Tennessee § 18-1-101 - Selection and general functions.
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§ 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. Cross-References. Deputies and assistants, §§ 8-20-101 — 8-20-111 . Elected by the people, § 2-1-101 . Elections, time for holding, § 2-3-202 . Examination and filing of bond, §§ 8-19-201 , 8-19-203 . Specific fees authorized, § 8-21-401 . State system of personnel administration, § 8-30-101 et seq. Summary judgment against clerk, §§ 25-3-111 — 25-3-113 . Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 6 Tenn. Juris., Clerks of Court, §§ 2-4. Law Reviews. Special Project: Criminal Procedure as Defined by the Tennessee Supreme Court (Julian L. Bibb and Walter Sillers Weems), 30 Vand. L. Rev. 691. The Tennessee Court System (Frederic S. Le Clercq), 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 189. Attorney General Opinions. The clerk serving as the clerk of the Obion County Juvenile Court must attend the sessions of the court or provide a deputy clerk to do so; in addition, while the statute does not expressly provide that a clerk has a duty to record court sessions or to prepare or draft court orders, such duties fall within the “clerical functions” of a court within the meaning of the statute, OAG 00-112 (6/20/00). Comparative Legislation. General provisions: Ala. Code § 12-2-90 et seq.; § 12-17-80 et seq.; § 12-17-140 et seq. Ark. Code § 16-20-101 et seq. Ga. O.C.G.A. § 15-2-40 et seq.; § 15-6-50 . Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§ 21A.030, 22A.040, 30A.010 et seq. Miss. Code Ann. § 9-3-13 et seq.; § 9-5-131 et seq.; § 9-7-121 et seq. Mo. Rev. Stat. §§ 476.360, 483.010 et seq.; § 483.500 et seq. N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 7A-11, 7A-40, 7A-100 et seq. Va. Code §§ 17-33 — 17-92. Cited: State v. Cole, 81 Tenn. 367, 1884 Tenn. LEXIS 51 (1884); Robertson v. Giant Food Market, Inc., 210 Tenn. 356, 358 S.W.2d 338, 1962 Tenn. LEXIS 446 (1962); West v. Vought Aircraft Indus., 256 S.W.3d 618, 2008 Tenn. LEXIS 412 (Tenn. June 10, 2008). Collateral References. 15A Am. Jur. 2d Clerks of Courts § 2. 14 C.J.S. Clerks of Courts §§ 1-3, 33. Clerks of Courts 3.
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