Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 16-18-202 (2026)
Qualifications
✓ current as of May 2026
Any city judge elected by popular vote must meet the requirements established in Tenn. Const. art. VI, § 4 for judges of inferior courts.
Acts 1993, ch. 115, § 1.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1997–2025 · leading case: City of White House v. Whitley, 979 S.W.2d 262 (Tenn. 1998).
City of White House v. Whitley, 979 S.W.2d 262 (Tenn. 1998). “" Tenn.Code Ann. § 16-18-202 (1994 Repl.). Article VI, Section 4 provides that the Judges of the Circuit and Chancery Courts, and of other inferior Courts, shall be elected by the qualified voters of the district or circuit to which they are to be assigned.”
State v. Davis, 2016 MT 102 (Mont. 2016). “VI, § 4; Tenn. Code Ann. § 16-18-202 (2015). The dissent in City of White House criticized the majority for “redrafting] the constitution to reflect the majority’s notions of fundamental fairness.”
City of McMinnville v. Steven Erich Hubbard (Tenn. Crim. App. 2019). “VI, § 4; T.C.A. § 16-18-202); Roger Elliott, 2017 WL 2591371 , at *4.”
Robin M. McNabb v. Gregory H. Harrison (2025). “Tenn. Code Ann. § 16-18-202 (2021). Additionally, when a municipal judge exercises concurrent jurisdiction with a general sessions court, the municipal judge must meet the requirements of Article VI, Section 4.”
The City of White House v. Whitley (Tenn. Ct. App. 1997). “§ 16-18-202 prescribes the qualification for these elected judges as follows: “[a]ny city judge elected by popular vote must meet the requirements established in article VI, § 4 of the Constitution of Tennessee for judges of inferior courts.”
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