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2023 Tennessee Code › Title 10 - PUBLIC LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES AND RECORDS (§§ 10-1-101 — 10-8-103) › Chapter 5 - REGIONAL LIBRARY BOARDS (§§ 10-5-101 — 10-5-206) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 10-5-101 — 10-5-106) › Section 10-5-103 - [Repealed]

Repealed by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 249, s 5, eff. 7/1/2022.
Amended by 2017 Tenn. Acts, ch. 126, s 11, eff. 7/1/2017.
Acts 1955, ch. 88, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 12; T.C.A., § 10-603; Acts 1982, ch. 689, § 15; 1999, ch. 205, § 2.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 10 - PUBLIC LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES AND RECORDS (§§ 10-1-101 — 10-8-103) › Chapter 5 - REGIONAL LIBRARY BOARDS (§§ 10-5-101 — 10-5-206) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 10-5-101 — 10-5-106) › Section 10-5-104 - [Repealed] Reserved

Repealed by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 249, s 5, eff. 7/1/2022.
Repealed by 2017 Tenn. Acts, ch. 126, s 12, eff. 7/1/2017.
Acts 1955, ch. 88, § 4; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 12; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A., § 10-604; Acts 1982, ch. 689, § 16; 1999, ch. 205, § 3.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 10 - PUBLIC LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES AND RECORDS (§§ 10-1-101 — 10-8-103) › Chapter 5 - REGIONAL LIBRARY BOARDS (§§ 10-5-101 — 10-5-206) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 10-5-101 — 10-5-106) › Section 10-5-105 - [Repealed]

Repealed by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 249, s 5, eff. 7/1/2022.
Acts 1955, ch. 88, § 5; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 12; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A., § 10-605; Acts 1982, ch. 689, § 17; 1999, ch. 205, § 4.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 10 - PUBLIC LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES AND RECORDS (§§ 10-1-101 — 10-8-103) › Chapter 5 - REGIONAL LIBRARY BOARDS (§§ 10-5-101 — 10-5-206) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 10-5-101 — 10-5-106) › Section 10-5-106 - [Repealed]

Repealed by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 249, s 5, eff. 7/1/2022.
Amended by 2017 Tenn. Acts, ch. 126, s 13, eff. 7/1/2017.
Acts 1955, ch. 88, § 6; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 12; T.C.A., § 10-606; Acts 1982, ch. 689, § 18; 1999, ch. 205, § 5; 2008 , ch. 631, § 18.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 10 - PUBLIC LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES AND RECORDS (§§ 10-1-101 — 10-8-103) › Chapter 5 - REGIONAL LIBRARY BOARDS (§§ 10-5-101 — 10-5-206) › Part 2 - REGIONAL LIBRARY EMPLOYEES (§§ 10-5-201 — 10-5-206) › Section 10-5-201 - Transfer of regional library system employees to department of state - Benefits and salaries

(a)
Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, upon July 1, 1999, all full-time employees of the regional library system shall be transferred to the department of state and shall become employees of the office of the secretary of state in the manner provided by §
8-30-102(a)
.
(b)
Full-time employees of regional libraries transferred to the department of state shall be entitled to the same benefits enjoyed by other state employees, including retirement benefits, annual and sick leave, participation in any deferred compensation plan, eligibility for health and accident insurance, longevity pay, sick leave banks, bereavement leave, and all other such benefits.
(c)
Full-time employees of regional libraries transferred to the department of state shall retain their salaries existing at the time of transfer. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any benefits of any kind for state employees that were provided to the employees of a regional library during their employment by the regional library are hereby approved, validated and ratified from the date such benefits were conferred or given to the employees by any department, agency or institution of higher education of the state.
Acts 1999, ch. 205, § 7.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 10 - PUBLIC LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES AND RECORDS (§§ 10-1-101 — 10-8-103) › Chapter 5 - REGIONAL LIBRARY BOARDS (§§ 10-5-101 — 10-5-206) › Part 2 - REGIONAL LIBRARY EMPLOYEES (§§ 10-5-201 — 10-5-206) › Section 10-5-202 - Department of state employees who were previously regional employees - Certification of entitlements

(a)
Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any person currently employed by the department of state who was previously a regional employee shall be treated as a state employee as of the date of employment with the department of state and entitled to all benefits received by regional employees pursuant to this part.
(b)
The personnel officer or appointing authority of the employee of the regional library shall be responsible for certifying entitlement to such sick leave, annual leave, and longevity credit to the department of state.
Acts 1999, ch. 205, § 8.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 10 - PUBLIC LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES AND RECORDS (§§ 10-1-101 — 10-8-103) › Chapter 5 - REGIONAL LIBRARY BOARDS (§§ 10-5-101 — 10-5-206) › Part 2 - REGIONAL LIBRARY EMPLOYEES (§§ 10-5-201 — 10-5-206) › Section 10-5-203 - Existing leave balances, longevity and retirement credit - Certification

(a)
Upon joining as an employee of the state of Tennessee, pursuant to this part, regional library employees shall immediately be credited with their existing leave balances, longevity and retirement credit based on their accumulated years of service as regional library employees.
(b)
The personnel officer or appointing authority of the employee of the regional library is responsible for certifying the accumulated balances of sick leave, annual leave, and longevity credit to the department of state.
Acts 1999, ch. 205, § 9.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 10 - PUBLIC LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES AND RECORDS (§§ 10-1-101 — 10-8-103) › Chapter 5 - REGIONAL LIBRARY BOARDS (§§ 10-5-101 — 10-5-206) › Part 2 - REGIONAL LIBRARY EMPLOYEES (§§ 10-5-201 — 10-5-206) › Section 10-5-204 - Status of regional library employees becoming employees of state - Contributions - Participation - Retirement system benefits - Credit for prior service

