Tennessee Statutes
§ 40-29-102 — Petition and proof
Tennessee § 40-29-102
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Bluebook
Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-29-102 (2026).
Text
The proceeding for this purpose shall be by petition to the circuit court of the county in which the petitioner resides, or to the circuit court of the county in which the petitioner was convicted of an act depriving the petitioner of citizenship sustained by satisfactory proof that ever since the judgment of disqualification, the petitioner has sustained the character of a person of honesty, respectability and veracity, and is generally esteemed as such by the petitioner's neighbors.
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808 F. Supp. 586 (M.D. Tennessee, 1992)
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Tino C. Sutton v. State of Tennessee
(Court of Appeals of Tennessee, 2024)
State v. David Black
(Court of Appeals of Tennessee, 2001)
Ernest Falls v. Mark Goins (Dissent)
(Tennessee Supreme Court, 2023)
Legislative History
Code 1858, § 1995 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 30, § 1); Shan., § 3656; Code 1932, § 7184; Acts 1969, ch. 316, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-3702.
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