Tennessee § 8-10-103 - Vacation of office by removal from district.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 8-10-103 — Vacation of office by removal from district., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 8-10-103. Vacation of office by removal from district.
A constable shall vacate office by removal from the district, and is liable to a penalty of forty dollars ($40.00) for acting as constable after such removal, to be recovered before any judge of the court of general sessions of the county in which the constable resides, one half (½) to the use of the person suing, and the other one half (½) to the use of the county. Code 1858, § 399 (deriv. Const., 1834, art. 6, § 15); Shan., § 490; Code 1932, § 736; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, §§ 2, 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-1003.
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 8-10-103 ("Vacation of office by removal from district.") 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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