Upon joining as employees of the state of Tennessee, regional library employees shall make the same contributions, participate in the same manner, and shall be eligible for the same benefits as state employees participating in the retirement system. Such employees shall be entitled to credit for such prior service with the regional library boards.
Acts 1999, ch. 205, § 10.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 10 - PUBLIC LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES AND RECORDS (§§ 10-1-101 — 10-8-103) › Chapter 5 - REGIONAL LIBRARY BOARDS (§§ 10-5-101 — 10-5-206) › Part 2 - REGIONAL LIBRARY EMPLOYEES (§§ 10-5-201 — 10-5-206) › Section 10-5-205 - Admittance to state group insurance program

Full-time regional library employees shall be admitted to the state group insurance program without proof of insurability.
Acts 1999, ch. 205, § 11.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 10 - PUBLIC LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES AND RECORDS (§§ 10-1-101 — 10-8-103) › Chapter 5 - REGIONAL LIBRARY BOARDS (§§ 10-5-101 — 10-5-206) › Part 2 - REGIONAL LIBRARY EMPLOYEES (§§ 10-5-201 — 10-5-206) › Section 10-5-206 - "Full - time employee of a regional library board" defined

For the purposes of this part, a full-time employee of a regional library board is one who has an annual schedule which includes at least one thousand six hundred (1,600) hours of employment.
Acts 1999, ch. 205, § 12.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 10 - PUBLIC LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES AND RECORDS (§§ 10-1-101 — 10-8-103) › Chapter 7 - PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 10-7-101 — 10-7-702) › Part 1 - PRESERVING AND TRANSCRIBING RECORDS (§§ 10-7-101 — 10-7-123) › Section 10-7-101 - "Records" construed

"Records," as used in this part, shall be construed to mean any records of the county legislative body and common law, circuit, criminal, or chancery court, the register's books, the surveyor's and entry taker's book, and all other public records, required by law to be kept in the several courts of this state.
Acts 1879, ch. 115, § 2; Shan., § 3793; Code 1932, § 7698; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 15-101.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 10 - PUBLIC LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES AND RECORDS (§§ 10-1-101 — 10-8-103) › Chapter 7 - PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 10-7-101 — 10-7-702) › Part 1 - PRESERVING AND TRANSCRIBING RECORDS (§§ 10-7-101 — 10-7-123) › Section 10-7-102 - Books for register's office to be furnished by county

The county legislative body, on demand of the register, shall procure for the register's office well-bound books for the purpose of registering therein such instruments of writing as are required by law to be registered, the cost of which shall be paid by the trustee of the county, on the warrant of the county mayor, which shall be issued on the register producing before the county mayor the receipt of the person from whom the books were purchased, and making affidavit that the register has paid, or is bound to pay, the sum specified in the receipt.
Code 1858, § 2090 (deriv. Acts 1805, ch. 62, § 7); Shan., § 3770; Code 1932, § 7681; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 16, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 15-102; Acts 2003, ch. 90, § 2.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 10 - PUBLIC LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES AND RECORDS (§§ 10-1-101 — 10-8-103) › Chapter 7 - PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 10-7-101 — 10-7-702) › Part 1 - PRESERVING AND TRANSCRIBING RECORDS (§§ 10-7-101 — 10-7-123) › Section 10-7-103 - [Repealed]

Repealed by 2018 Tenn. Acts, ch. 525, s 1, eff. 3/7/2018.
Code 1858, § 2091 (deriv. Acts 1805, ch. 62, § 1); Shan., § 3771; Code 1932, § 7682; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 15-103.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 10 - PUBLIC LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES AND RECORDS (§§ 10-1-101 — 10-8-103) › Chapter 7 - PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 10-7-101 — 10-7-702) › Part 1 - PRESERVING AND TRANSCRIBING RECORDS (§§ 10-7-101 — 10-7-123) › Section 10-7-104 - Mutilated records to be transcribed - Incomplete copies

When any record book or books of the register's office of any county have been damaged or mutilated by fire or otherwise, so that any part of the record in any book is destroyed, or mutilated, or is likely to become destroyed, or mutilated by continual use, the county legislative body of such county shall cause the same to be transcribed by the register, in a fair and legible hand, into a well-bound book or books, to be procured by the county legislative body, all such record books in the order of the dates of the original registration, marking at the top of each copy the original book and page or pages from which the transcript is made, so that no variation may appear between the pages of the transcript and those that were noted in the certificates on the original instruments; and, in all cases where the record of any word, part of word, sentence, part of sentence, or part of instrument, is destroyed, all that remains shall be copied, and the destroyed part indicated with asterisks.
Acts 1877, ch. 83, § 1; Shan., § 3787; Code 1932, § 7683; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 15-104.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 10 - PUBLIC LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES AND RECORDS (§§ 10-1-101 — 10-8-103) › Chapter 7 - PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 10-7-101 — 10-7-702) › Part 1 - PRESERVING AND TRANSCRIBING RECORDS (§§ 10-7-101 — 10-7-123) › Section 10-7-105 - Rebinding or copying books at expense of county

