Each of the courts has a clerk, elected or appointed for a term of years, whose duty it is to attend the court and perform all the clerical functions of the court.
Code 1858, § 320 (deriv. Acts 1794, ch. 1, § 2); Shan., § 396; Code 1932, § 646; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-101.
Cross-References. Deputies and assistants, §§8-20-101 —8-20-111.
Elected by the people, §2-1-101.
Elections, time for holding, §2-3-202.
Examination and filing of bond, §§8-19-201,8-19-203.
Specific fees authorized, §8-21-401.
State system of personnel administration, §8-30-101 et seq.
Summary judgment against clerk, §§25-3-111 —25-3-113.
Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 6 Tenn. Juris., Clerks of Court, §§ 2-4.
Law Reviews.
Special Project: Criminal Procedure as Defined by the Tennessee Supreme Court (Julian L. Bibb and Walter Sillers Weems), 30 Vand. L. Rev. 691.
The Tennessee Court System (Frederic S. Le Clercq), 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 189.
Attorney General Opinions. The clerk serving as the clerk of the Obion County Juvenile Court must attend the sessions of the court or provide a deputy clerk to do so; in addition, while the statute does not expressly provide that a clerk has a duty to record court sessions or to prepare or draft court orders, such duties fall within the “clerical functions” of a court within the meaning of the statute, OAG 00-112 (6/20/00).
Comparative Legislation. General provisions:
Ala. Code §12-2-90 et seq.; §12-17-80 et seq.; §12-17-140 et seq.
Ark. Code §16-20-101 et seq.
Ga. O.C.G.A. §15-2-40 et seq.; §15-6-50.
Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§ 21A.030, 22A.040, 30A.010 et seq.
Miss. Code Ann. §9-3-13 et seq.; §9-5-131 et seq.; §9-7-121 et seq.
Mo. Rev. Stat. §§ 476.360, 483.010 et seq.; § 483.500 et seq.
N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 7A-11, 7A-40, 7A-100 et seq.
Va. Code §§ 17-33 — 17-92.
Cited: State v. Cole, 81 Tenn. 367, 1884 Tenn. LEXIS 51 (1884); Robertson v. Giant Food Market, Inc., 210 Tenn. 356, 358 S.W.2d 338, 1962 Tenn. LEXIS 446 (1962); West v. Vought Aircraft Indus., 256 S.W.3d 618, 2008 Tenn. LEXIS 412 (Tenn. June 10, 2008).
Collateral References. 15A Am. Jur. 2d Clerks of Courts § 2.
14 C.J.S. Clerks of Courts §§ 1-3, 33.
Clerks of Courts 3.