Grounds for Removal

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The court may remove its clerk:

  1. Upon conviction of a misdemeanor in office or of a felony;
  2. For nonresidence in the county in which the court is held;
  3. For failing to give security as required by law;
  4. For failing to pay over public moneys or moneys collected officially;
  5. For incapacity, neglect of duty or misbehavior in office; and
  6. For any other cause to which the penalty of removal from office is attached by law.

Code 1858, § 4061 (deriv. Acts 1801, ch. 17, § 1); Shan., § 5876; Code 1932, § 10076; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-119.

Cross-References. Removal of supreme court clerk, §18-3-110.

Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 6 Tenn. Juris., Clerks of Court, §§ 7, 13; 8 Tenn. Juris., Criminal Procedure, § 4.

Cited: Marshall v. Sevier County, 639 S.W.2d 440, 1982 Tenn. App. LEXIS 396 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1982).


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