2019 Tennessee Code
Title 16 - Courts
Chapter 16 - County Courts
Part 1 - General Provisions [Repealed in Certain Counties]
§ 16-16-105. Court always open.

Universal Citation: TN Code § 16-16-105 (2019)
  • (a) The county court to be held by the county judge shall be deemed always open for the transaction of any business and the exercise of any jurisdiction conferred upon the county judge or upon the court held by the county judge.

  • (b) Subsection (a) shall only apply in counties having a population, according to the 2000 federal census or any subsequent federal census, of:

    • not less thannot more than 12,80012,900 27,10027,200 43,10043,200 62,30062,400 182,000182,100
  • (c) In counties having a population of not less than thirty-nine thousand fifty (39,050) nor more than thirty-nine thousand one hundred fifty (39,150), according to the 2000 federal census of population or any subsequent federal census, the circuit court clerk, who also serves as the general sessions court clerk, shall serve as the clerk of the court with probate jurisdiction in any such counties.

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