Duties

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2. Tennessee Code
3. Clerks of Courts
4. Supreme Court Clerks
5. Duties

The clerk of the supreme court, in addition to the duties prescribed by chapters 1 and 2 of this title, is required to:

1. Preserve the written opinions of the judges as other records of the clerk of the supreme court's office, subject to the inspection of all persons wishing to examine them, and to furnish certified copies of the written opinions, on demand, to any person applying and paying the lawful fees;
2. Deliver to the attorney general and reporter the original opinions of the court within ten (10) days after the decision;
3. Issue to the inferior courts, within sixty (60) days, and before the next term of the inferior court after the adjournment of the supreme court, certified copies of the opinions and judgments or decrees in all cases reversed and remanded;
4. Pay over costs incurred in inferior courts, as provided in § 20-12-140;
5. Note on the execution docket executions not returned at the time specified in the execution; and
6. Perform such other duties as are or may be required of the clerk of the supreme court by law.

Code 1858, § 4088 (deriv. Acts 1823, ch. 54, § 5; 1829, ch. 60, § 1); Acts 1881, ch. 4, § 4; Shan., § 5902; mod. Code 1932, § 10102; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-302.

Cross-References. Cross index as to all parties in minute books and execution dockets, §10-7-209.

Entry of decrees in chancery court records, §21-1-811.

Fees for services, title 8, ch. 21, parts 4 and 5.

Opinions of supreme court, enrollment and delivery to attorney general, §8-6-201.

Report and payment of revenues, §§9-2-108 —9-2-122.

Services for court of appeals, §16-4-106.

Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 6 Tenn. Juris., Clerks of Court, § 12.

Law Reviews.

The Tennessee Court System — Supreme Court (Frederic S. Le Clercq), 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 191.

Collateral References. Clerks of Courts 1.

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