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TN Code § 20-9-609 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 20 - Civil Procedure|Chapter 9 - Trial|Part 6 - Tennessee Court Reporter Act of 2009|§ 20-9-609. Qualification for Licensure — Use of Court Reporter’s License Number Not Authorized Unless Transcript Produced by Licensee or Under Licensee’s Supervision — Licensee Suspension of Revocation for Violation

  To be licensed as a court reporter, an applicant shall submit proof of passage of the National Court Reporters Association registered professional reporter examination, the National Verbatim Reporters Association certified verbatim reporter examination, or the American Association of Electronic Reporters and Transcribers certified electronic court reporter examination. Applications for licensure shall be signed and sworn by the applicants and submitted on forms furnished by the board. All applicants who are found qualified to engage in the practice of court reporting pursuant to this part shall be issued a license as a licensed court reporter and an identifying number. The license shall be valid for two (2) years from the date of issuance. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a licensed court reporter shall not be required to be a notary public to administer oaths to witnesses in the performance of their professional duties as a court reporter.   No licensed court reporter may authorize the use of the court reporter's license number on any transcript not produced through the court reporter's personal effort or supervision, or both. Violation of this subsection (b) may be grounds for license suspension or revocation.
TN Code § 20-9-610 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 20 - Civil Procedure|Chapter 9 - Trial|Part 6 - Tennessee Court Reporter Act of 2009|§ 20-9-610. Reciprocal Agreements With Other Entities — Application for Nonresident Licenses — Fees for Nonresident Application

  The board shall enter into reciprocal agreements with any state, agency or other entity that licenses, certifies or registers court reporters, such as the National Court Reporters Association (NCRA), the National Verbatim Reporters Association (NVRA) or the American Association of Electronic Reporters and Transcribers (AAERT), if the board finds that the state, agency or other entity has substantially the same or more stringent requirements as the board.   The reciprocity agreement shall provide that the board shall license a person who is currently licensed, certified or registered in another state or by another agency or other entity if that state, agency or other entity agrees to license, certify or register any licensees licensed pursuant to this part.   Nonresident court reporters desiring to make a verbatim record of any testimony of a proceeding, the jurisdiction of which is within the courts of this state or where appeal to any court of this state is allowable by law, shall make application for a nonresident license. The applicant shall make application on the same forms as required of other applicants, shall pay a fee in an amount determined by the board and shall present proof that the applicant is a competent licensed court reporter in another state or certified by NCRA, NVRA or AAERT. The board shall issue a nonresident license upon the finding the applicant has met these requirements. The license shall be valid for a period not to exceed two (2) years from the date of issuance. A nonresident court reporter shall reapply for licensure every two (2) years. A licensure fee in an amount determined by the board shall be required.   The board shall establish fees appropriate for processing reciprocal licensing.
TN Code § 20-9-611 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 20 - Civil Procedure|Chapter 9 - Trial|Part 6 - Tennessee Court Reporter Act of 2009|§ 20-9-611. Fees for Licensure

 The fees for licensure pursuant to this part shall be established by the board and shall cover a two-year period from the date of issuance or renewal of the license. All licenses shall expire June 30 in the year of expiration and all renewals will be effective July 1; provided, however, an initial license not issued on July 1 shall be valid from the date of issuance until June 30 of the second year from the June 30 preceding the date of issuance. The board shall impose a prorated fee for any license that is for a period less than twenty-four (24) months. All moneys collected pursuant to this part shall be deposited into the board of court reporting fund. All expenses incurred by the board in implementing and administering this part shall be paid out of the fund; provided, that the expenses of the board shall not be in excess of the moneys in the fund. The board may charge and collect the following fees, which shall be deposited into the fund:   An application fee for a temporary or regular license;   An examination fee, if applicable;   A renewal fee for a temporary or regular license;   A reinstatement fee for any application for reinstatement of a temporary or regular license that has been revoked or suspended; and   A late renewal fee for the renewal of a license after the due date, which shall be payment of the renewal fee plus a penalty as set by the board for each month that elapses before payment is tendered; provided, however, that delinquency of more than six (6) months shall result in revocation of licensure.
TN Code § 20-9-612 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 20 - Civil Procedure|Chapter 9 - Trial|Part 6 - Tennessee Court Reporter Act of 2009|§ 20-9-612. License Renewal — Continuing Education — Notification of Change of Address

