Tennessee § 16-15-402 General duties

Tennessee Statutes

§ 16-15-402 — General duties

Tennessee § 16-15-402

Title16

This text of Tennessee § 16-15-402 (General duties) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Tennessee primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

Tenn. Code Ann. § 16-15-402 (2026).

Text

It is the duty of a general sessions court judge:

(1)To return all marriage licenses under which the judge has solemnized the rites of matrimony to the office of the county clerk within thirty (30) days;

(2)To deliver over, in case of resignation, removal, or expiration of the judge's term of office, all the judge's official books and papers, according to law; and (3) Not to sign a warrant or summons or any other leading process, attachment or document until written out in full.

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

It is the duty of a general sessions court judge: (1) To return all marriage licenses under which the judge has solemnized the rites of matrimony to the office of the county clerk within thirty (30) days; (2) To deliver over, in case of resignation, removal, or expiration of the judge's term of office, all the judge's official books and papers, according to law; and (3) Not to sign a warrant or summons or any other leading process, attachment or document until written out in full.

Legislative History

Code 1858, § 4126 (deriv. Acts 1805, ch. 66, § 1; 1809 (Sept.), ch. 63, § 2; 1829, ch. 125, § 1; 1835-1836, ch. 17, §§ 7, 13-15); Acts 1889, ch. 251, §§ 1, 2; Shan., § 5938; mod. Code 1932, § 10139; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 22, 36; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, §§ 2, 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 19-203; Acts 1993, ch. 241, §§ 10, 11.