Tennessee Code Annotated

Tenn. Code Ann. § 2-5-106 (2026)

Certification of attorney on nominating petition

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(a) Any person seeking election to any office that is required by law to be held by an attorney shall certify on the person's nominating petition for such office that such person is licensed to practice law in this state, and shall place on such petition the person's supreme court registration number.

(b) Any person failing to comply with this section shall be disqualified from having the person's name placed on the election ballot for such office.

Amended by 2014 Tenn. Acts, ch. 724,s 3, eff. 4/16/2014.

Acts 1989, ch. 590, § 10.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1996–2017 · leading case: State Ex Rel. Hooker v. Thompson, 249 S.W.3d 331 (Tenn. 1996).

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State Ex Rel. Hooker v. Thompson, 249 S.W.3d 331 (Tenn. 1996). · cites it 2× “Hooker’s law license had been suspended because of his failure to meet continuing legal education requirements, resulting in his failure to meet the requirements of T.C.A. §§ 2-5-106 and 17-1-106 that a Supreme Court Justice be an attorney licensed to practice in Tennessee.”

William Thomas McFarland v. Michael S. Pemberton (Tenn. 2017). “§ 2-5-106. These ministerial duties are easily accomplished without the exercise of quasi- judicial authority, which no statute confers upon county election commissions.”

State of Tennessee, ex rel., John Jay Hooker v. Brook Thompson, State of Tennessee Lewis Laska v. Brook Thompson (Tenn. 1996). · cites it 2× “Section 2-5-106 to qualify for the office of Supreme Court Justice in the August 1, 1996, election, because Appellant Hooker’s law license was suspended as a result of his failure to meet continuing legal education requirements.”

Sam McCormick v. Illinois Cent. R.R. Co. (Tenn. Ct. App. 2009). “cting the character of the plaintiff, shall abate by the death of either party, but may be revived; nor shall any right of action arising hereafter based on the wrongful act or omission of another, except actions for wrongs affecting the character, be abated by the death of the…”

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