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2017 Tennessee Code
Title 40 - Criminal Procedure
Chapter 4 - Proceedings Before General Sessions Courts
§ 40-4-122. Municipal courts divested of jurisdiction.
Universal Citation: TN Code § 40-4-122 (2017)
- (a) It is expressly provided that the municipal courts which are located in counties of this state coming within §§ 40-4-121 -- 40-4-124 shall not have any jurisdiction of cases wherein a violation of the laws of the state of Tennessee is charged and alleged, it being the legislative intent of §§ 40-4-121 -- 40-4-124 to vest jurisdiction of those cases in the various general sessions courts of the counties coming within §§ 40-4-121 -- 40-4-124. The offenses enumerated in subsection (b) are declared to be state offenses, and any person charged for violation of those offenses shall be tried only in state courts, as provided in § 40-4-121, in which jurisdiction shall be exclusive. Any ordinance presently enacted to regulate any of the enumerated offenses, or to be later enacted, is declared to be void, repealed and of no effect.
- (b) The enumerated offenses are as follows:
- (1) Driving while intoxicated or drugged, as forbidden by § 55-10-401;
- (2) Failing to stop after a traffic accident, as forbidden by title 55, chapter 10, part 1;
- (3) Driving while license suspended or revoked, as forbidden by § 55-50-504; and
- (4) Drag racing, as defined and forbidden by § 55-10-501.
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