Election — Term of Office — Clerk of County Legislative Body

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  1. The county clerks are elected by the qualified voters of the respective counties over which the local jurisdiction of the county legislative body, respectively, extends.
  2. Their term of office is four (4) years.
  3. The county clerk shall be the clerk of the county legislative body.
  4. If any vacancy occurs in the office of county clerk, the vacancy shall be filled as provided for in § 5-1-104(b).

Code 1858, § 324 (deriv. Const. 1834, art. 6, § 13); Shan., § 400; mod. Code 1932, § 650; modified; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, § 7; Acts 1978, ch. 934, § 22; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-601; modified; Acts 1981, ch. 318, § 8.

Cross-References. Annual audit, §4-3-304.

Appointment and term of office of attorney general and reporter, Tenn. Const., art. VI, § 5.

Consolidated retirement system, title 8, chs. 34-37, 39.

County clerk to be elected, term of office, Tenn. Const., art. VII, § 1.

Deputies and assistants, title 8, chapter 20.

Incompetence to act, §§5-6-114,5-6-115.

Retirement system for county officials (superseded), Vol. 3, Appendix.

Salary, §§8-24-101 —8-24-109.

Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 6 Tenn. Juris., Clerks of Court, § 6; 8 Tenn. Juris., Counties, § 18.

Law Reviews.

The Tennessee Court System (Frederic S. Le Clercq), 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 189.

Comparative Legislation. County court clerks:

Ark.  Code §14-14-1301 et seq.

Ga. O.C.G.A. §15-6-50 et seq.

Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 64.005 et seq.

Miss.  Code Ann. §9-9-29.

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 51.010 et seq.

Cited: Carver v. Dennis, 886 F. Supp. 636, 1995 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 6927 (M.D. Tenn. 1995).

Collateral References. Clerk of Courts 7.


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