Any clerk who knowingly and willfully makes a false entry, knowingly and willfully fails to make an entry required by law to be made, or knowingly and willfully makes out an imperfect or incorrect transcript of the proceedings had in the clerk's court, with the intent to affect the result of any cause, commits a Class A misdemeanor.
Code 1858, § 4066; Shan., § 5881; Code 1932, § 10081; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-124; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 111.
Cross-References. Penalty for Class A misdemeanor, §40-35-111.
Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 6 Tenn. Juris., Clerks of Court, § 7.
Law Reviews.
Special Project: Criminal Procedure as Defined by the Tennessee Supreme Court (Julian L. Bibb and Walter Sillers Weems), 30 Vand. L. Rev. (4) 691.
Attorney General Opinions. Publication of criminal court records on the Internet, OAG 00-058 (3/31/00).
Collateral References. 14 C.J.S. Clerks of Courts §§ 8, 79.