Tennessee Statutes
§ 8-47-110 — Petition in name of state - Filing by relators
Tennessee·Title 8
The petition or complaint shall be in the name of the state and may be filed upon the relation of the attorney general and reporter, or the district attorney general for the state, or the county attorney in the case of county officers, and of the city attorney, or the district attorney general, in the case of municipal officers; and in all cases it may be filed, without the concurrence of any of such officers, upon the relation of ten (10) or more citizens and freeholders of the state, county, or city, as the case may be, upon their giving the usual security for costs.
Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI
Tennessee § 8-47-110 (Petition in name of state - Filing by relators) — published by Counsel Stack Legal Research, free access to 12M+ legal documents.
Related
State Ex Rel. Jones v. Looper
86 S.W.3d 189 (Court of Appeals of Tennessee, 2000)
Jones v. Duncan
840 F.2d 359 (Sixth Circuit, 1988)
State Ex Rel. DeSelm v. Owings
310 S.W.3d 353 (Court of Appeals of Tennessee, 2009)
State Ex Rel. DeSelm v. Knox County Commission
342 S.W.3d 1 (Court of Appeals of Tennessee, 2010)
State Ex Rel. Carney v. Crosby
255 S.W.3d 593 (Court of Appeals of Tennessee, 2008)
State of Tennessee ex rel. Robert L. Wolfenbarger, III. v. Scott Moore
(Court of Appeals of Tennessee, 2010)
State of Tennessee ex rel. Arlie "Max" Watson v. Larry Waters
(Court of Appeals of Tennessee, 2010)
Jefferson County, Tennessee v. Margaret Smith
(Court of Appeals of Tennessee, 2011)
State ex re. Herbert S. Moncier v. Nancy S. Jones
(Court of Appeals of Tennessee, 2013)
Bee Deselm v. Tennessee Peace Officers Standards and Training Commission
(Court of Appeals of Tennessee, 2010)
State v. Looper
(Court of Appeals of Tennessee, 1998)
State of Tennessee, ex rel., Marlinee Iverson, County Attorney for Shelby County, Tennessee v. Wanda Halbert
(Court of Appeals of Tennessee, 2025)
STATE EX REL ADOLPHUS PELLEY v. BO PERKINSON
(Court of Appeals of Tennessee, 2025)
Legislative History
Acts 1915, ch. 11, § 3; Shan., § 1135a3; Code 1932, § 1879; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-2710.
Nearby Sections
15
§ 8-1-101
Date governor's oath of office taken§ 8-1-102
Compensation§ 8-1-103
Private secretary§ 8-1-107
Succession to office§ 8-1-109
Governor to sign certain documents - Power of attorney for purpose of affixing governor's signature§ 8-1-110
Criminal justice agency statistics§ 8-1-201
Short title