Tennessee Statutes

§ 8-8-205 — Acting as attorney or security prohibited - Attorney as deputy

Tennessee § 8-8-205

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Bluebook
Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-8-205 (2026).

Text

(a)No sheriff or deputy sheriff shall appear in any court as attorney or counsel for any party, nor become security for any party in any civil suit or criminal proceeding.
(b)Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the sheriff shall be permitted to appoint a duly licensed attorney as a special deputy sheriff, reserve deputy sheriff, or as a deputy sheriff.

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Related

Jason Ray v. Madison County, Tennessee
(Tennessee Supreme Court, 2017)

Legislative History

Code 1858, § 363; Shan., § 453; Code 1932, § 700; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-814; Acts 1988, ch. 734, § 1.

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