Private Acts of 1929 Chapter 840 SECTION 1. That an Act entitled “An Act to provide for a system of good roads to regulate the laying out, working, changing, opening, closing and maintaining of public roads, culverts and ferries and … Continue reading →
Elections in Tennessee are now governed by the general statutes found in Tennessee Code Annotated title 2, chapters 1 through 19. Of particular interest to county officials is chapter 12, which covers the county election commission. The employment of administrator … Continue reading →
Maps and legal descriptions of the boundaries of the county commissioner districts may be found in one of the following offices: county clerk, county election commission, state coordinator of elections, secretary of state, and the division of local government, office … Continue reading →
The general state statutes regulating education are found in title 49 of Tennessee Code Annotated. The following acts constitute part of the administrative and political heritage of the educational structure of Grainger County but are no longer operative since they … Continue reading →
General statutes regulating county boards of education and elementary and secondary education in the public schools may be found in T.C.A. title 49, chapters 1 through 6. County boards of education must be popularly elected to staggered four-year terms from … Continue reading →
The Juvenile Court Restructure Act of 1982, as amended, is codified in Tennessee Code Annotated §§37-1-201 through 37-1-214. Its purpose is to provide adequate juvenile court services in every county. Tennessee Code Annotated §37-1-203 provides that the general sessions courts … Continue reading →
The general statutes on courts of general sessions are found in title 16, chapter 15 of Tennessee Code Annotated. The purpose of this general law is to create a statewide system of general sessions courts, but T.C.A. §16-15-501(c) expressly provides … Continue reading →
The office of district attorney general, including assistant district attorneys and criminal investigators, is covered by title 8, chapter 7 of Tennessee Code Annotated. Section 16-2-506 of T.C.A. establishes the judicial districts of the trial courts and establishes the number … Continue reading →
In some counties of Tennessee, a separate criminal court has been established which has the criminal law jurisdiction of the circuit courts. The criminal court has appellate jurisdiction over criminal law matters decided in the general sessions courts. The criminal … Continue reading →
The circuit court is the traditional trial level “law” court (as opposed to equity court) with broad civil and criminal law jurisdiction. Traditionally, the circuit courts (the “law” courts) applied the common law (case law) and the statutory law. The … Continue reading →
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