It is the duty of all county registers to have the books of their offices copied when, in the judgment of the county legislative body, they are so worn or mutilated as to need rebinding or copying. The county legislative bodies shall make the necessary appropriations to defray the expenses of the same.
Acts 1899, ch. 272, § 1; Shan., § 3787a1; mod. Code 1932, § 7684; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 15-105.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 10 - PUBLIC LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES AND RECORDS (§§ 10-1-101 — 10-8-103) › Chapter 7 - PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 10-7-101 — 10-7-702) › Part 1 - PRESERVING AND TRANSCRIBING RECORDS (§§ 10-7-101 — 10-7-123) › Section 10-7-106 - Transcript books to be collated and certified to by register and deputy register

The copies made by the register shall be faithfully collated by the register and deputy register, both of whom shall, at the end of each book of transcript, by a joint certificate, certify that they have carefully collated the same with the original record book, and that it contains a full, true, and complete copy or transcript of the record in the original book; and in case any part of the original record is destroyed or mutilated so that the same cannot be ascertained, they shall add to their certificate the words, "so far as the same can be ascertained from its burned or mutilated condition," and the transcript shall be as effectual and valid to all intents and purposes as the original record, except as is provided in §§
10-7-116
and
10-7-118
.
Acts 1877, ch. 83, § 2; Shan., § 3788; mod. Code 1932, § 7685; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 15-106.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 10 - PUBLIC LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES AND RECORDS (§§ 10-1-101 — 10-8-103) › Chapter 7 - PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 10-7-101 — 10-7-702) › Part 1 - PRESERVING AND TRANSCRIBING RECORDS (§§ 10-7-101 — 10-7-123) › Section 10-7-107 - Omission of probate or acknowledgment

When the register as transcriber finds any instrument on the original books registered without the probate or acknowledgment, the register shall leave, in the transcript made by the register, sufficient room to record the probate or acknowledgment of the instrument.
Code 1858, § 2101 (deriv. Acts 1806, ch. 40, § 1); Shan., § 3781; mod. Code 1932, § 7686; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 15-107.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 10 - PUBLIC LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES AND RECORDS (§§ 10-1-101 — 10-8-103) › Chapter 7 - PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 10-7-101 — 10-7-702) › Part 1 - PRESERVING AND TRANSCRIBING RECORDS (§§ 10-7-101 — 10-7-123) › Section 10-7-108 - Entering omitted probate or acknowledgment in transcript where document in existence

Any person having such a registered instrument in such person's possession may produce it to the register as transcriber while such person is transcribing, or to the register after the transcript is completed, and have the probate or acknowledgment entered of record.
Code 1858, § 2102 (deriv. Acts 1806, ch. 40, § 2); Shan., § 3782; mod. Code 1932, § 7687; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 15-108.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 10 - PUBLIC LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES AND RECORDS (§§ 10-1-101 — 10-8-103) › Chapter 7 - PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 10-7-101 — 10-7-702) › Part 1 - PRESERVING AND TRANSCRIBING RECORDS (§§ 10-7-101 — 10-7-123) › Section 10-7-109 - Copy of probate or acknowledgment made by clerk of court on demand

Any person interested in having the probate or acknowledgment of an instrument registered may apply to the clerk of the court before which the probate was made, and, having first made oath that the original instrument is not in such person's possession, power, or control, demand and receive from such person a transcript of the probate or acknowledgment, duly certified by the clerk.
Code 1858, § 2103 (deriv. Acts 1806, ch. 40, § 3; 1807, ch. 62); Shan., § 3783; Code 1932, § 7688; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 15-109.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 10 - PUBLIC LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES AND RECORDS (§§ 10-1-101 — 10-8-103) › Chapter 7 - PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 10-7-101 — 10-7-702) › Part 1 - PRESERVING AND TRANSCRIBING RECORDS (§§ 10-7-101 — 10-7-123) › Section 10-7-110 - Entry in transcript book

On producing such certificate, the register as transcriber shall insert the probate or acknowledgment and certificate at the foot of the deed on the register's record, just as if the original deed had been produced.
Code 1858, § 2104 (deriv. Acts 1806, ch. 40, § 3; 1807, ch. 62); Shan., § 3784; mod. Code 1932, § 7689; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 15-110.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 10 - PUBLIC LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES AND RECORDS (§§ 10-1-101 — 10-8-103) › Chapter 7 - PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 10-7-101 — 10-7-702) › Part 1 - PRESERVING AND TRANSCRIBING RECORDS (§§ 10-7-101 — 10-7-123) › Section 10-7-112 - Register to index transcript book or books

The register shall properly index such transcript book or books.
Acts 1877, ch. 83, § 3; Shan., § 3789; Code 1932, § 7691; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 15-112.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 10 - PUBLIC LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES AND RECORDS (§§ 10-1-101 — 10-8-103) › Chapter 7 - PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 10-7-101 — 10-7-702) › Part 1 - PRESERVING AND TRANSCRIBING RECORDS (§§ 10-7-101 — 10-7-123) › Section 10-7-113 - Special deputies - Appointment by register necessitated

The register of such county is authorized to appoint as many deputies as are necessary to ensure the completion of such transcripts at the earliest time practicable.
Acts 1877, ch. 83, § 4; Shan., § 3790; Code 1932, § 7692; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 15-113.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 10 - PUBLIC LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES AND RECORDS (§§ 10-1-101 — 10-8-103) › Chapter 7 - PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 10-7-101 — 10-7-702) › Part 1 - PRESERVING AND TRANSCRIBING RECORDS (§§ 10-7-101 — 10-7-123) › Section 10-7-114 - Register's fees

