§ 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.
§ 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 […]
§ 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 […]
§ 16-1-117. Reporting Case Statistics — Automated Court Information System
It is the duty of the administrative office of the courts to collect, develop, and maintain uniform statistical information relative to court caseloads in Tennessee. To assist the administrative office of the courts in this duty, the clerks of each court shall report case data as set forth below: Each criminal case shall be assigned […]
§ 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 […]
§ 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 […]
§ 16-1-110. Implied Covenants in Sales of Land
In cases where the sale is made at the voluntary instance of parties, the decree or deed of the clerk shall imply a covenant of seisin and warranty of title by the parties whose interest is sold, their heirs and representatives, unless otherwise provided in the face of the decree. Code 1858, § 4105; Shan., […]
§ 16-1-111. Use of Papers Filed in Federal Courts
In all cases that have been removed from the courts of the state to the federal courts, and that have been afterward remanded to the state courts, the pleadings, depositions and proofs that have been filed in the federal court during its pendency there shall be used as if the pleadings, depositions and proofs had […]
§ 16-1-112. Justice of the Peace — Name Change Throughout Code
Tennessee Code Annotated is amended in each of its provisions providing the judicial powers, duties, functions or jurisdiction of the justice of the peace to delete references to “justice of the peace” or any variation of those words and to substitute instead references to the “court of general sessions” or “judge of the court of […]
§ 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 […]