2021 Tennessee Code
Title 5 - Counties
Chapter 2 - Changes in Boundaries—new Counties
§ 5-2-103. Memorial for Division of County

Universal Citation: TN Code § 5-2-103 (2021)
  1. Any person desiring to divide a county shall prefer a memorial to the general assembly for that purpose.

  2. The memorial shall describe the line or lines of the proposed division and be accompanied by a fair and accurate plat of the county to be divided, representing together the old counties and the new one, the survey and plat to be made by a sworn surveyor, and by such surveyor subscribed and certified to be just and true.

Code 1858, §§ 88, 89 (deriv. Acts 1796 (March S.), ch. 13, §§ 1, 2); Shan., §§ 110, 111; Code 1932, §§ 129, 130; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 5-203.

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