  Each person licensed pursuant to this part shall apply for renewal of the license pursuant to dates established by the board. A renewal fee in an amount determined by the board shall be paid for renewal of the license for a two-year period.   The board shall require specific continuing education as a condition for license renewal. In order to maintain licensure, all licensed court reporters and holders of a nonresident certificate will be required to obtain a minimum of two (2.0) continuing education credits over a two-year period in courses approved by the board or in compliance with the continuing education requirements of approved national or state associations. The two-year period will begin on July 1 of the year during which the reporter is initially licensed. No credits may be carried over to the following two-year term.   The board may provide for the late renewal of a license that has lapsed and may require the payment of a late fee or an examination, or both, prior to issuing a renewal license.   Licensees shall notify the board in writing of any change of address within thirty (30) days of the change.
TN Code § 20-9-613 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 20 - Civil Procedure|Chapter 9 - Trial|Part 6 - Tennessee Court Reporter Act of 2009|§ 20-9-613. Applications for Grandfathering Licensure to Practice as Court Reporter — Automatic Granting of Licensure

  Any person who is engaged in the practice of court reporting on or before January 1, 2010, and who:  Provides to the board an affidavit setting forth past education and work experience as a court reporter and:  An affidavit of a judge for whom the person has worked as an official court reporter;   Affidavits of three (3) licensed attorneys; or   Affidavits of two (2) licensed attorneys and one (1) court reporting firm owner, unrelated by blood or marriage to the person, and who have utilized the services of the court reporter or the affidavit of the court reporting firm owner may state that the applicant has engaged in the practice of court reporting, which attest to the court reporter's proficiency in court reporting;     Provides proof of passage of the National Court Reporters Association Registered Professional Reporter examination, the National Verbatim Reporters Association Certified Verbatim Reporter examination, or the American Association of Electronic Reporters and Transcribers Certified Electronic Court Reporter examination; or   Provides proof of a court reporter license issued by any state; provided, that the state has the same or more stringent requirements of this chapter;  and upon payment of a fee in an amount determined by the board, shall be licensed to practice as a court reporter.       Any member in good standing of the Tennessee Court Reporters Association who holds the certified court reporter examination designation on or before January 1, 2010, upon payment of the licensure fee in an amount determined by the board, shall be automatically granted a license pursuant to this part and thereby may practice as a court reporter.   Any member in good standing of the Tennessee Court Reporters Association who holds the certified court reporter designation on or before January 1, 2010, and does not apply for licensure within one (1) year of July 1, 2010, shall be required to pass the licensed court reporter examination and pay applicable licensure fees in order to become a licensed court reporter.   Any member in good standing of the Tennessee Court Reporters Association who holds the registered professional reporter designation, or higher, from the NCRA, NVRA or AAERT on or before January 1, 2010, upon payment of the licensure fee in an amount determined by the board, shall be automatically granted a license pursuant to this part and thereby may practice as a court reporter.     The deadline for receiving applications under subsections (a) and (b) shall be July 1, 2011.   On or before October 1, 2012, any person who provides satisfactory proof that such person graduated from a court reporting program in this state prior to January 1, 2012, shall be licensed to practice as a court reporter.
TN Code § 20-9-614 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 20 - Civil Procedure|Chapter 9 - Trial|Part 6 - Tennessee Court Reporter Act of 2009|§ 20-9-614. Temporary License Upon Proof of Graduation From Court Reporting Program