For making such transcript, collation, and index, the register shall be entitled to one dollar ($1.00) per one hundred (100) words, to be paid by the county.
Acts 1877, ch. 83, § 4; Shan., § 3791; mod. Code 1932, § 7693; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 15-114; Acts 1987, ch. 80, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 10 - PUBLIC LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES AND RECORDS (§§ 10-1-101 — 10-8-103) › Chapter 7 - PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 10-7-101 — 10-7-702) › Part 1 - PRESERVING AND TRANSCRIBING RECORDS (§§ 10-7-101 — 10-7-123) › Section 10-7-115 - Original deposited in clerk's office

The original records from which the transcript has been made shall be deposited in the clerk's office of the county.
Code 1858, § 2095 (deriv. Acts 1805, ch. 62, § 5); Shan., § 3775; Code 1932, § 7694; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 15-115.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 10 - PUBLIC LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES AND RECORDS (§§ 10-1-101 — 10-8-103) › Chapter 7 - PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 10-7-101 — 10-7-702) › Part 1 - PRESERVING AND TRANSCRIBING RECORDS (§§ 10-7-101 — 10-7-123) › Section 10-7-116 - Copy made from original - Admissibility in evidence

In case any person is dissatisfied with the transcript, and wishes to have access to the original, the clerk shall grant such person a transcript therefrom, but the same shall not be admitted as evidence unless it is found, upon examination, that the transcript in the register's office varies from the original record, so as to alter the meaning and substance thereof, in any deed or title which may be in litigation.
Code 1858, § 2098 (deriv. Acts 1805, ch. 62, §§ 5, 8); Shan., § 3778; Code 1932, § 7695; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 15-116.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 10 - PUBLIC LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES AND RECORDS (§§ 10-1-101 — 10-8-103) › Chapter 7 - PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 10-7-101 — 10-7-702) › Part 1 - PRESERVING AND TRANSCRIBING RECORDS (§§ 10-7-101 — 10-7-123) › Section 10-7-118 - Copies of such transcribed records - Admissibility as evidence

Whenever the records, or any part of the records, of any of the counties are transcribed by order or authority of the county legislative body of such county, on account of the original records being mutilated, defaced, or for any other cause, a certified copy from such transcribed records shall be admissible as evidence in the several courts of this state, and shall have the same validity as if the certified copy was made from the original record, subject to §
10-7-116
.
Acts 1879, ch. 115, § 1; Shan., § 3792; mod. Code 1932, § 7697; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 15-118.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 10 - PUBLIC LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES AND RECORDS (§§ 10-1-101 — 10-8-103) › Chapter 7 - PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 10-7-101 — 10-7-702) › Part 1 - PRESERVING AND TRANSCRIBING RECORDS (§§ 10-7-101 — 10-7-123) › Section 10-7-119 - County legislative bodies authorized to have record books rebound

Whenever any county legislative body of this state, on due examination as now required by law, shall ascertain that any of the books of record in the office of the register, county clerk, clerk and master, or circuit court clerk need to be rebound, in order to preserve and keep in proper condition for use such books, then the county legislative body of such a county may order and empower the chair of the court to take charge of such books of records, and execute a receipt for the same to the proper officer having custody of the books, and at once forward them to some good, competent, and reliable bookbinding firm or company in this state, and take a receipt from the firm or company for such books received by them, and require them to rebind the books and return them to such chair at as early a date as possible.
Acts 1897, ch. 73, § 1; Shan., § 3793a1; Code 1932, § 7699; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 22, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 15-119.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 10 - PUBLIC LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES AND RECORDS (§§ 10-1-101 — 10-8-103) › Chapter 7 - PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 10-7-101 — 10-7-702) › Part 1 - PRESERVING AND TRANSCRIBING RECORDS (§§ 10-7-101 — 10-7-123) › Section 10-7-120 - Liability of register and clerks suspended during rebinding

During the time the record book or books are kept out of the office and custody of the county clerk, clerk and master, circuit court clerk, or register, for the purpose stated in §
10-7-119
, such person shall be released and held harmless and free from all liability on such person's official bond or otherwise for the proper and safekeeping of such books in such person's office.
Acts 1897, ch. 73, § 2; Shan., § 3793a2; Code 1932, § 7700; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 22, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 15-120.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 10 - PUBLIC LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES AND RECORDS (§§ 10-1-101 — 10-8-103) › Chapter 7 - PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 10-7-101 — 10-7-702) › Part 1 - PRESERVING AND TRANSCRIBING RECORDS (§§ 10-7-101 — 10-7-123) › Section 10-7-121 - Government records kept on computer or removable computer storage media

(a)
(1)
Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, any information required to be kept as a record by any government official may be maintained on a computer or removable computer storage media, including in any appropriate electronic medium, instead of bound books or paper records if the following standards are met:
(A)
Such information is available for public inspection, unless it is a confidential record according to law;
(B)
Due care is taken to maintain any information that is a public record during the time required by law for retention;
(C)
All daily data generated and stored within the computer system shall be copied to computer storage media daily, and the newly created computer storage media more than one (1) week old shall be stored at a location other than at the building where the original is maintained; and
(D)
The official can provide a paper copy of the information when needed or when requested by a member of the public.
(2)
Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the government official to sell or provide the media upon which such information is stored or maintained.
(b)
In any county having a population of more than eight hundred thousand (800,000), according to the 1990 federal census or any subsequent federal census, all material that is maintained on a computer or removable computer storage media by the assessor of property that relates to information developed from the assessment of property or that is a record of the final assessment of property shall be made available to the public at cost within thirty (30) days of a request by a member of the public.
Amended by 2014 Tenn. Acts, ch. 648,s 1, eff. 7/1/2014.
Acts 1993, ch. 315, § 10; 1994, ch. 643, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 10 - PUBLIC LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES AND RECORDS (§§ 10-1-101 — 10-8-103) › Chapter 7 - PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 10-7-101 — 10-7-702) › Part 1 - PRESERVING AND TRANSCRIBING RECORDS (§§ 10-7-101 — 10-7-123) › Section 10-7-123 - Electronic access to county government information - Fees - Equal accessibility

