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TN Code § 16-1-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Part 1 - In General|§ 16-1-113. Court Business and Filings — Facsimile Transmissions

  It is the intent of the general assembly, in recognition of the common practice and use of facsimile transmissions (faxes) in business and government, to:  Promote a more efficient means of filing documents and overcome expenses and delays entailed in long distance communication; and   Enable courts in this state to implement procedures for the filing of documents by fax.     Courts in this state may implement procedures for the transmission of documents by fax machines in accordance with this section and § 16-3-408 and the Tennessee supreme court rules.
TN Code § 16-1-114 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Part 1 - In General|§ 16-1-114. Immunity for Judges Sitting Specially or by Interchange

 Any judge or lawyer sitting specially under § 16-15-209 or § 17-2-208 or by interchange shall have the same immunity as the judge for whom the judge or lawyer is sitting, and the state or county that would provide the defense for the judge for whom the lawyer or judge is sitting shall be required to provide the defense for the substitute judge.
TN Code § 16-1-115 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Part 1 - In General|§ 16-1-115. Electronic Signatures

 Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, courts in this state may implement procedures for the use of electronic signatures in the signing of pleadings, court orders, judgment orders, affidavits of complaint, arrest warrants, a mittimus or other court documents. An electronic signature may be used to sign a document and shall have the same force and effect as a written signature.
TN Code § 16-1-116 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Part 1 - In General|§ 16-1-116. Transfer of Actions or Appeals

 Notwithstanding any other law or rule of court to the contrary, when an original civil action, an appeal from the judgment of a court of general sessions, or a petition for review of a final decision in a contested case under the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, is filed in a state or county court of record or a general sessions court and such court determines that it lacks jurisdiction, the court shall, if it is in the interest of justice, transfer the action or appeal to any other such court in which the action or appeal could have been brought at the time it was originally filed. Upon such a transfer, the action or appeal shall proceed as if it had been originally filed in the court to which it is transferred on the date upon which it was actually filed in the court from which it was transferred.
TN Code § 16-1-118 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Part 1 - In General|§ 16-1-118. Utilization of Electronic Court Filing System Provider Authorized by the Administrative Office of the Courts

 Unless otherwise provided by law, all courts in this state that implement an electronic court filing system pursuant to Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 46 and Tennessee Rule of Civil Procedure 5B shall utilize only a system provider authorized by the administrative office of the courts. The administrative office of the courts shall establish technical standards with the goals of ensuring integrity of filings, assuring an environment that promotes uniformity and ease of filing, and providing the framework for future compatibility among e-filing solutions implemented by local and state courts. Nothing in this section shall require the administrative office of the courts to begin implementing a statewide e-filing system.
TN Code § 16-1-119 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Part 1 - In General|§ 16-1-119. Advisory Task Force to Review Composition of Judicial Districts

    By no later than September 1, 2018, the speaker of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives shall establish an advisory task force to review the composition of Tennessee's current judicial districts codified at § 16-2-506.   The task force shall be composed of eleven (11) members, as follows:   Three (3) current trial court judges, one (1) representing each grand division, appointed by joint action of the speaker of the senate and speaker of the house of representatives;   Three (3) current district attorneys general, one (1) representing each grand division, appointed by joint action of the speaker of the senate and speaker of the house of representatives;   Three (3) current district public defenders, one (1) representing each grand division, appointed by the joint action of the speaker of the senate and speaker of the house of representatives; and   Two (2) citizen members, one (1) appointed by each speaker. The citizen members must reside in different grand divisions.     The speakers shall jointly designate one (1) of the members to serve as chair of the task force.      By no later than December 1, 2019, the task force shall complete its findings and recommend and publish a proposed statewide judicial redistricting plan. The plan shall provide reasonable and timely access to Tennessee's circuit, chancery, and criminal courts and shall promote the efficient utilization of publicly funded resources allocated for the courts.   Prior to completing its findings and recommending this plan, the task force shall conduct at least one (1) public hearing within each of the three (3) grand divisions and shall receive oral and written testimony from interested organizations and citizens of this state. In addition, the task force shall establish a publicly accessible judicial redistricting task force page on the website of the administrative office of the courts for redistricting-related information, including meeting notices and redistricting plans.     The task force shall deliver a report of its findings, as well as its proposed judicial redistricting plan, to the governor, the speakers of the senate and house of representatives, the judiciary committee of the senate, the judiciary committee of the house of representatives, and the administrative office of the courts at least one (1) week prior to publication of the proposed judicial redistricting plan.      The administrative office of the courts shall provide support services to the task force created under this section.   The members of the task force shall serve without compensation but shall be entitled to reimbursement of any travel expenses incurred. All reimbursement for travel expenses shall be in conformity with the comprehensive state travel regulations as promulgated by the commissioner of finance and administration and approved by the attorney general and reporter.   The task force shall cease to exist upon completion of the task force's report and recommendations.
TN Code § 16-1-120 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Part 1 - In General|§ 16-1-120. Processing Passport Applications — Photographs for Passports