 Any person who provides to the board satisfactory proof of graduation from a court reporting program or its equivalent shall, upon application to the board on forms approved by the board and payment of a fee in an amount determined by the board, be issued a temporary license to practice as a court reporter. This temporary license shall expire sixty (60) days following the date upon which the next board-approved examination for licensure is given. No more than three (3) additional temporary licenses shall be issued to any applicant who fails to pass the scheduled examination for licensure.
TN Code § 20-9-615 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 20 - Civil Procedure|Chapter 9 - Trial|Part 6 - Tennessee Court Reporter Act of 2009|§ 20-9-615. Inactive Status

 The board shall establish an inactive status for persons who are not actively engaged in the practice of court reporting.
TN Code § 20-9-616 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 20 - Civil Procedure|Chapter 9 - Trial|Part 6 - Tennessee Court Reporter Act of 2009|§ 20-9-616. Disposition and Disbursement of Moneys Collected — Budget — Contracting for Services

  Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, all moneys collected pursuant to this part shall be deposited in the state treasury in a separate fund to be known as the Tennessee board of court reporting fund.   Disbursements from this fund shall be made solely for the purpose of defraying expenses incurred in the implementation and enforcement of this part.   No such expenses shall be payable from the general fund of the state; except for the initial expenses of the board prior to the collection of licensure fees sufficient to defray such expenses.   Any part of the Tennessee board of court reporting fund remaining at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund of the state, but shall be carried forward until expended in accordance with this part.   The board shall budget annually, in advance, its expenditures for programs, services, allocated overhead or chargebacks and other normal operating expenses as determined by the board. These expenditures so established shall be budgeted at the beginning of the fiscal year by the board, not to exceed the fees to be received by the board, including the excesses accumulated in the fund of the board. The commissioner of finance and administration shall inform the board annually, in advance for budgeting purposes, of the allocation of all overhead or chargebacks to the board.   Subject to approval of the comptroller of the treasury and the commissioner of finance and administration, the board may also contract for services to carry out this part.
TN Code § 21-1-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 21 - Proceedings in Chancery|Chapter 1 - Bills in Chancery|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 21-1-101. Application to All Equitable Proceedings

 This title applies to all equitable proceedings in any other court.   Code 1858, § 2752; Shan., § 4443; Code 1932, § 8569; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 21-101.
TN Code § 21-1-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 21 - Proceedings in Chancery|Chapter 1 - Bills in Chancery|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 21-1-102. Oaths to Bills

 Bills required to be under oath may be sworn to in the state before any judge, clerk of a court, general sessions judge or notary public, whose attestation shall be deemed evidence of the fact. Bills required to be under oath may be sworn to out of the state, before a notary public, or a commissioner for this state, whose attestation shall be accompanied by the notary public's or commissioner's seal of office, or before a judge of the state, whose official character shall be attested by the clerk of the court in which the judge presides.   Code 1858, §§ 4330, 4331 (deriv. Acts 1801, ch. 6, § 11; 1826, ch. 19, § 1); Shan., §§ 6140, 6141; Code 1932, §§ 10411, 10412; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 109, § 16; impl. am. Acts 1961, ch. 329, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1963, ch. 345, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, §§ 2, 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 21-106.
TN Code § 21-1-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 21 - Proceedings in Chancery|Chapter 1 - Bills in Chancery|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 21-1-103. Right to Trial by Jury

 Either party to a suit in chancery is entitled, upon application, to a jury to try and determine any material fact in dispute, save in cases involving complicated accounting, as to such accounting and those elsewhere excepted by law or by this code, and all the issues of fact in any proper cases, shall be submitted to one (1) jury.
TN Code § 21-1-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 21 - Proceedings in Chancery|Chapter 1 - Bills in Chancery|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 21-1-104. Appointment of Referees and Commissioners

 The chancellors, in vacation as well as in term, have the power to appoint referees or commissioners to take accounts, where the clerk and master is interested or is unable to attend, or in other cases where it is deemed expedient.   Code 1858, § 4414 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 4, § 12); Shan., § 6224; Code 1932, § 10493; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 21-1104.
TN Code § 21-1-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 21 - Proceedings in Chancery|Chapter 1 - Bills in Chancery|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 21-1-105. Appointments to Serve Process

