The county clerks are elected by the qualified voters of the respective counties over which the local jurisdiction of the county legislative body, respectively, extends. Their term of office is four (4) years. The county clerk shall be the clerk of the county legislative body. If any vacancy occurs in the office of county clerk, […]
County court clerk shall assume the title “county clerk.” The county clerk shall assume all the duties of the county court clerk and all statutes referring to county court clerks shall apply with equal force and effect to the county clerk. The office of county clerk shall remain an office in this state regardless of […]
Notwithstanding the duties prescribed for the county clerk in chapters 1 and 2 of this title and §§ 18-6-101, 18-6-102 and 18-6-104, the board of commissioners in any county with a population of six hundred thousand (600,000) or more is authorized to employ its own clerk to serve at its meetings and to employ its […]
The county clerk, in addition to the duties prescribed by chapters 1 and 2 of this title, is required, as clerk to: Act as clerk of the county legislative body; Keep a docket of all the causes to be tried in the court; Enter upon the docket every suit, motion and action that may come […]
The county clerk has the following duties in regard to revenue: List in a book provided for that purpose all appropriations and allowances made by the county legislative body, all claims of jurors and officers for attendance, or other claim chargeable against the county, setting forth the character, description and for what purpose made, including […]
Notwithstanding any law or public, private, special or local act to the contrary, no county clerk shall serve as clerk of a court with probate jurisdiction. In any county in which the county clerk is performing this function, the duties as to administration of estates and guardian appointments shall be vested in either the clerk […]
The county clerk has the duty to enter in particular books, to be provided and kept for that purpose only, every guardian’s first account of the guardian’s ward’s estate, received into the guardian’s hands and possession, and each annual account of profits and disbursements afterwards exhibited by such guardian. Subsection (a) shall only apply in […]
The county clerk has the duty to take the probate or acknowledgment of all deeds and other instruments that are entitled to registration by law, and to certify the same for registration, and to demand and receive the state tax thereon, as specified in title 67, chapter 4, part 4. Subsection (a) shall only apply […]
The county clerk has the following duties as to marriages: To endorse on or append to the marriage license the form of the return; and To register, in a well-bound book, the names of the parties, and the date of the issuance of a marriage license, and to copy immediately, under or opposite thereto, the […]
The county clerk has the duty to record in well-bound books all letters testamentary and of administration, all guardian appointments and all settlements made by the clerk with guardians and personal representatives. Subsection (a) shall only apply in counties having a population, according to the 2000 federal census or any subsequent federal census, of: not […]
The county clerk is required to perform such other duties as are, or may be, by law required of the county clerk. Code 1858, § 4075; Shan., § 5890; Code 1932, § 10091; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 22, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-609.
Whenever the county clerk is incompetent, because of interest or relationship, to do or perform any official act required by law to be done by the county clerk, it shall be lawful and is the duty of the county mayor or appropriate judge to do and perform the act. When the clerk is incompetent to […]
The county clerks are authorized and empowered to take depositions in any legal proceeding to the same extent and after the same manner as notaries public, and in taking such depositions the clerks shall attest the depositions under their official seals, and for such services shall be entitled to the same compensation as notaries public.
The county clerks are authorized and empowered to take affidavits and administer oaths for general purposes to the same extent as judges of the courts of general sessions and notaries public. They shall attest the affidavits and oaths under their official seals or the seals of their respective courts. As compensation for their services in […]
If the office of the county clerk becomes vacant due to death, resignation or removal, the duties of the county clerk shall be temporarily discharged by the chief deputy, or deputy designated as temporary successor by the county clerk in writing, until a successor county clerk is elected or appointed and qualified according to law.