 If a court clerk chooses to process passport applications, the court clerk may take photographs for the passports and charge a reasonable fee for such service.
TN Code § 16-2-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 2 - Judicial Divisions and Districts|Part 1 - Appellate Courts|§ 16-2-101. Grand Divisions — Appeals From Marion County

  For the administration of justice in the supreme court, the court of appeals and the court of criminal appeals, the state is divided into the three (3) grand divisions described in §§ 4-1-201 — 4-1-204.   All appeals, writs of error and appeals in the nature of a writ of error from the chancery and circuit courts of Marion County shall be granted to and heard by the supreme court, the court of appeals and the court of criminal appeals, within their respective jurisdictions, sitting at Nashville.    Code 1858, § 100 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 3, § 8); Shan., § 129; Acts 1923, ch. 70; Code 1932, § 147; Acts 1941, ch. 17, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, §§ 147, 148; impl. am. Acts 1967, ch. 226, § 1; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 16-201.   Law Reviews.   Tennessee Criminal Law: An Overview of the Courts and a Compendium of Tennessee Criminal Procedure, 5 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 90.   The Tennessee Court System (Frederic S. Le Clercq), 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 189.   Comparative Legislation. Judicial divisions:   Ala.  Code § 12-11-2.   Ga. O.C.G.A. § 15-6-1 et seq.   Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 21A.010 et seq.   Miss.  Code Ann. § 9-5-3 et seq.; § 9-7-3 et seq.   Mo. Rev. Stat. § 478.073 et seq.   N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-1 et seq.   Va. Code § 17-119.1:1 et seq.   Collateral References. Courts 50, 74, 75.
TN Code § 16-2-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 2 - Judicial Divisions and Districts|Part 1 - Appellate Courts|§ 16-2-102. Places Where Supreme Court Sessions Held

 The supreme court for the eastern division is held at Knoxville; for the middle division, at Nashville; and for the western division, at Jackson. In addition to the places where the supreme court is required to be held by the Constitution of Tennessee, it may be held in other places that the chief justice may from time to time designate.   Code 1858, § 104; Acts 1867-1868, ch. 76, § 1; 1869-1870, ch. 18, § 1; 1870, ch. 24, § 3; Shan., § 133; Code 1932, § 151; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 16-202; Acts 1984, ch. 713, § 1.
TN Code § 16-2-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 2 - Judicial Divisions and Districts|Part 1 - Appellate Courts|§ 16-2-103. Times of Supreme Court Sessions

 The court shall hold one (1) session each year, as follows: at Knoxville on the second Monday in September; at Nashville on the first Monday in December; and at Jackson on the first Monday in April of each year.   Code 1858, § 105; Acts 1877, ch. 4, § 1; Shan., § 134; Code 1932, § 152; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 16-203.
TN Code § 16-2-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 2 - Judicial Divisions and Districts|Part 1 - Appellate Courts|§ 16-2-104. Transfer of Supreme Court Cases Between Divisions

 The supreme court is empowered to direct the hearing of all of the cases coming to the supreme court from any county, in any division of the state, in any other division of the state; provided, that all appeals, appeals in error, writs of error, petitions for certiorari and all other proceedings for the correction of error arising in the respective divisions shall be taken to Knoxville, Nashville and Jackson, transcripts there filed, and all decrees, orders and judgments shall be entered at Knoxville, Nashville and Jackson; provided, however, that nothing in this section shall be construed to interfere with or dispense with the regular sittings of the supreme court at Knoxville, Nashville and Jackson, for the trial and disposition of the causes in the respective grand divisions of the state, but that this section shall only apply to emergency causes, to causes wherein the general public welfare demands a speedy hearing, to causes involving the title to any public office, or to causes where the parties agree thereto, arising in any grand division, either during vacation or when the court is sitting in some other grand division, or to the consideration and decision of causes which the court, sitting in any grand division, has not had time to decide before adjourning.
TN Code § 16-2-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 2 - Judicial Divisions and Districts|Part 1 - Appellate Courts|§ 16-2-105. Transfer of Supreme Court Cases by Consent of Parties

