under which the notary may be acting.
TN Code § 8-16-201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 16 - Notaries Public|Part 2 - Consumer Protection|§ 8-16-201. Notice That Notary Public Is Not an Attorney

   A notary public who is not an attorney licensed to practice law in this state who advertises in any language the person's services as a notary public by radio, television, signs, pamphlets, newspapers, telephone directory or other written or oral communication, or in any other matter, shall include with such advertisement the notice set forth in this section in English and in the language used in the advertisement. The notice shall be of conspicuous size and shall state:  “I AM NOT AN ATTORNEY LICENSED TO PRACTICE LAW IN THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, AND I MAY NOT GIVE LEGAL ADVICE OR ACCEPT FEES FOR LEGAL ADVICE.”    An advertisement on radio or television must include substantially the same message.     A notary public who is not an attorney licensed to practice law in this state is prohibited from advising or assisting in selecting or completing forms affecting or relating to a person's immigration status, unless that conduct is specifically authorized by federal law.
TN Code § 8-16-202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 16 - Notaries Public|Part 2 - Consumer Protection|§ 8-16-202. Prohibited Representations or Advertising

 A notary public who is not an attorney licensed to practice law is prohibited from representing or advertising that the notary public is an immigration consultant, immigration paralegal or expert on immigration matters unless the notary public is an accredited representative of an organization recognized by the board of immigration appeals pursuant to 8 CFR 292.2 or any subsequent federal law.
TN Code § 8-16-203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 16 - Notaries Public|Part 2 - Consumer Protection|§ 8-16-203. Compliance

 Any failure to comply with the foregoing provisions constitutes an unfair or deceptive act as provided for in § 47-18-104.
TN Code § 8-16-204 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 16 - Notaries Public|Part 2 - Consumer Protection|§ 8-16-204. Exceptions

 This part shall not apply to:   Notary services offered by a state or national bank, trust company, savings and loan association, savings bank or by any affiliate or subsidiary of such state or national bank, trust company, savings and loan association or savings bank or any agent or employee thereof; or   Any offering of notary services or listing of fees for notary services as a part of the closing of any loan transaction, extension of credit, security instrument or transfer of title.
TN Code § 8-16-301 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 16 - Notaries Public|Part 3 - Online Notary Public Act|§ 8-16-301. Short Title

 This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Online Notary Public Act.”
TN Code § 8-16-303 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 16 - Notaries Public|Part 3 - Online Notary Public Act|§ 8-16-303. Applicability of Part

 This part only applies to online notarizations.
TN Code § 8-16-304 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 16 - Notaries Public|Part 3 - Online Notary Public Act|§ 8-16-304. Rulemaking

 The secretary of state shall promulgate rules necessary to implement this part, including rules to facilitate online notarizations. Rules must be promulgated in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.
TN Code § 8-16-305 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 16 - Notaries Public|Part 3 - Online Notary Public Act|§ 8-16-305. Standards for Online Notarization

  The secretary of state shall promulgate by rule standards for online notarization in accordance with this part, including standards for credential analysis and identity proofing.   The secretary of state may confer with other appropriate agencies on matters relating to equipment, security, and technological aspects of the online notarization standards.
TN Code § 8-16-306 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 16 - Notaries Public|Part 3 - Online Notary Public Act|§ 8-16-306. Application — Qualifications

  A person who has been commissioned as a notary public may apply to the secretary of state to be commissioned as an online notary public in the manner provided by this section.   A person qualifies to be commissioned as an online notary public by:  Satisfying the qualification requirements for appointment as a notary public under part 1 of this chapter; and   Submitting to the secretary of state an application in the form prescribed by the secretary of state that satisfies the secretary of state that the applicant is qualified.     The application required by subsection (b) must include:  The applicant's legal name as listed in the records of the county where the applicant is commissioned as a notary;   The applicant's physical address in this state, which includes the street address, city, state, and zip code. However, the applicant may provide a post office box number for purposes of receiving mail from the secretary of state;   A valid email address for the applicant;   A valid telephone number of the applicant;   The county in this state where the notary was commissioned as well as the date the notary was commissioned and the date the notary commission expires;   Any other information deemed necessary by the secretary of state for the purpose of determining whether the applicant qualifies to become an online notary; and   A certification that the applicant will comply with the secretary of state's standards promulgated pursuant to § 8-16-305.     The secretary of state may charge a fee for an application submitted under this section not to exceed an amount necessary to administer this part.