§ 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.
§ 18-1-101. Selection and General Functions
Each of the courts has a clerk, elected or appointed for a term of years, whose duty it is to attend the court and perform all the clerical functions of the court. Code 1858, § 320 (deriv. Acts 1794, ch. 1, § 2); Shan., § 396; Code 1932, § 646; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-101.
§ 18-1-102. Residence and Office
The clerk of each of the courts shall reside in the county in which the court is held, shall keep an office at the county seat of that county, and give due attendance at the office for the performance of official duties. Code 1858, § 4038 (deriv. Acts 1805, ch. 1; 1832, ch. 7, § […]
§ 18-1-103. Oath of Office
Each clerk of a court must also, before entering on the duties of the office, take an oath to support the constitutions of the United States and of this state, and to execute the duties of the office without prejudice, partiality or favor, to the best of the clerk’s skill and ability; also, that the […]
§ 18-1-104. Deputy’s Oath
Each deputy clerk shall take the oath appointed for the qualification of public officers, and an oath faithfully to discharge the duties of the office to the best of the deputy clerk’s skill and ability. Code 1858, § 333 (deriv. Acts 1794, ch. 1, § 72); Shan., § 409; Code 1932, § 659; T.C.A. (orig. […]
§ 18-1-105. Duties
It is the duty of the clerk of each of the courts to: Sign all summons, writs, subpoenas, executions and process issued from the clerk’s court, and endorse on the back thereof the date of issuance; Keep the several dockets required by law in the respective courts, and keep a rule docket, in which shall […]
§ 18-1-106. Judgment Index
It is the duty of the clerk of the courts of record, and they are required, to keep a judgment index in which the name of each person, partnership, firm or corporation against whom a judgment or decree is rendered shall be entered under the proper alphabet or letter of the person, partnership, firm or […]
§ 18-1-107. Notation as to Party Requesting Process
The clerks of court, in all cases where there are two (2) or more defendants in any case, civil or criminal, and a subpoena for witnesses or other process issues on application of part only of the defendants, shall mark thereon at whose instance the subpoena is issued. Code 1858, § 4049 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, […]