Tennessee § 16-15-101 - Establishment — Certain counties excepted.

§ 16-15-101. Establishment — Certain counties excepted.

There is created and established a court in and for each county of the state, except in counties having a population of not less than nine thousand one hundred seventy-five (9,175) nor more than nine thousand two hundred (9,200), according to the last federal census or any subsequent federal census, which shall be designated as the court of general sessions. It is the intent of this section to create a general sessions court in every county not expressly excepted in this section. In any county where a general sessions court has been created pursuant to the general provisions of this chapter, it is intended that the county shall always have a general sessions court unless abolished by another general statute. In counties in which there is no court of general sessions as provided in this section, references in this code to the court of general sessions are deemed to include the court having the jurisdiction of the court of general sessions in such counties. Acts 1959, ch. 109, §§ 1, 22; 1959, ch. 255, § 1; 1959, ch. 265, § 1; 1961, ch. 30, § 1; 1961, ch. 51, § 1; 1961, ch. 188, § 1; 1963, ch. 307, §§ 1, 2; 1965, ch. 116, § 1; 1974, ch. 507, § 1; 1976, ch. 738, § 1; 1979, ch. 68, § 1; T.C.A., § 16-1101; Acts 1998, ch. 573, § 1. Compiler's Notes. For table of U.S. decennial populations of Tennessee counties, see Volume 13 and its supplement. Cross-References. Power of general assembly to create courts, Tenn. Const., art. VI, § 1. Textbooks. Tennessee Criminal Practice and Procedure (Raybin), § 7.1. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 17 Tenn. Juris., Justices of Peace and General Sessions Courts, §§ 2, 4. Law Reviews. Don't miss a move. Making rules 5 and 5.1 work for your clients in General Sessions Court (Robert Little), 37 No. 3 Tenn. B.J. 12 (2001). Effective Minor Courts — Key to Court Modernization, (James G. France), 40 Tenn. L. Rev. 29. The Impossible Balance: A Tennessee judge makes the case for abolishing state's part-time judgeships (Judge James L. Cotton Jr.), 37 No. 5 Tenn. B.J. 12 (2001). Cited: Crawford v. Gilpatrick, 646 S.W.2d 433, 1983 Tenn. LEXIS 608 (Tenn. 1983); Sexton v. Sevier County, 948 S.W.2d 747, 1997 Tenn. App. LEXIS 71 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1997).