(a)
(1)
Each county official may provide computer access and remote electronic access for inquiry only to information contained in the records of that office which are maintained on computer storage media in that office, during and after regular business hours. Such official may charge users of information provided through remote electronic access a reasonable amount sufficient to recover the costs of providing such services and for no other access services. Any such fee shall be uniformly applied. Any official providing remote electronic access to the records of that office shall implement procedures and utilize a system (equipment and software) that does not allow records of that office which may be viewed through remote electronic means to be altered, deleted or impaired in any manner. Any official providing such remote electronic access to any of the records of that office shall file a statement with the comptroller of the treasury at least thirty (30) days prior to offering such service, or if service is being offered, as of June 28, 1997, except those who have previously implemented such a system shall not be subject to these provisions. The statement shall describe the computer equipment, software and procedures used to provide remote electronic access and to ensure that this access will not allow a user to alter, delete or impair any record of the office. The cost of providing computer access or remote electronic access to local records shall not be borne by the state of Tennessee.
(2)
For the purposes of this section, a reasonable fee for providing access to the remote electronic access information system shall be an amount sufficient to recover the cost of actually providing such services and no more. When determining a reasonable fee for online access to review records, such fee and consideration shall not include the cost of storage and maintenance of the records, or the cost of the electronic record storage system.
(3)
Nothing in this section shall permit a fee to be charged for records that are viewed, electronic or otherwise, at the locations where they are maintained and stored.
(4)
Once a remote electronic access information system is in place, access must be given to all members of the public who desire access to such records, and pay applicable reasonable fees as defined in this section, including those who may use such information for proprietary purposes.
(b)
Nothing herein shall permit remote electronic access to records statutorily defined as confidential records.
(c)
This section shall supersede and replace any private acts which conflict with it.
Acts 1997, ch. 304, §§ 1-3.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 10 - PUBLIC LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES AND RECORDS (§§ 10-1-101 — 10-8-103) › Chapter 7 - PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 10-7-101 — 10-7-702) › Part 2 - INDEX OF PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 10-7-201 — 10-7-210) › Section 10-7-201 - Clerks, registers, and other officers to index records - Indexing in name of trust

(a)
Every clerk, register, or other public officer whose duty it may be to keep record books, wherein the records of any court or of any county shall be kept, shall keep an index to each book wherein any suit, decree, judgment, sale, mortgage, transfer, lien, deed, power of attorney, or other record, shall be kept, in which index such clerk, register, or public officer shall enter in alphabetical order, under the name of each party, every suit, judgment, decree, sale, deed, mortgage, or other matter of record required by law to be by such clerk, register or other public officer entered in the record books to be kept by such clerk, register, or other officer, to the end that any judgment, decree, sale, conveyance, mortgage, or other record may be found under the name of either party to any transaction of record.
(b)
A suit, decree, judgment, sale, mortgage, transfer, lien, deed, power of attorney, or other record referencing a trust must be indexed in the name of the trust, if the name is stated in the document, and in the name of each trustee listed in the document.
Amended by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 449, s 2, eff. 7/1/2021.
Acts 1871, ch. 85, § 1; Shan., § 5853; Code 1932, § 10055; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 15-201.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 10 - PUBLIC LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES AND RECORDS (§§ 10-1-101 — 10-8-103) › Chapter 7 - PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 10-7-101 — 10-7-702) › Part 2 - INDEX OF PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 10-7-201 — 10-7-210) › Section 10-7-202 - Register's book to be indexed, direct and reverse - Maintenance of indices by electronic means

(a)
(1)
Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, each register not maintaining all indices required by law on a medium to be read and used by means of a computer or a word processor shall procure as provided by §
10-7-102
or other general law, two (2) or more well-bound books of suitable size, volume and grade of paper, in which the register shall make, enter, and keep a general direct and general reverse index of each and every instrument filed for record or recorded in the office of register, except that notices of completion of improvements to real estate and such other instruments that are not susceptible to direct and reverse indexation may be indexed separately using only a direct index and not entered in a reverse index.
(2)
Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, each register shall have discretion regarding whether to maintain separate indices for distinct books, files, or groups or combinations of records, or whether to combine all indices in a master direct and reverse index for all records maintained in the office of the county register.
(b)
Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, registers may maintain all indices required of the office by electronic means in compliance with the requirements found in §
10-7-121
.
Amended by 2020 Tenn. Acts, ch. 798, s 1, eff. 7/15/2020.
Acts 1925, ch. 89, § 1; Shan. Supp., § 567a1; Code 1932, § 817; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 15-202; Acts 1985, ch. 212, § 1; 1988, ch. 636, § 6.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 10 - PUBLIC LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES AND RECORDS (§§ 10-1-101 — 10-8-103) › Chapter 7 - PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 10-7-101 — 10-7-702) › Part 2 - INDEX OF PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 10-7-201 — 10-7-210) › Section 10-7-203 - Names in deeds of realty to be entered alphabetically in the direct and reverse indices - Other facts to be shown

