§ 17-1-306. Death or Insanity Pending Appeal
Whenever such a vacancy arising from death or permanent insanity, evidenced by adjudication, occurs after disposition of the motion for new trial and appeal prayed and granted, but before the expiration of the time allowed for filing the bill of exceptions, the successor judge has and possesses the power to approve the bill of exceptions […]
§ 17-1-401. Provision for Secretarial Assistance
Secretarial assistance to trial judges and chancellors of courts of record whose entire compensation is paid by this state shall be provided on the basis of need by the administrative director of the courts. In addition to the judges and chancellors set out in subsection (a), the administrative director of the courts shall provide a […]
§ 17-1-402. Fixing of Salaries — Approval by Chief Justice — Payment
All salaries for secretarial positions shall be fixed within the limits of the appropriation for the salaries by the administrative director of the courts and the commissioner of finance and administration, with the approval of the chief justice of the supreme court. The salaries shall be payable in equal monthly installments out of the treasury […]
§ 17-1-106. Judges to Be Lawyers — Exceptions
In addition to the qualifications provided for judges by Tenn. Const. art. VI, §§ 3 and 4, judges of the supreme court, court of appeals, chancery courts, circuit courts, criminal courts, and courts exercising the jurisdiction imposed in one (1) or more of the chancery courts, circuit courts or criminal courts, shall be learned in […]
§ 17-1-107. Uniformly Reported Caseload Statistics
No additional state trial judge positions shall be created until the Tennessee comptroller of the treasury has established uniformly reported caseload statistics, which may include a weighted caseload formula and that prioritizes the need for additional positions among the judicial districts. The Tennessee comptroller of the treasury shall certify the data to the judiciary committee […]
§ 17-1-201. Attendance at Court Required
Every judge and chancellor is required to hold the terms of courts for which the judge or chancellor is responsible at the regular times appointed by law, unless prevented by sickness of the judge or the judge’s family or by some other unavoidable necessity. Code 1858, § 3937 (deriv. Acts 1853-1854, ch. 39, § 2); […]
§ 17-1-202. Penalty for Failure to Open Court
Any judge or chancellor who fails to open court for which the judge or chancellor is responsible within the first three (3) days of each regular term, without sufficient excuse, shall have one hundred dollars ($100) of salary deducted for the failure. Code 1858, § 3939 (deriv. Acts 1853-1854, ch. 39, § 1); Shan., § […]
§ 17-1-203. Powers in Other Districts
The judges and chancellors are, notwithstanding § 17-1-102, judges and chancellors for the state at large, and as such, may, upon interchange and upon other lawful ground, exercise the duties of office in any other judicial district in the state. Code 1858, § 3915 (deriv. Acts 1822, ch. 10, §§ 1, 2; 1826, ch. 2, […]
§ 17-1-101. Age
A judge of the supreme court shall be thirty-five (35) years of age; of other courts, thirty (30) years of age. Code 1858, § 3910 (deriv. Const. 1834, art. 6, §§ 3, 4); Shan., § 5703; Code 1932, § 9889; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 17-101.
§ 17-1-102. Residence
Each judge and chancellor of a circuit, criminal or chancery court is required to reside in the judicial district or division for which the judge and chancellor is elected, and a removal from the judicial district or division creates a vacancy in the office. Code 1858, § 3914 (deriv. Acts 1809 (Sept.), ch. 49, § […]