 The chancellors may also, in like manner, appoint persons to serve original, mesne or final process, in particular cases, under special application.   Code 1858, § 4415 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 4, § 12); Shan., § 6225; Code 1932, § 10494; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 21-1105.
TN Code § 21-1-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 21 - Proceedings in Chancery|Chapter 1 - Bills in Chancery|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 21-1-106. Regulation of Master's Proceedings

 The chancellor may also, in vacation as well as in term, but if in vacation, on reasonable notice to the opposite party, regulate and control all proceedings in the master's office, and, for good cause shown, may set aside, modify or alter any such proceedings, upon such terms as appear equitable.   Code 1858, § 4416 (deriv. Acts 1801, ch. 6, § 41); Shan., § 6226; Code 1932, § 10495; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 21-1106.
TN Code § 21-1-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 21 - Proceedings in Chancery|Chapter 1 - Bills in Chancery|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 21-1-107. Incompetency of Chancellor on Vacation Matters

 In all cases in which the chancellor of the division in which any cause is pending is incompetent, the chancellor of any adjoining division has the same power, in vacation, to make all such orders and decrees, issue all such process, and dissolve, restore or modify injunctions, to appoint receivers, and do and perform any other duty that may be performed by the chancellor of the division, as provided by this part, but notice of the application shall be the same as to time and place as is prescribed for taking depositions. The party making the application shall state, by affidavit, that the chancellor is incompetent.
TN Code § 21-1-201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 21 - Proceedings in Chancery|Chapter 1 - Bills in Chancery|Part 2 - Process|§ 21-1-201. Copy of Bill on Demand

 The clerk shall issue, upon demand, to any one of the defendants, the defendant's agent or attorney, to whom no copy of the bill appears by the sheriff's return to have been delivered, a certified copy of the bill, to be charged in the bill of costs.   Code 1858, § 4344 (deriv. Acts 1845-1846, ch. 122, § 1); Acts 1877, ch. 45, § 2; Shan., § 6154; Code 1932, § 10425; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 21-206.
TN Code § 21-1-202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 21 - Proceedings in Chancery|Chapter 1 - Bills in Chancery|Part 2 - Process|§ 21-1-202. Names Included in Process

 Attachments, injunctions and all other process issued to any one (1) county shall embrace the names of all the defendants required to be served with the process residing in that county.   Code 1858, § 4345 (deriv. Acts 1845-1846, ch. 122, § 3); Shan., § 6155; Code 1932, § 10426; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 21-207.
TN Code § 21-1-203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 21 - Proceedings in Chancery|Chapter 1 - Bills in Chancery|Part 2 - Process|§ 21-1-203. Personal Service Dispensed With

  Personal service of process on the defendant in a court of chancery is dispensed with in the following cases:  When the defendant is a nonresident of this state;   When, upon inquiry at the defendant's usual place of abode, the defendant cannot be found so as to be served with process, and there is just ground to believe that the defendant is gone beyond the limits of the state;   When the sheriff makes return upon any leading process that the defendant is not to be found;   When the name of the defendant is unknown and cannot be ascertained upon diligent inquiry;   When the residence of the defendant is unknown and cannot be ascertained upon diligent inquiry;   When judicial and other attachments will lie, under this code, against the property of the defendant; and   When a domestic corporation has ceased to do business and has no known officers, directors, trustees or other legal representatives on whom personal service may be had.     To dispense with process in any of the cases listed in subsection (a), the facts shall be stated under oath in the bill, or by separate affidavit, or appear by the return.  Code, 1858, §§ 4352, 4353 (deriv. Acts 1787, ch. 22, § 1; 1801, ch. 6, § 14; 1833, ch. 15, § 1; 1833, ch. 47, § 3; 1835-1836, ch. 43, § 5; 1855-1856, ch. 164, § 2); Acts 1915, ch. 42; Shan., §§ 6162, 6163; Code 1932, §§ 10431, 10432; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 21-212; modified.   Rule Reference. This section is referred to in Rule 10 of the Tennessee Rules of Juvenile Procedure.    The order for publication in lieu of personal service may be made at any time after the filing of the bill. The order of publication should contain the names of the parties, the style of the court in which the proceedings are had and the name of the place where the court is held, without any brief or abstract of facts, unless directed by the court.   When the suit is against an unknown defendant, the order of publication should describe the unknown party, as near as may be, by the character in which the unknown party is sued, and by reference to the unknown party's title or interest in the subject matter of the litigation.   Evidence of the publication in pursuance of the order may be by affidavit of the printer or actual production of the newspaper in court.
TN Code § 21-1-204 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 21 - Proceedings in Chancery|Chapter 1 - Bills in Chancery|Part 2 - Process|§ 21-1-204. Service by Publication

