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2017 Tennessee Code
Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees
Chapter 9 - Coroners
§ 8-9-103. Surety bond.
Universal Citation: TN Code § 8-9-103 (2017)
- (a) The coroner shall, before entering upon duties of that office, enter into an official bond prepared in accordance with chapter 19 of this title. The bond shall be approved by the county legislative body, entered upon the minutes, recorded in the office of the county register of deeds and transmitted to the office of the county clerk for safekeeping. The bond shall be in the amount of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) payable to the state, conditioned truly and faithfully to execute the duties of the office of coroner. The coroner, if failing to give bond within ten (10) days after appointment, shall vacate the office.
- (b) The governing body of any county shall elect, by a two-thirds (2/3) vote, whether or not the coroner of the county shall make a surety bond or a bond with two (2) or more good sureties, approved by the body, prior to the time such coroner is inducted and sworn into office.
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