In the general direct indices of instruments relating to real estate, the register shall enter the name of the grantor or maker of each instrument recorded, alphabetically arranged, the name of the person, firm, or corporation to whom made, the kind of instrument, its date and the date filed for record, each entry to be under the appropriate head title or column. In like manner, the register shall enter in each reverse index the name of the person, firm, or corporation to whom each conveyance or grant is made, alphabetically arranged, the name of the person, firm, or corporation or other maker by whom executed or made, the character and date of the instrument, and the date filed for record, each entry under its appropriate column or head title. In each book the register shall also enter the book and page in which each respective instrument is recorded in the appropriate column and under the appropriate heading therefor.
Acts 1893, ch. 66, § 2; Shan., § 5856; Acts 1925, ch. 89, § 1; Shan. Supp., § 567a2; Code 1932, §§ 818, 10058; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 15-203.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 10 - PUBLIC LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES AND RECORDS (§§ 10-1-101 — 10-8-103) › Chapter 7 - PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 10-7-101 — 10-7-702) › Part 2 - INDEX OF PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 10-7-201 — 10-7-210) › Section 10-7-204 - Direct and reverse indices to personalty - Manner of making

In the two (2) indices of instruments relating to personal property, the register shall likewise enter and keep alphabetically the names of the grantors or persons, firms, or corporations executing or making the contracts or instruments recorded in the direct index, and the name of the persons, firms, or corporations to whom the conveyances or grants are made, in alphabetical order, in the reverse index, followed by the other entries as above required in regard to instruments relating to real estate. Instruments relating to both realty and personalty shall be indexed in each of the above named sets of indices and as above required.
Acts 1925, ch. 89, § 1; Shan. Supp., § 567a3; Code 1932, § 819; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 15-204.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 10 - PUBLIC LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES AND RECORDS (§§ 10-1-101 — 10-8-103) › Chapter 7 - PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 10-7-101 — 10-7-702) › Part 2 - INDEX OF PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 10-7-201 — 10-7-210) › Section 10-7-205 - Time of making indices - One or more indices - Mortgages and deeds of trust

It is the duty of the register to make the entries required in §§
10-7-202
- 10-7-204 for all instruments immediately upon their being recorded; provided, that at the discretion of the register, the register may:
(1)
Index all instruments purporting to convey titles to land in one (1) or more indices, indexing them direct and reverse as provided for in §§
10-7-201
- 10-7-206;
(2)
Keep all deeds of trust or land mortgages in one (1) or more indices, indexing them direct and reverse as required by §§
10-7-201
- 10-7-206;
(3)
Keep all trust deeds or land mortgages and chattel mortgages and other instruments relating to personalty in one (1) or more indices, indexing them direct and reverse as required in §§
10-7-201
- 10-7-206;
(4)
Keep chattel mortgages, in an index, indexing them direct and reverse as required in §§
10-7-201
- 10-7-206; or
(5)
Keep a direct index of chattel mortgages in the same book or volume in which the chattel mortgages are registered or recorded.
Acts 1925, ch. 89, § 1; Shan. Supp., § 567a4; Code 1932, § 820; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 15-205.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 10 - PUBLIC LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES AND RECORDS (§§ 10-1-101 — 10-8-103) › Chapter 7 - PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 10-7-101 — 10-7-702) › Part 2 - INDEX OF PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 10-7-201 — 10-7-210) › Section 10-7-206 - Former indices may be made in addition to required indices

The indices required to be made and kept shall be in lieu of all indices heretofore required of registers; provided, that any register may continue to make and keep such indices previously required, as the register may determine, in addition to the indices required by §§
10-7-202
- 10-7-205.
Acts 1925, ch. 89, § 3; Shan. Supp., § 567a6; Code 1932, § 821; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 15-206.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 10 - PUBLIC LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES AND RECORDS (§§ 10-1-101 — 10-8-103) › Chapter 7 - PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 10-7-101 — 10-7-702) › Part 2 - INDEX OF PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 10-7-201 — 10-7-210) › Section 10-7-207 - Failure to make index - Forfeiture - Qui tam action

For failing to make such index as prescribed, the register shall forfeit one hundred dollars ($100), one-half (1/2) to the use of the state and the other one-half (1/2) to any person who shall sue for the same.
Code 1858, § 455 (deriv. Acts 1839-1840, ch. 26, § 12); Shan., § 569; Code 1932, § 824; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 15-207.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 10 - PUBLIC LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES AND RECORDS (§§ 10-1-101 — 10-8-103) › Chapter 7 - PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 10-7-101 — 10-7-702) › Part 2 - INDEX OF PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 10-7-201 — 10-7-210) › Section 10-7-208 - Penalty for failure to index records

Any clerk, register, or other public officer required by law to keep any record book who willfully violates §§
10-7-201
- 10-7-207 commits a Class C misdemeanor, and, moreover, such person and such person's official sureties are liable to the injured party for all damage sustained by the injured party, in consequence of such failure, to be recovered before any court of competent jurisdiction.
Acts 1871, ch. 85, § 2; Shan., § 5854; Code 1932, § 10056; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 15-208; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 10 - PUBLIC LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES AND RECORDS (§§ 10-1-101 — 10-8-103) › Chapter 7 - PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 10-7-101 — 10-7-702) › Part 2 - INDEX OF PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 10-7-201 — 10-7-210) › Section 10-7-209 - Cross index as to all parties in minute books and execution dockets