 In case personal service is not used, if the defendant does not cause an appearance to be entered, the clerk, as soon as the necessary affidavit is made, shall enter upon the rule docket an order requiring the defendant to appear at a certain day named in the order, being a rule day, and defend, or otherwise the bill will be taken for confessed.   The clerk shall forthwith cause a copy of this order to be published for four (4) consecutive weeks in the newspaper mentioned in the order or designated by the general rules of the court.   Code 1858, §§ 4354-4359 (deriv. Acts 1801, ch. 6, § 4; 1833, ch. 15; 1845-1846, ch. 122, § 7; 1851-1852, ch. 365, § 3; 1853-1854, ch. 55, § 3; 1855-1856, ch. 164, § 2); Shan., §§ 6164-6169; Code 1932, §§ 10433-10438; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 21-213 — 21-217; modified.   Rule Reference. This section is referred to in Rule 10 of the Tennessee Rules of Juvenile Procedure.
TN Code § 21-1-205 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 21 - Proceedings in Chancery|Chapter 1 - Bills in Chancery|Part 2 - Process|§ 21-1-205. Actual Notice to Nonresidents

  Where publication is made for a nonresident defendant, the clerk of the court in which the suit is filed shall mail a copy of the complaint or, after the first publication, mail a copy of the newspaper clipping containing the publication to the nonresident defendant, directed to the nonresident defendant's last known address; and the clerk shall make an entry upon the clerk's docket so showing. The clerk shall mail the copy of the complaint or published notice by return receipt certified or registered mail. The return of the receipt signed by the defendant or the defendant's duly authorized agent, or its return marked refused, evidenced by appropriate notation of that fact by the postal authorities, and filed as a part of the record by the clerk, with notation on the docket of the true facts, shall be evidence of personal notice. In the event the return receipt does not establish that it was signed by the defendant or the defendant's authorized agent or that the notice was refused, then the court may find through independent proof that the defendant had actual notice in compliance with notice requirements. If the court does not find that the defendant had actual notice, it may order new publication on applicable grounds, or order such other and further action to be taken to give the defendant notice.   In those counties where the divorce referee mails notice of the filing of the divorce and a copy of the complaint to a nonresident defendant by certified or registered mail return receipt requested, it shall not be necessary for the clerk of the court to also mail notice. Notice to the nonresident defendant from the divorce referee shall be sufficient, subject to the requirements of evidence of notice as set forth in subsection (a); provided, that the return receipt is filed as part of the record, with notation on the docket of the true facts. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to have changed or amended requirements of the law as to venue or jurisdiction.
TN Code § 21-1-206 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 21 - Proceedings in Chancery|Chapter 1 - Bills in Chancery|Part 2 - Process|§ 21-1-206. Memorandum Book for Process

 The clerk shall keep a memorandum book in which shall be noted the issuance of every subpoena for witnesses, commissions, with the day of issuance, and any other proceedings of the clerk if not entered on the clerk's records, rule docket, or minutes; and the book shall be open for parties or their attorneys to make such memorandums for the direction of the clerk as may be necessary.   Code 1858, § 4433 (deriv. Acts 1801, ch. 6, § 46); Shan., § 6245; Code 1932, § 10530; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 21-219.