Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 17-1-103 (2026)
Election
✓ current as of May 2026
- (a) The judges of the supreme court, the court of appeals, and the court of criminal appeals shall be elected by the qualified voters of the state in a statewide retention election conducted in accordance with chapter 4, part 1 of this title, and any appointments to fill a vacancy or a full eight-year term shall be made in accordance with chapter 4, part 1 of this title.
- (b) The chancellors, circuit court judges, criminal court judges, and judges of any other state trial court of record shall be elected by the qualified voters of their respective judicial districts, as provided in the general election law set forth in title 2, and any appointments due to a vacancy in any of these offices shall be made in accordance with chapter 4, part 3 of this title.
Amended by 2016 Tenn. Acts, ch. 528,s 6, eff. 1/28/2016.
Code 1858, §§ 307, 308 (deriv. Const. 1834, art. 6, §§ 3, 4); Shan., § 374; mod. Code 1932, § 631; impl. am. Acts 1967, ch. 226, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 17-103.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1994–2021 · leading case: John Jay Hooker v. Governor Bill Haslam, 437 S.W.3d 409 (Tenn. 2014).
John Jay Hooker v. Governor Bill Haslam, 437 S.W.3d 409 (Tenn. 2014). “§ 17-1-103. The Tennessee Plan is merely applying the requirement of section 17-1-103.”
State of Tennessee v. Charlotte Lynn Frazier & Andrea Parks, 558 S.W.3d 145 (Tenn. 2018). “Tenn. Code Ann. § 17-1-103 (b) (Supp. 2018) (describing circuit court judges as judges of courts of record); Tenn.”
Maxine B. Cousin v. Don Sundquist State Election Comm'n Brook Thompson Hamilton Cnty. Election Comm'n Carolyn Jackson, 145 F.3d 818 (6th Cir. 1998). “VI, § 4; Tenn.Code Ann. § 17-1-103 (1994). Except for the elections for the two recently-added General Sessions judges, which are to be nonpartisan, Tenn.”
Cousin v. McWherter, 840 F. Supp. 1210 (E.D. Tenn. 1994). “VI, § 4; T.C.A. § 17-1-103; 1941 Tenn.Priv.Aets, ch.”
Cousin v. McWherter, 904 F. Supp. 686 (E.D. Tenn. 1995). “” In Hamilton County there are four Circuit Court judges, three Criminal Court judges, and two Chancery Court judges of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, and three General Sessions Court judges.”
John Jay Hooker v. Governor Bill Haslam (Tenn. 2014). “” Tenn. Code Ann. § 17-1-103 . The Tennessee Plan is merely applying the requirement of section 17-1-103.”
State of Tennessee v. Alonzo Hoskins (Tenn. Crim. App. 2021). “T.C.A. § 17-1-103(b) (2009). In Frazier, which the Defendant relies on in support of his argument that the trial court did not have jurisdiction to issue the warrant in this case, a judge of the 23rd Judicial District of Tennessee issued search warrants for property located in…”
Bobby MacBryan Green v. Jodi Jones (Tenn. Ct. App. 2012). “Tenn. Code Ann. § 17-1-103 ; see also Tenn.”
In Re: Petition for Change of Name, Charles Grannis (Tenn. Ct. App. 2004). “VI, Section 4, and Tenn. Code Ann. § 17-1-103 , which state that judges are elected by qualified voters of their judicial districts.”
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 17-1-103(b) — 1 case
State of Tennessee v. Alonzo Hoskins (Tenn. Crim. App. 2021). “T.C.A. § 17-1-103(b) (2009). In Frazier, which the Defendant relies on in support of his argument that the trial court did not have jurisdiction to issue the warrant in this case, a judge of the 23rd Judicial District of Tennessee issued search warrants for property located in…”
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