Tennessee § 6-53-109 - Minimum age of city and municipal legislators.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 6-53-109 — Minimum age of city and municipal legislators., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 6-53-109. Minimum age of city and municipal legislators.
Notwithstanding general law, private act, or municipal charter to the contrary, no minimum age qualification for membership on the legislative body of any municipality or city shall be greater than twenty-one (21) years of age at the time of taking office nor less than eighteen (18) years of age as a candidate for election to such office; provided, that a minimum age qualification for such membership, within such age range, may be established by a municipality or city by private act, charter provision, or ordinance if authorized by its charter. This section shall not apply to any county with a metropolitan form of government. Acts 1981, ch. 477, § 1. Cross-References. Minimum age requirement for state representative, Tenn. Const., art. II, § 9. Minimum age requirement for state senator, Tenn. Const., art. II, § 10. Qualifications for county legislators, § 5-5-102 .
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 6-53-109 ("Minimum age of city and municipal legislators.") 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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