 The hearing and determination of any case, other than those involving emergency or general public welfare referred to in § 16-2-104, may, upon written application, presented in person by counsel representing all parties, and with the unanimous approval of the court, be transferred from any one (1) grand division to the court sitting in any other grand division of the state, this provision being intended to expedite the hearing of important cases, the speedy determination of which is advisable.
TN Code § 16-2-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 2 - Judicial Divisions and Districts|Part 1 - Appellate Courts|§ 16-2-107. Transfer of Cause of Action

 In judicial districts that have a separate circuit and chancery court or in districts that have more than one (1) division of circuit or chancery court, if a civil cause of action is filed in the improper court or the improper division of court within the judicial district, upon the motion of either party, or upon the court's own motion, the civil cause of action may be transferred to the proper court or proper division within such district.
TN Code § 16-2-501 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 2 - Judicial Divisions and Districts|Part 5 - Trial Courts|§ 16-2-501. Legislative Purpose — Existing Courts

  The general assembly expressly declares that its purpose in enacting this part is to reorganize the existing trial court system of this state in such a way that its growth occurs in a logical and orderly manner. It does not have as its purpose the abolition of any court or judicial office.   Nothing in this part shall be construed as altering, diminishing or abolishing chancery court or the constitutional and historical distinctions between chancery court and circuit court.
TN Code § 16-2-502 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 2 - Judicial Divisions and Districts|Part 5 - Trial Courts|§ 16-2-502. Titles of Judges — Jurisdiction

 Each trial court judge shall continue to be officially known and designated as either a chancellor, circuit court judge, criminal court judge, or law and equity court judge, depending upon the position to which the chancellor or judge was elected or appointed prior to June 1, 1984. Any judge or chancellor may exercise by interchange, appointment, or designation the jurisdiction of any trial court other than that to which the judge or chancellor was elected or appointed.
TN Code § 16-2-503 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 2 - Judicial Divisions and Districts|Part 5 - Trial Courts|§ 16-2-503. Filing and Processing of Actions

 Suits shall be filed in the same court and processed by the same clerk as they were filed and processed prior to September 1, 1984.
TN Code § 16-2-504 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 2 - Judicial Divisions and Districts|Part 5 - Trial Courts|§ 16-2-504. Selection of Clerk and Master — Trial Court Judge as Chancellor

 In those judicial districts in which this part has left a particular district without a chancellor, all trial court judges within that district shall be designated as chancellors for the purpose of selecting the clerk and master. The trial court judges shall also sit as chancellors for the purpose of disposing of those cases filed in chancery court. In judicial districts in which one (1) or more chancellors remain, the clerk and master shall continue to be selected as provided by law.
TN Code § 16-2-507 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 2 - Judicial Divisions and Districts|Part 5 - Trial Courts|§ 16-2-507. Incumbent Judges — Cooperation Between Judges

  All incumbent trial court judges shall hold office in and serve the judicial district of which they have been designated by § 16-2-506.   It is the affirmative duty of every trial court judge to fully cooperate with the presiding judge and the other judges in the district.
TN Code § 16-2-509 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 2 - Judicial Divisions and Districts|Part 5 - Trial Courts|§ 16-2-509. Presiding Judges

