Secretary of State — Specific Fees Authorized

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The secretary of state is entitled to demand and receive, as above, and shall charge for the following services the fees annexed, among others, to be collected and paid into the state treasury:

  1. For all copies, transcripts, or records made, for every one hundred (100) words  $  .10
  2. For commission of each notary public  5.00
  3. For commission of each commissioner of deeds  10.00
  4. For commission of each appointee of the governor  5.00
  5. For attaching the great seal to any document, except those herein named and pardons  2.00
  6. For each certificate, without seal of state  .25
  7. For each charter or certificate of a municipal corporation  50.00
  8. For each copy of plats from the maps in the secretary  of state's office  .50
  9. For services as to charters of incorporation of sanitary  districts  2.00
  10. For filing and recording trademark  5.00
  11. For license of child care agency  1.00
  12. For filing certificate of recommendation of child care agency  1.00
  13. For annual license to lying-in or maternity home  1.00
  14. For copies of executive acts, legislative proceedings, and public or private laws in the state library, ten cents (10¢) for every one hundred (100) words, and twenty-five cents (25¢) for the certificate.

Code 1858, §§ 3806, 4529 (deriv. Acts 1849-1850, ch. 190); Acts 1859-1860, ch. 77, § 2; 1875, ch. 142, § 4; 1893, ch. 6, § 1; 1899, ch. 2, §§ 1, 2; 1899, ch. 323, § 1; 1901, ch. 64, § 1; 1905, ch. 21, § 4; 1917, ch. 20, §§ 3, 4; Shan., § 6367; mod. Code 1932, § 10672; Acts 1951, ch. 203, § 1; 1968, ch. 523, § 1 (17.02); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-2106; Acts 2004, ch. 854, § 19.

Compiler's Notes. Acts 2004, ch. 854, § 17 provided that after July 1, 2004, all references contained in the Tennessee Code Annotated to “notary at large” or “notary public at large” shall be deemed references to “notary public for the state of Tennessee”.

Cross-References. Accounting for fees, §§8-22-118 —8-22-121.

Business corporations, fees, §48-11-303.

Charitable organizations, registration fees, §§48-101-504 —48-101-506,48-101-517.

Nonprofit corporations, fees, §48-51-303.

Payment of fee by notary, §8-16-106.


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