Tennessee § 18-6-108 Probate of instruments

Tennessee Statutes

§ 18-6-108 — Probate of instruments

Tennessee § 18-6-108

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Bluebook

Tenn. Code Ann. § 18-6-108 (2026).

Text

(a)The county clerk has the duty to take the probate or acknowledgment of all deeds and other instruments that are entitled to registration by law, and to certify the same for registration, and to demand and receive the state tax thereon, as specified in title 67, chapter 4, part 4.

(b)Subsection (a) shall only apply in counties having a population, according to the 2000 federal census or any subsequent federal census, of: not less than not more than 12,800 12,900 27,100 27,200 43,100 43,200 62,300 62,400 182,000 182,100 (c) In counties having a population of not less than thirty-nine thousand fifty (39,050) nor more than thirty-nine thousand one hundred fifty (39,150), according to the 2000 federal census or any subsequent federal census, the circuit court clerk, who also serves as the

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(a) The county clerk has the duty to take the probate or acknowledgment of all deeds and other instruments that are entitled to registration by law, and to certify the same for registration, and to demand and receive the state tax thereon, as specified in title 67, chapter 4, part 4. (b) Subsection (a) shall only apply in counties having a population, according to the 2000 federal census or any subsequent federal census, of: not less than not more than 12,800 12,900 27,100 27,200 43,100 43,200 62,300 62,400 182,000 182,100 (c) In counties having a population of not less than thirty-nine thousand fifty (39,050) nor more than thirty-nine thousand one hundred fifty (39,150), according to the 2000 federal census or any subsequent federal census, the circuit court clerk, who also serves as the general sessions court clerk, shall serve as the clerk of the court with probate jurisdiction in any such counties.

Legislative History

Code 1858, § 4072 (deriv. Acts 1833, ch. 92, § 15; 1835-1836, ch. 53, § 6; 1837-1838, ch. 150, § 1); Shan., § 5887; Code 1932, § 10086; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §18-606; Acts 2003 , ch. 310, §§ 4, 6-10; 2005, ch. 24, §§ 1, 2.