Tennessee § 8-7-234 - Attorneys serving as criminal investigators.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 8-7-234 — Attorneys serving as criminal investigators., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 8-7-234. Attorneys serving as criminal investigators.
Notwithstanding §§ 8-7-230 and 8-7-231 , if a district attorney general having a vacant criminal investigator position appoints a licensed attorney to that position and designates that person to serve as an assistant district attorney general, the appointee may, on the recommendation of the hiring district attorney general and with the approval of the executive committee of the Tennessee district attorneys general conference, be compensated as an assistant district attorney general as provided for in § 8-7-227 . Acts 1994, ch. 704, § 10.
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 8-7-234 ("Attorneys serving as criminal investigators.") 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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