Tennessee Statutes
§ 5-2-103 — Memorial for division of county
Tennessee § 5-2-103
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Bluebook
Tenn. Code Ann. § 5-2-103 (2026).
Text
(a)Any person desiring to divide a county shall prefer a memorial to the general assembly for that purpose.
(b)The memorial shall describe the line or lines of the proposed division and be accompanied by a fair and accurate plat of the county to be divided, representing together the old counties and the new one, the survey and plat to be made by a sworn surveyor, and by such surveyor subscribed and certified to be just and true.
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Legislative History
Code 1858, §§ 88, 89 (deriv. Acts 1796 (March S.), ch. 13, §§1, 2); Shan., §§ 110, 111; Code 1932, §§129, 130; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 5-203.
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Tennessee § 5-2-103, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/tn/5-2-103.