Tennessee Code Annotated

Tenn. Code Ann. § 16-10-104 (2026)

Restoration of citizenship

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The circuit court has exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine applications to be restored to citizenship, made by persons who have been rendered infamous by the judgment of any court of this state.

Code 1858, § 4228 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 30, § 1); Shan., § 6066; Code 1932, § 10321; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 16-504.


Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case (1 in the last 5 years), 2022–2022 · leading case: State of Tennessee v. Jason Kevin Dedreux (Tenn. Ct. App. 2022).
State of Tennessee v. Jason Kevin Dedreux (Tenn. Ct. App. 2022). · cites it 2× “§ 40-29-105 (c)(1), (3); see also Tenn. Code Ann. § 16-10-104 (“The circuit court has exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine applications to be restored to citizenship, made by persons who have been rendered infamous by the judgment of any court of this state.”
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