  The judges in each judicial district shall assemble for the purpose of selecting a presiding judge of the district. In August of each year, the judges within each district shall assemble at the call of the presiding judge and select a successor to such presiding judge who shall serve until September 1 of the following year. If upon any selection date the judges in any district fail to choose or are unable to agree upon the selection of a presiding judge, the chief justice of the supreme court shall designate one (1) of their number to serve.   It is the duty of the presiding judge to:  Reduce docket delays and hold congestion to a minimum;   Seek and maintain an equitable distribution of the workload and an equal sharing of the bench and chambers time necessary to dispose of the business of the district;   Promote the orderly and efficient administration of justice within the district; and   Take immediate and affirmative action to correct or alleviate any caseload imbalance, or any condition adversely affecting the administration of justice within the district over which the judge presides.     To effectuate the duties enumerated in subsection (b), the presiding judge may assign cases to judges and chancellors within the district over which the judge presides. In assigning cases, the presiding judge shall, whenever possible and not detrimental to the orderly and efficient administration of justice, give due regard to the court upon which the judge or chancellor serves, the judge's or chancellor's particular background, experience and preference and economy of judicial travel time.   If a presiding judge is unable to correct a caseload imbalance or reduce docket delays utilizing the available judges within the district over which the judge presides, it is the affirmative duty of the presiding judge to contact other presiding judges and request assistance or contact the supreme court and request assistance pursuant to § 16-3-502.   This part shall not be construed as altering or modifying any law concerning interchange by agreement.
TN Code § 16-2-510 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 2 - Judicial Divisions and Districts|Part 5 - Trial Courts|§ 16-2-510. Holding of Court — Terms Abolished — Grand Juries

  Court shall be held within each judicial district at such times and on such dates as the judges of each judicial district fix by rule. Court shall be held in each county within the district as often as is necessary to dispose of the business of the court. Not less than thirty (30) days prior to the rule taking effect, the rule shall be published and circulated to the practicing bar, and filed with the administrative director of the courts.   Terms of court are abolished and the minutes of all courts shall remain open continuously. Any reference in Tennessee Code Annotated to the beginning of a term of court shall be deemed to be a reference to the appropriate date fixed by rule as provided by this section.   New grand juries shall be impaneled at least twice a year at times selected by the presiding judge of the district. The presiding judge within each district shall be responsible for designating the foreperson and for impaneling, charging and receiving the report of the grand jury, but may designate another judge to perform these responsibilities. In those districts in which there is a criminal court judge or judges, the criminal court judge or judges shall perform the duties pertaining to the grand jury assigned to the presiding judge by this subsection (c).
TN Code § 16-2-511 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 2 - Judicial Divisions and Districts|Part 5 - Trial Courts|§ 16-2-511. Uniform Rules of Practice — Designation of Court by Certain Types of Cases

 Uniform rules of practice may be promulgated in each district by the judges of the district. The rules shall be consistent with the statutory law, the rules of the supreme court and the rules of criminal and civil procedure. The judges within a district may, by rule, designate courts or parts of a court that will be primarily responsible for hearing certain types of cases or cases dealing with certain areas of the law. Not less than thirty (30) days prior to the rules taking effect, copies of the rules shall be published and circulated to the practicing bar and filed with the administrative director of the courts.
TN Code § 16-2-512 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 2 - Judicial Divisions and Districts|Part 5 - Trial Courts|§ 16-2-512. Recommendations Classifying Elected Additional Judges

  Where § 16-2-506 requires the election of an additional judge in a judicial district, the presiding judge of the district shall notify the trial court vacancy commission in writing of the judge's recommendation as to whether the additional judge will be a circuit court judge, criminal court judge, or chancellor and of the part of court the judge or chancellor will serve. The recommendation must be made by January 1 of the year in which the additional judge is to be elected and must be made only after consultation with all other trial level judges in the district, all local bar associations in the district, and any other person or group with an interest in the recommendation.   The trial court vacancy commission has thirty (30) days from receipt of the written recommendation provided for in subsection (a) to approve or reject it; provided, that the recommendation stands approved unless rejected by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the entire commission. No recommendation shall be rejected except following a public hearing of the commission held upon ten (10) days' advance notice to the presiding judge who made the recommendation and to the public. At the hearing, interested parties may present evidence on the issue. If the recommendation is not approved or rejected within thirty (30) days, the recommendation is considered approved.   Upon the trial court vacancy commission's approval of a recommendation pursuant to this section, it shall notify the governor of its decision. Upon receiving this recommendation, the governor shall send notice that a vacancy has occurred to the commission and shall fill the vacancy in accordance with title 17, chapter 4, part 3.   The administrative director of the courts shall notify the presiding judge of the affected district of the commission's action and shall notify the election commission of each county in the affected district of the type of judge and part of court of the judge to be elected. Upon receiving such information, each election commission shall prepare the ballot to be used in such judicial election accordingly.