Tennessee § 17-2-202 Duty to interchange

Tennessee Statutes

§ 17-2-202 — Duty to interchange

Tennessee § 17-2-202

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Bluebook

Tenn. Code Ann. § 17-2-202 (2026).

Text

(a)Each state trial court judge has an affirmative duty to interchange if:

(1)A judge has died or is unable to hold court;

(2)Two (2) or more judges have agreed to a mutually convenient interchange; or (3) The chief justice of the supreme court has assigned by order a judge to another court pursuant to Tenn. Sup. Ct. R. 11.

(b)A failure to comply with an interchange order of the supreme court is a judicial offense under § 17-5-301(j)(1)(B) . The chief justice shall report such failure to comply immediately to the presiding judge of the board of judicial conduct. The clerk of the supreme court shall maintain such reports for public inspection.

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(a) Each state trial court judge has an affirmative duty to interchange if: (1) A judge has died or is unable to hold court; (2) Two (2) or more judges have agreed to a mutually convenient interchange; or (3) The chief justice of the supreme court has assigned by order a judge to another court pursuant to Tenn. Sup. Ct. R. 11. (b) A failure to comply with an interchange order of the supreme court is a judicial offense under § 17-5-301(j)(1)(B) . The chief justice shall report such failure to comply immediately to the presiding judge of the board of judicial conduct. The clerk of the supreme court shall maintain such reports for public inspection.

Legislative History

Acts 1859-1860, ch. 105, § 3; Shan., § 5713; mod. Code 1932, § 9899; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 17-208; Acts 1997 , ch. 430, § 1; 2012 , ch. 789, § 5; 2012 , ch. 819, § 4.