§ 18-1-301. Grounds for Removal

The court may remove its clerk:

1. Upon conviction of a misdemeanor in office or of a felony;
2. For nonresidence in the county in which the court is held;
3. For failing to give security as required by law;
4. For failing to pay over public moneys or moneys collected officially;
5. For incapacity, neglect of duty or misbehavior in office; and
6. For any other cause to which the penalty of removal from office is attached by law.

Code 1858, § 4061 (deriv. Acts 1801, ch. 17, § 1); Shan., § 5876; Code 1932, § 10076; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-119.