2023 Tennessee Code
Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 8-1-101 — 65-168)
Chapter 21 - FEES CHARGED (§§ 8-21-101 — 8-21-1301)
Part 7 - COUNTY CLERKS (§§ 8-21-701 — 8-21-703)
Section 8-21-701 - County clerks - Specific fees authorized

In addition to any other fees for services established by law, county clerks are entitled to demand and receive for the following services the fees attached:

• (1) For issuance of marriage license ....................$10.00

• (2) [Deleted by 2016 amendment.]

• (3) For transfer of business license from one location to another ....................5.00

• (4) For certifying a notary public's election to the secretary of state pursuant to § 8-16-106 ....................7.00

• (5) For receiving and forwarding notice of notary public name change or change of address pursuant to § 8-16-109....................5.00

• (6) For taking and recording official bonds and revenue bonds ....................2.00

• (7) For receiving and paying over state and county revenue, on the amount collected and paid over ....................5%

• (8) For ex officio services, the legislative body may make an allowance not exceeding ....................50.00

• (9) For attending to prosecution for penalties under the inspection laws, on sums collected and paid into the state treasury ....................10%

• (10) For services in the recovery of penalties prescribed against breach of revenue laws in relation to licenses ....................double fees

• (11) For certifying a copy of a document or taking an acknowledgment or affixing seal ....................5.00

• (12) For making copies, per page ....................0.50

• (13)
  • (A) For handling refunds of amounts overpaid ....................up to 2.00
  • (B) A county clerk shall adopt a policy establishing a procedure to be followed if the county clerk receives payments of taxes or fees in excess of the required amount, and that policy shall include one or more of the following:
    • (i) Contacting the person or entity tendering the payment for specific instructions regarding the excess amount;
    • (ii) Allowing the county clerk's office to retain reasonable overage amounts as fees of the office; or
    • (iii) Providing a refund of the excess moneys, less a reasonable amount of the excess payment retained as fees of the office;

• (14) For issuance of permits and licenses for which fees are not otherwise provided ....................5.00

• (15) For filing documents for which fee is not otherwise provided ....................5.00

• (16) For county clerks performing services as clerk of a court, the fees prescribed in part 4 of this chapter.

Amended by 2016 Tenn. Acts, ch. 850, s 1, eff. 4/19/2016.

Code 1858, §§ 683, 685, 4562 (deriv. Acts 1847-1848, ch. 161, § 13); Acts 1859-1860, ch. 77, § 1; 1870-1871, ch. 65, § 24; 1875, ch. 92, § 5; 1883, ch. 152, § 2; 1891, ch. 1, § 39; 1891, ch. 148, § 1; 1899, ch. 371, § 7; 1901, ch. 64, § 11; 1901, ch. 78, §§ 12, 13; 1903, ch. 163, § 1; 1905, ch. 6, § 4; 1905, ch. 76, §§ 11, 12; 1905, ch. 255, § 5; 1907, ch. 602, §§ 28, 62; 1909, ch. 185, § 16; 1915, ch. 38, § 4; 1915, ch. 85, § 11; 1915, ch. 101, § 8; 1915, ch. 152, § 13; 1917, ch. 62, § 12; 1917, ch. 73, §§ 2, 3, 57; Shan., § 6400; mod. Code 1932, § 10704; Acts 1951, ch. 166, § 1; 1953, ch. 20, § 1; modified; impl. am. Acts 1957, ch. 59, § 1; Acts 1963, ch. 145, § 2; 1971, ch. 387, § 24; 1972, ch. 850, § 19; impl. am. Acts 1976, ch. 593, § 23; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 22, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-2126; Acts 1982, ch. 728, § 1; 1986, ch. 614, § 3; 1989, ch. 16, § 2; 2008 , ch. 924, § 1.