Tennessee Statutes
§ 5-9-311 — Pauper's burial - Affidavit
Tennessee § 5-9-311
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Bluebook
Tenn. Code Ann. § 5-9-311 (2026).
Text
No warrant shall be drawn to pay for the funeral or cremation expenses of a pauper, unless the claim is accompanied by an affidavit showing the cost of the same, that the expenses were incurred for the interment of a pauper in the county, and that the claimant has no other means of obtaining payment.
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Legislative History
Code 1858, § 529; Shan., § 675; Code 1932, § 1071; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 5-920; Acts 2003, ch. 51, § 2.
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Tennessee § 5-9-311, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/tn/5-9-311.