Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 10-7-101 (2026)
"Records" construed
✓ current as of May 2026
"Records," as used in this part, shall be construed to mean any records of the county legislative body and common law, circuit, criminal, or chancery court, the register's books, the surveyor's and entry taker's book, and all other public records, required by law to be kept in the several courts of this state.
Acts 1879, ch. 115, § 2; Shan., § 3793; Code 1932, § 7698; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 15-101.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 35
cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1990–2024 · leading case: Stephen Michael West v. Derrick D. Schofield, 460 S.W.3d 113 (Tenn. 2015).
Stephen Michael West v. Derrick D. Schofield, 460 S.W.3d 113 (Tenn. 2015). “Without conceding relevance, the Defendants offered to identify each “John Doe” by position and title and to provide a description of each 3 The record before us includes no request by the Plaintiffs for this information pursuant to the Public Records Act, Tenn. Code Ann. §§…”
The Tennessean v. Metro. Gov't of Nashville & Davidson Cnty., 485 S.W.3d 857 (Tenn. 2016). “In the past, this Court has consistently refrained from creating public policy ex *877 ceptions to the Tennessee Public Records Act (TPRA), Tenn.Code Ann. §§ 10-7-101 to -702 (2012 & Supp.”
Creative Restaurants, Inc. v. City of Memphis, 795 S.W.2d 672 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1990). “In its brief, the City flatly states that “[t]he term ‘record’ for Open Records Act purposes is defined in Tenn.Code Ann. § 10-7-101.” This section, enacted in 1879, states: “Records” construed.”
Ballard v. Herzke, 924 S.W.2d 652 (Tenn. 1996). “” See Tenn.Code Ann. § 10-7-101 (“records_shall be construed to mean any records of the Chancery Court.”
Memphis Publ'g Co. v. Cherokee Child. & Fam. Servs., Inc., 87 S.W.3d 67 (Tenn. 2002). “” Tenn.Code Ann. § 10-7-101 (1999). As the Court of Appeals noted in Creative Restaurants, Inc.”
Gautreaux v. Internal Med. Educ. Found., Inc., 336 S.W.3d 526 (Tenn. 2011). “Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 10-7-101 to -702 (1999 & Supp.”
In Re NHC-Nashville Fire Litig., 293 S.W.3d 547 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2008). “Tenn.Code Ann. § 10-7-101, et seq. (1999).”
Alex Friedmann v. Marshall Cnty., TN, 471 S.W.3d 427 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2015). “Codified at Tennessee Code Annotated § 10-7-101 et seq., the TPRA “provides citizens of Tennessee with broad access to records of Tennessee governmental agencies.”
Edward Jerome Harbison v. Ricky Bell, Warden, 408 F.3d 823 (6th Cir. 2005). “At Harbison’s state post-conviction hearing in 1991, it was established that Harbison’s post-conviction counsel had subpoenaed Detective Foster’s file from the Chattanooga Police Department. The transcript of the hearing further indicates that, in response to the request,…”
Memphis Publ'g Co. v. City of Memphis, 871 S.W.2d 681 (Tenn. 1994). “The "public records law” term was used by the Board of Education Court to denote the entire body of legislation pertaining to public records; it was codified at Title 15 of the Code, and is now codified at §§ 10-7-101' — 10-7-509. The "Public Records Act,” by contrast, refers…”
Memphis Publ'g Co. v. Shelby Cnty. Health Care Corp., 799 S.W.2d 225 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1990). “The Shelby County Health Care Corporation (d/b/a the Regional Medical Center at Memphis) is not subject to the Tennessee Public Records Act, T.C.A. § 10-7-101 et seq. Cleveland Newspapers v.”
Andrew C. Clarke v. City of Memphis, 473 S.W.3d 285 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2015). “This appeal stems from a public records dispute, pursuant to the Tennessee Public Records Act, Tennessee Code Annotated § 10-7-101 et seq., litigated in the Shelby County Chancery Court.”
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