Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 10-7-501 (2026)
Reproduction of state records on film
✓ current as of May 2026
The head of any department, commission, board, or agency of the state government may cause any or all records kept by such head or it to be photographed, microphotographed or reproduced on film; provided, that the microfilm project has been evaluated and approved by the division of records management of the department of state. Such photographic film shall comply with the minimum standards of quality approved for permanent photographic records by the national bureau of standards, and the device used to reproduce such records on film shall be one which accurately reproduces the original thereof in all details.
Amended by 2013 Tenn. Acts, ch. 207,s 7, eff. 4/23/2013.
Acts 1947, ch. 26, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 255.93 (Williams, § 1034.80); Acts 1977, ch. 38, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 15-301; Acts 1981, ch. 364, § 3.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 21
cases (4 in the last 5 years), 1981–2026 · leading case: Thomas Greer v. City of Memphis, Tennessee, 356 S.W.3d 917 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2010).
Thomas Greer v. City of Memphis, Tennessee, 356 S.W.3d 917 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2010). “This case involves the award of attorney’s fees and costs against the Appellant City of Memphis for its alleged failure to comply with the Appellee’s document request, made under the Tennessee Public Records Act, Tenn.Code Ann. § 10-7-501 et seq. The trial court awarded fees and…”
The Tennessean v. Metro. Gov't of Nashville & Davidson Cnty., 485 S.W.3d 857 (Tenn. 2016). “(―the Petitioners‖) filed a petition against Metro in the Chancery Court for Davidson County seeking access to the requested records under the Tennessee Public Records Act, Tennessee Code Annotated sections 10-7-501 through 10-7-516 (2014).”
Cleveland Newspapers, Inc. v. Bradley Cnty. Mem'l Hosp. Bd. of Directors, 621 S.W.2d 763 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1981). “It includes the records of “the State and any counties, municipalities and political subdivisions thereof and by any agencies of the State, counties, municipalities, and political subdivisions thereof, or received by them in connection with the transaction of public business,…”
State v. Cawood, 134 S.W.3d 159 (Tenn. 2004). “The appellant contends that the tapes are “public records” as defined by the Public Records Act, sections 10-7-501 to - 509 (1999 & Supp.2003).”
Friedmann v. Corr. Corp. of Am., 310 S.W.3d 366 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2009). “Plaintiff claims that by operating prisons for the State of Tennessee and several local governmental entities in Tennessee, CCA is the functional equivalent of a governmental agency and, therefore, subject to the Public Records Act, Tenn. Code Ann. § 10-7-501 et seq. CCA…”
Wooden v. State, 898 S.W.2d 752 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1994). “See Tenn.Code Ann. § 10-7-501, et seq. Prior to the opinion in Freeman , police routinely denied access to the file.”
Knoxville News Sentinel v. Huskey, 982 S.W.2d 359 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1998). “Appellant maintains that this is not an appropriate action under the Tennessee Public Records Act, Tennessee Code Annotated Section 10-7-501, et seq., and no other provision of the law allows the criminal court to grant KNS the right to inspect these documents.”
Creative Restaurants, Inc. v. City of Memphis, 795 S.W.2d 672 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1990). “(hereafter “BSM”) are subject to inspection under the Tennessee Public Records Act, T.C.A. § 10-7-501, et seq. The chancellor’s decree also declared that copies of some of those same subleases in the possession of a part-time City Attorney for analysis are also subject to public…”
Mitchell v. Madison Cnty. Sheriff's Dep't, 325 S.W.3d 603 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2010). “, which is part of the Tennessee Employment Security Law, instead of Tennessee Code Annotated § 10-7-501, et seq., pertaining to public records.”
State v. Kelly, 697 S.W.2d 355 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1985). “In the pretrial hearing, counsel explained that he had attempted to obtain these under the public record statute, T.C.A. 10-7-501, et seq., but had been unable to do so.”
Clata Renee Brewer v. Metro. Gov't of Nashville & Davidson Cnty. (Tenn. Ct. App. 2026). “See Tenn. Code Ann. § 10-7-501 et seq. The Tennessean requested the police reports “with [the shooter] named[;]” the report for the initial response to Covenant School on March 27, 2023; “[a]ll documents in [the shooter’s] possession immediately prior to [her] death, including…”
J.D. Hickman v. Bd. of Parole (Tenn. Ct. App. 2002). “Hickman alleged that two months earlier he had sought information pursuant to the Public Records Act, Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 10-7-501 et seq., which was in the custody and control of the Board and that the Board had not responded to his request after a reasonable amount of time had…”
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