Tennessee Statutes
§ 5-1-201 — Purpose - Construction
Tennessee § 5-1-201
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Bluebook
Tenn. Code Ann. § 5-1-201 (2026).
Text
(a)It is hereby declared to be the legislative intent and purpose of this part to provide for the right to charter for counties as an alternate form of county government.
(b)This part shall be liberally construed as a utilization of the constitutional power granted by amendment to the Constitution of Tennessee, article VII, § 1 approved at an election on March 7, 1978.
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Related
County of Shelby v. McWherter
936 S.W.2d 923 (Court of Appeals of Tennessee, 1996)
STATE EX REL. DESELM v. Jordan
296 S.W.3d 530 (Court of Appeals of Tennessee, 2008)
Walter Bailey v. County of Shelby
(Court of Appeals of Tennessee, 2005)
Walter Bailey v. County of Shelby - Dissenting
(Court of Appeals of Tennessee, 2005)
Legislative History
Acts 1979, ch. 402, § 1; T.C.A., § 5-121.
Nearby Sections
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§ 5-1-101
Enumeration of counties§ 5-1-102
Jurisdiction over boundary waters§ 5-1-103
Corporate capacity§ 5-1-104
County officers - Filling vacancies§ 5-1-105
Suits against counties§ 5-1-106
Suits for use of counties§ 5-1-107
Mandamus to enforce county duties§ 5-1-108
Division into districts§ 5-1-109
Continuation of existing districts§ 5-1-110
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Tennessee § 5-1-201, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/tn/5-1-201.