Tennessee § 8-13-116 Recording official discharge from the military with register of deeds

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§ 8-13-116 — Recording official discharge from the military with register of deeds

Tennessee § 8-13-116

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Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-13-116 (2026).

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(a)The register of deeds shall record the official discharge of persons who after 1915 have served as members of the United States armed forces, the United States armed forces reserve, or the United States armed forces auxiliary.

(b)The register of deeds shall, after September 1, 2010, record the official discharge of persons who have served as members of the United States armed forces, the United States armed forces reserves, or the United States armed forces auxiliary in a bound book separate from all other documents recorded in the register of deeds office in those counties that do not store documents electronically. No other public documents shall be recorded and stored in these designated books.

(c)The register of deeds shall keep books which originated prior to, as well as after,

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(a) The register of deeds shall record the official discharge of persons who after 1915 have served as members of the United States armed forces, the United States armed forces reserve, or the United States armed forces auxiliary. (b) The register of deeds shall, after September 1, 2010, record the official discharge of persons who have served as members of the United States armed forces, the United States armed forces reserves, or the United States armed forces auxiliary in a bound book separate from all other documents recorded in the register of deeds office in those counties that do not store documents electronically. No other public documents shall be recorded and stored in these designated books. (c) The register of deeds shall keep books which originated prior to, as well as after, September 1, 2010, and which have been designated specifically for the storage of official military discharge documents in a location not accessible to the general public, so long as the books do not contain other public documents. (d) The register of deeds, in counties that record and store documents electronically, shall not make available to the general public any display of military discharge records and shall only provide copies of such records in compliance with § 10-7-513 .