Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 18-1-301 (2026)
Grounds for removal
✓ current as of May 2026
The court may remove its clerk:
- (1) Upon conviction of a misdemeanor in office or of a felony;
- (2) For nonresidence in the county in which the court is held;
- (3) For failing to give security as required by law;
- (4) For failing to pay over public moneys or moneys collected officially;
- (5) For incapacity, neglect of duty or misbehavior in office; and
- (6) For any other cause to which the penalty of removal from office is attached by law.
Code 1858, § 4061 (deriv. Acts 1801, ch. 17, § 1); Shan., § 5876; Code 1932, § 10076; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-119.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1981–1982 · leading case: Marshall v. Sevier Cnty., 639 S.W.2d 440 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1982).
Marshall v. Sevier Cnty., 639 S.W.2d 440 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1982). “, §§ 18-1-301, et seq. She was subsequently reinstated as clerk and master following an adjudication of no official misconduct.”
Goddard v. Sevier Cnty., 623 S.W.2d 917 (Tenn. 1981). “T.C.A. § 18-1-301 through 18-1-304. To this end, it is provided: “The court may direct the district attorney general to file and prosecute the charges, if thought proper, and may suspend the clerk and appoint a clerk pro tempore, until the proceedings are finally terminated, as…”
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