Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 17-1-102 (2024)
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Each judge and chancellor of a circuit, criminal or chancery court is required to reside in the judicial district or division for which the judge and chancellor is elected, and a removal from the judicial district or division creates a vacancy in the office.
Code 1858, § 3914 (deriv. Acts 1809 (Sept.), ch. 49, § 7; 1835-1836, ch. 5, § 2); Shan., § 5707; Code 1932, § 9893; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 17-102.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2018–2025 · 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). “is elected," Tenn. Code Ann. § 17-1-102 (2009). Another statute confirms that circuit court judges are judges "for the state at large" and then declares that, "as such, [circuit court judges] may, upon interchange and upon other lawful ground, exercise the duties of office in…”
Axis Dynamics v. Knox Cnty. Tennessee, No. 3:24-cv-00329 (E.D. Tenn. Mar. 5, 2025). “§ 17-1-203 (“The judges and chancellors are, notwithstanding § 17-1-102, judges and chancellors for the state at large…”).”
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