The clerks of the supreme court and the clerks of all courts of record are hereby required to index and cross index each record of the minutes of the courts and the execution dockets so respectively required to be kept by them, showing in the direct index, in alphabetical order, the name or names of the plaintiffs or complainants, and against whom the suit is or was brought and, in the cross or reverse index, show the name or names of defendants, in alphabetical order, and by whom the suit is brought.
Acts 1893, ch. 66, § 1; Shan., § 5855; Code 1932, § 10057; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 15-209.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 10 - PUBLIC LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES AND RECORDS (§§ 10-1-101 — 10-8-103) › Chapter 7 - PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 10-7-101 — 10-7-702) › Part 2 - INDEX OF PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 10-7-201 — 10-7-210) › Section 10-7-210 - Violations of preceding section a misdemeanor

For failure or refusal to carry out or comply with §
10-7-209
, such clerk commits a Class C misdemeanor.
Acts 1893, ch. 66, § 3; Shan., § 5857; Code 1932, § 10059; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 15-210; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 10 - PUBLIC LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES AND RECORDS (§§ 10-1-101 — 10-8-103) › Chapter 7 - PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 10-7-101 — 10-7-702) › Part 3 - PUBLIC RECORDS COMMISSION (§§ 10-7-301 — 10-7-308) › Section 10-7-302 - Public records commission created - Duties

A public records commission is hereby created to consist of the state treasurer, the comptroller of the treasury, the secretary of state, the director of legal services for the general assembly, and the commissioner of general services as permanent members, any of whom may designate a deputy with a vote as such person's agent to represent such person, the president of the Tennessee historical society as a nonvoting member, and, when required, one (1) temporary and nonvoting member as provided in §
10-7-303
. It is the duty of the commission to determine and order proper disposition of state records. The commission shall direct the department of state to initiate, through the division of records management, by regulation or otherwise, any action it may consider necessary to accomplish more efficient control and regulation of records holdings and management in any agency. Such rules and regulations may authorize centralized microfilming for all departments, etc., or provide for other methods of reproduction for the more efficient disposition of state records. The commission shall elect its chair and shall meet not less often than twice annually. Members shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses when attending meetings, and those members who do not receive a fixed salary from the state also shall be paid a per diem of ten dollars ($10.00) for each day of actual meeting. All reimbursement for travel expenses shall be in accordance with the comprehensive travel regulations as promulgated by the department of finance and administration and approved by the attorney general and reporter.
Amended by 2013 Tenn. Acts, ch. 207,s 2, eff. 4/23/2013.
Acts 1974, ch. 739, § 2; 1975, ch. 286, § 2; 1976, ch. 806, § 1(58); 1977, ch. 89, § 24; T.C.A., § 15-402; Acts 1981, ch. 364, § 3; 1982, ch. 810, § 3; 1984, ch. 728, § 8.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 10 - PUBLIC LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES AND RECORDS (§§ 10-1-101 — 10-8-103) › Chapter 7 - PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 10-7-101 — 10-7-702) › Part 3 - PUBLIC RECORDS COMMISSION (§§ 10-7-301 — 10-7-308) › Section 10-7-303 - Division of records management - Creation, disposition and preservation of records - Land, legislative and judicial records - Guides

(a)
The division of records management of the department of state shall be the primary records management agency for state government, and as such shall direct the disposition of all records, including electronic processed records and computer output microfilm records.
(b)
The division shall cooperate with other agencies in the creation of records, forms, etc., which will eventually be subject to retention and/or disposition scheduling.
(c)
Whenever the head of any state department, commission, board or other agency has certified that records created by such person's department, either permanent, temporary or working papers, as defined in §
10-7-301
, have reached the end of the retention period established prior to the generation of such records, the public records commission shall then approve or disapprove, by a majority vote, the disposition of such records in a manner specified in the rules and regulations of the commission, and any disposition schedule already in effect may be voided or amended by a majority vote at any time by the commission, upon recommendation of a member of the commission or the head of the appropriate department, commission, board or other agency, in consultation with the staff of the division.
(d)
No record or records shall be scheduled for destruction without the unanimous approval of the voting members of the public records commission.
(e)
All records concerning private or public lands, with the exception of leases, shall be forever preserved. The records of leases required to be preserved pursuant to §
12-2-108(c)
must be forever preserved.
(f)
When the development of a records management system for judicial records or the disposition of judicial records is under consideration, the attorney general and reporter or the attorney general's representative, and the chief justice of the supreme court or the chief justice's representative shall serve as temporary nonvoting members of the commission.
(g)
This part applies to judicial records but does not apply to legislative records.
(h)
(1)
(A)
The division is authorized to develop a protocol manual or to adopt a published protocol manual to be adopted by the executive, judicial and legislative branches of state government.
(B)
The division is authorized to develop a style manual or guide or to adopt a published style manual or guide to be adopted by the executive, judicial and legislative branches of state government.
(2)
A branch of state government may modify an adopted protocol manual or style guide.
Amended by 2023 Tenn. Acts, ch. 25, s 1, eff. 3/10/2023.
Amended by 2013 Tenn. Acts, ch. 207, Secs.s 3, s 4 eff. 4/23/2013.
Acts 1974, ch. 739, § 3; 1975, ch. 286, § 2; 1977, ch. 38, § 2; T.C.A., § 15-403; Acts 1981, ch. 364, § 3; 1984, ch. 891, § 2; 1991, ch. 498, §§ 4, 8; 2001, ch. 328, §§ 2, 3.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 10 - PUBLIC LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES AND RECORDS (§§ 10-1-101 — 10-8-103) › Chapter 7 - PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 10-7-101 — 10-7-702) › Part 3 - PUBLIC RECORDS COMMISSION (§§ 10-7-301 — 10-7-308) › Section 10-7-304 - Records officer, systems or records analyst

