Tennessee § 40-33-209 - Hearing officer.

Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 40-33-209 — Hearing officer., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 40-33-209. Hearing officer.

The administrative head of the applicable agency shall contract with the secretary of state for use of administrative law judges to conduct forfeiture hearings. The administrative law judge is empowered to subpoena witnesses and compel their attendance and to produce records, memoranda, papers and other documents at any hearing authorized by this part. At all hearings conducted pursuant to this part, the applicable agency shall provide a stenographer or court reporter to take a stenographic record of the evidence adduced at the hearing. Upon application, the claimant shall be entitled to a copy of the stenographic record upon payment of the reasonable costs thereof to be fixed by the administrative head of the applicable agency. All hearings conducted pursuant to this part shall be contested case hearings and shall be conducted pursuant to the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5. Acts 1994, ch. 925, § 1; 2017, ch. 352, §§ 1, 2.

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Section 40-33-209 ("Hearing officer.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.

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