Tennessee Statutes
§ 8-8-216 — Service of process or other paper by employee of party prohibited - Penalty
Tennessee § 8-8-216
JurisdictionTennessee
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Bluebook
Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-8-216 (2026).
Text
(a)It is unlawful for any sheriff, deputy sheriff or constable to serve any summons, writ, process or other proceeding in any civil action when such officer is a salaried or commissioned employee of any party to the action or suit wherein any such summons, writ, process or other proceeding has been issued.
(b)A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
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Legislative History
Acts 1959, ch. 237, §§ 1, 2; T.C.A., § 8-825; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.
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Tennessee § 8-8-216, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/tn/8-8-216.