Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 16-17-101 (2024)
Establishment of city courts
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- (a) In each home rule municipality that does not have a city court ordained and established by the general assembly, a city court is created to try violations of municipal ordinances. The governing body of the municipality may increase the number of divisions of the court created by this subsection (a).
- (b) The governing bodies of all home-rule municipalities may also decrease the number of divisions of city courts by ordinance, but no division shall be eliminated except when a term of a city court judge expires or when a vacancy in the office of city court judge exists.
Amended by 2019 Tenn. Acts, ch. 420, s 11, eff. 5/21/2019.
Acts 1972, ch. 778, § 1; T.C.A., § 16-1201; Acts 1994, ch. 712, §1; 2003 , ch. 113, §2; 2009 , ch. 128, § 1.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 2002–2004 · leading case: State v. Godsey, 165 S.W.3d 667 (Tenn. Crim. App. 2004).
State v. Godsey, 165 S.W.3d 667 (Tenn. Crim. App. 2004). “Tenn.Code Ann. § 16-17-101(a). See Chattanooga-Hamilton County Hospital Authority v.”
State of Tennessee v. Daniel Henley, No. W2001-02962-CCA-R3-CD (Tenn. Crim. App. Aug. 27, 2002). “1996) (courts of record are courts that are empowered to keep minutes, which are the “highest evidence of what has been done in court”); see also Tenn. Code Ann. § 16-17-101 to -105 (1994); § 16-18-101 to -207 (1994) (conferring powers to establish municipal courts but…”
Tenn. Code Ann. § 16-17-101(a): 1 case
State v. Godsey, 165 S.W.3d 667 (Tenn. Crim. App. 2004). “Tenn.Code Ann. § 16-17-101(a). See Chattanooga-Hamilton County Hospital Authority v.”
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