Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 16-2-502 (2026)
Titles of judges - Jurisdiction
✓ current as of May 2026
Each trial court judge shall continue to be officially known and designated as either a chancellor, circuit court judge, criminal court judge, or law and equity court judge, depending upon the position to which the chancellor or judge was elected or appointed prior to June 1, 1984. Any judge or chancellor may exercise by interchange, appointment, or designation the jurisdiction of any trial court other than that to which the judge or chancellor was elected or appointed.
Acts 1984, ch. 931, § 2.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 14
cases (5 in the last 5 years), 1991–2026 · leading case: State of Tennessee v. Charlotte Lynn Frazier & Andrea Parks, 558 S.W.3d 145 (Tenn. 2018).
State of Tennessee v. Charlotte Lynn Frazier & Andrea Parks, 558 S.W.3d 145 (Tenn. 2018). “Read together, the plain language of the foregoing statutes confines the geographical jurisdiction of a circuit court judge to the judge's statutorily defined and assigned judicial district and authorizes a circuit court judge to exercise "the jurisdiction of any other trial…”
Dupuis v. Hand, 814 S.W.2d 340 (Tenn. 1991). “Judge Goodall’s earlier exercise of that authority, without objection by either party, was valid under the interchange statute.”
Cousin v. McWherter, 840 F. Supp. 1210 (E.D. Tenn. 1994). “” Pursuant to T.C.A. § 16-2-502 “[e]ach trial judge shall continue to be officially known and designated as either a chancellor, circuit court judge, criminal court judge, or law and equity court judge depending upon the provision to which he or she was elected or appointed…”
Cousin v. McWherter, 904 F. Supp. 686 (E.D. Tenn. 1995). “” Pursuant to T.C.A. § 16-2-502 “[e]ach trial judge shall continue to be officially known and designated as either a chancellor, circuit court judge, criminal court judge, or law and equity court judge depending upon the provision to which he or she was elected or appointed…”
Wilson v. Wilson, 877 S.W.2d 271 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1993). “to interchange with such incompetent judge and try such cause or causes_” T.C.A. § 16-2-502 further provides “any judge or chancellor may exercise by interchange, appointment, or designation the jurisdiction of any trial court other *274 than that to which such judge or…”
State of Tennessee v. Charlotte Lynn Frazier & Andrea Parks (Tenn. Crim. App. 2017). “” Tennessee Code Annotated section 16-2-502 provides in part that “[a]ny judge or chancellor may exercise by interchange, appointment, or designation the jurisdiction of any trial court other than that to which the judge or chancellor was elected or appointed.”
In Re Est. of Henry C. Ellis, III (Tenn. Ct. App. 2020). “First, Tennessee Code Annotated section 16-2-502 provides as follows: Each trial court judge shall continue to be officially known and designated as either a chancellor, circuit court judge, criminal court judge, or law and equity court judge, depending upon the position to…”
Demarcus Keyon Cole v. State of Tennessee (Tenn. Crim. App. 2025). “” Tenn. Code Ann. §16-2-502 . As a duly elected circuit court judge in the Twenty-Sixth Judicial District, Judge Allen had the authority to sign an order dismissing a case filed and pending in the circuit court in his district.”
Andrew J. Withers v. Withers Collection, Inc. (Tenn. Ct. App. 2026). “First, -9- Tennessee Code Annotated section 16-2-502 provides as follows: ‘Each trial court judge shall continue to be officially known and designated as either a chancellor, circuit court judge, criminal court judge, or law and equity court judge, depending upon the position to…”
Andrew J. Withers v. Withers Collection, Inc. (Tenn. Ct. App. 2026). “First, -9- Tennessee Code Annotated section 16-2-502 provides as follows: ‘Each trial court judge shall continue to be officially known and designated as either a chancellor, circuit court judge, criminal court judge, or law and equity court judge, depending upon the position to…”
James William Dash v. Howard W. Carlton, Warden (Tenn. Crim. App. 2002). “See Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 16-2-502 , 17-1-203, 17-2-201 through 17-2-209; Stuart v.”
Demarcus Keyon Cole v. State of Tennessee (Tenn. Crim. App. 2025). “§ 16-2-502 . As a duly elected circuit court judge in the Twenty-Sixth Judicial District, Judge Allen had the authority to sign an order dismissing a case filed and pending in the circuit court in his district.”
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