§ 18-1-501. Creation and Membership of Conference
There is created the Tennessee state court clerks’ conference, which shall be the official organization of the circuit court clerks, clerks and masters, criminal court clerks, juvenile court clerks, probate clerks and elected general sessions court clerks in this state. The membership of the conference shall consist of all circuit court clerks, clerks and masters, […]
§ 18-1-202. Documents Disposable
In all cases that have been finally disposed of, for a period of more than ten (10) years, the clerks of the courts of record are empowered and authorized under the direction and order of the judges of their respective courts to dispose of the records, dockets, books, ledgers and other documents in all such […]
§ 18-1-203. Minute Order for Disposition of Documents
Any order issued by any of the judges of courts of record, as authorized in § 18-1-202, shall be entered on the minutes of the court, setting forth generally what papers, books, documents and records may be disposed of. A detailed inventory in the minute entry shall not be required.
§ 18-1-204. Preservation of Historical Records
Before the clerk destroys or otherwise disposes of, pursuant to § 18-1-202, any records, dockets, books, papers, ledgers and documents, when so authorized by the court, the clerk shall give ninety (90) days’ notice to the state librarian and archivist, whereupon the state librarian and archivist, or the state librarian and archivist’s representative, shall examine […]
§ 18-1-109. Acting as Masters in Chancery
The clerks of the several courts, in all equity causes in their courts, are vested with the powers of clerks and masters of the chancery court. Code 1858, § 4051 (deriv. Acts 1855-1856, ch. 101); Shan., § 5866; Code 1932, § 10068; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-109.
§ 18-1-110. Practice of Law — Security on Bonds
No clerk of any court can practice law in any of the courts of this state, except as provided in § 23-3-102; neither can the clerk become security for the prosecution of suits in the clerk’s court, nor upon any bonds or other obligations required to be executed by the parties in the progress of […]
§ 18-1-111. Providing Copy of Judgment When Payments to Be Made to Court Clerk — Receipt
When a judgment is required by order of a general sessions, circuit or chancery court, or by agreement of the parties, to be paid to the court through the applicable court clerk, the clerk, upon request of the debtor, shall provide the debtor with a copy of the judgment entered by the court or the […]
§ 18-1-113. Delivery of Records to Successor
Upon the suspension or removal from office of any clerk, the clerk shall, on demand of the clerk’s successor or order of the court, deliver over to the successor the books, papers and other articles belonging to the office, such delivery to be enforced as provided in title 8, chapter 49. Code 1858, § 4060 […]
§ 18-1-115. Judgment Affecting City or County Taxes Furnished Tax Collecting Officials
It is the duty of the clerk of any court that renders a judgment or decree affecting city or county taxes to furnish a copy of the judgment or decree to the county trustee or to the city treasurer, comptroller or other municipal officers collecting taxes, as the case may be, of the county or […]
§ 18-1-108. Authority
The clerks of the several courts have authority to: Administer oaths and take affidavits in all cases in which the authority to administer the oath is not confined to some other officer, and the power may be exercised either in vacation or term time; Take depositions to be read as evidence in any judicial proceeding […]