The head of each department, commission, board or agency shall designate a records officer, systems analyst, or records analyst, etc., who shall be an employee at the administrative level and who shall be instructed to cooperate with the staff of the division of records management of the department of state and the public records commission in carrying out the purposes of this chapter. It is the duty of the records officer to appear before the public records commission for the purpose of presenting on behalf of such record officer's department, commission, board or agency requests for disposition of records.
Amended by 2013 Tenn. Acts, ch. 207,s 5, eff. 4/23/2013.
Acts 1974, ch. 739, § 4; T.C.A., § 15-404.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 10 - PUBLIC LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES AND RECORDS (§§ 10-1-101 — 10-8-103) › Chapter 7 - PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 10-7-101 — 10-7-702) › Part 3 - PUBLIC RECORDS COMMISSION (§§ 10-7-301 — 10-7-308) › Section 10-7-305 - Administrative officer and secretary - Duties

The commissioner of general services shall be the administrative officer and secretary of the public records commission and act on its behalf and by its direction to make and enter into contracts and agreements with other departments, agencies, boards and commissions of state government as the commission may consider necessary, expedient or incidental to the performance of its duties under this chapter.
Acts 1974, ch. 739, § 5; 1975, ch. 286, § 2; T.C.A., § 15-405; Acts 1981, ch. 364, § 3.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 10 - PUBLIC LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES AND RECORDS (§§ 10-1-101 — 10-8-103) › Chapter 7 - PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 10-7-101 — 10-7-702) › Part 3 - PUBLIC RECORDS COMMISSION (§§ 10-7-301 — 10-7-308) › Section 10-7-306 - Rules and regulations of commission

(a)
The commission shall issue rules and regulations which shall include such procedures as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. Such rules and regulations shall provide, but not be limited to:
(1)
Procedures for the adoption of any record to be created by any department, board, commission or agency;
(2)
Standards and procedures for the reproduction of records for security or for disposal of original records;
(3)
Procedures for compiling and submitting to the division lists and schedules or records proposed for disposition; and
(4)
Procedures for the physical destruction or other disposition of records.
(b)
All rules and regulations must be approved by a majority of the voting members of the commission. The commissioner of general services as the administrative officer and secretary of the commission shall sign all rules and regulations on behalf of the commission.
(c)
The rules and regulations shall be issued and promulgated in accordance with title 4. The commission need not formally meet to act under this section, but may adopt any rule, regulation, procedure or disposal with the written approval of all voting members.
Acts 1974, ch. 739, § 6; 1975, ch. 286, § 2; T.C.A., § 15-406; Acts 1981, ch. 364, § 3.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 10 - PUBLIC LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES AND RECORDS (§§ 10-1-101 — 10-8-103) › Chapter 7 - PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 10-7-101 — 10-7-702) › Part 3 - PUBLIC RECORDS COMMISSION (§§ 10-7-301 — 10-7-308) › Section 10-7-307 - Title to and destruction of records transferred to state archives

Title to any record transferred to the state archives is vested in the state library and archives. The state librarian and archivist may destroy originals of such records if such records have been microfilmed or converted to microform media of such quality which shall meet the minimum standards of the United States government.
Acts 1978, ch. 544, § 4; T.C.A., § 15-407; Acts 1991, ch. 362, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 10 - PUBLIC LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES AND RECORDS (§§ 10-1-101 — 10-8-103) › Chapter 7 - PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 10-7-101 — 10-7-702) › Part 3 - PUBLIC RECORDS COMMISSION (§§ 10-7-301 — 10-7-308) › Section 10-7-308 - Title to records transferred to division

Title to any record transferred to the division (records center) shall remain in the agency transferring such records to a state records center.
Acts 1978, ch. 544, § 4; T.C.A., § 15-408.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 10 - PUBLIC LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES AND RECORDS (§§ 10-1-101 — 10-8-103) › Chapter 7 - PUBLIC RECORDS (§§ 10-7-101 — 10-7-702) › Part 4 - COUNTY PUBLIC RECORDS COMMISSION (§§ 10-7-401 — 10-7-414) › Section 10-7-401 - County public records commission created - Membership

In order to provide for the orderly disposition of public records created by agencies of county government, the county legislative body shall create within the county a county public records commission, composed of at least six (6) members. The county mayor shall appoint three (3) members and the county legislative body shall confirm each appointee. Of the three (3) appointees, one (1) shall be a member of the county legislative body, one (1) shall be a judge of one of the courts of record or designee of such judge which holds court in the county and one (1) shall be a genealogist. The county clerk, or the designee of the county clerk, county register, or the designee of the county register, and the county historian shall be ex officio members of the commission. In counties having a duly appointed county archivist, that person shall also serve as an ex officio member of the commission. In counties having a technology department or information technology department, the county legislative body may designate the director of such department as an ex officio member of the commission, and if so designated, the director or designee of the director shall also serve as an ex officio member of the commission. Each elected member of the commission shall hold office during the term for which the member was elected to office. If a vacancy occurs in one (1) of the appointed positions, the county mayor shall appoint a person in the same manner as the original appointment.
Amended by 2013 Tenn. Acts, ch. 135,Secs.s1, s2 eff. 4/12/2013.
Acts 1959, ch. 253, § 1; 1965, ch. 316, § 1; 1968, ch. 507, § 1; 1977, ch. 78, § 1; 1977, ch. 486, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A., § 15-501; Acts 1987, ch. 195, § 1; 1994, ch. 884, § 1; 1998, ch. 793, §§ 3, 4; 2002, ch. 606, § 1; 2003, ch. 90, § 2; 2006, ch. 605, § 1.