Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 27-8-106 (2026)
Petition
✓ current as of May 2026
The petition for certiorari may be sworn to before the clerk of the circuit court, the judge, any judge of the court of general sessions, or a notary public, and shall state that it is the first application for the writ.
Code 1858, § 3128 (deriv. Acts 1833, ch. 65, § 1); Shan., §4859; mod. Code 1932, § 8994; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 27-806.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 62
cases (8 in the last 5 years), 1995–2026 · leading case: Hirt v. Metro. Bd. of Zoning Appeals of the Metro. Gov't of Nashville, 542 S.W.3d 524 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2016).
Hirt v. Metro. Bd. of Zoning Appeals of the Metro. Gov't of Nashville, 542 S.W.3d 524 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2016). “" Tenn. Code Ann. § 27-8-106 . When seeking review by certiorari, the petition must be filed within sixty days from the order or judgment appealed from.”
Mark D. Talley v. Bd. of Prof'l Responsibility, 358 S.W.3d 185 (Tenn. 2011). “On appeal, the Board of Professional Responsibility asserts that the lawyer’s petition should be dismissed because his petition for writ of certiorari did not contain the recitation required by Tenn. Code Ann. § 27-8-106 (2000). For his part, the lawyer asserts that the…”
Bd. of Prof'l Responsibility v. Cawood, 330 S.W.3d 608 (Tenn. 2010). “We hold that the Board of Professional Responsibility’s petition for certiorari failed to meet the requirements of Tennessee Code Annotated section 27-8-106 and that the chancery court therefore lacked jurisdiction to hear the appeal.”
State v. L.W., 350 S.W.3d 911 (Tenn. 2011). “” Tenn.Code Ann. § 27-8-106. Thus, the statutory proee- *915 dures include both a verification requirement (that the petition be “sworn to”) and a recitation requirement (that the petition “state that it is the first application for the writ”).”
Blair v. Tennessee Bd. of Prob. & Parole, 246 S.W.3d 38 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2007). “…of the court of general sessions, or a notary public, and shall state that it is the first application for the writ.” T.C.A. § 27-8-106 (2000).”
Jackson v. Tennessee Dep't of Corr., 240 S.W.3d 241 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2006). “” Tenn. Code Ann. § 27-8-106 (2000) (emphasis added).”
Herbert S. Moncier v. Bd. of Prof'l Responsibility, 406 S.W.3d 139 (Tenn. 2013). “Moncier returned to the Moncier I trial court and asked for permission to amend his petition for writ of certiorari to incorporate the “Tenn.Code Ann. § 27-8-106 Verification filed herewith.”
Dave Brundage v. Cumberland Cnty., 357 S.W.3d 361 (Tenn. 2011). “The trial court dismissed the petition because it was not verified as required by Tenn.Code Ann. § 27-8-106 (2000). The Court of Appeals affirmed.”
Danny A. Stewart v. Derrick D. Schofield, Comm'r, Tennessee Dep't of Corr., 368 S.W.3d 457 (Tenn. 2012). “Tennessee Code Annotated section 27-8-106 requires that a petition for writ of certiorari satisfy both "a verification requirement (that the petition be ‘sworn to') and a recitation requirement (that the petition 'state that it is the first application for the writ’).”
Jasper Engine & Transmission Exch. v. Mills, 911 S.W.2d 719 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1995). “The plaintiffs petition for certiorari was filed, according to the petition, under the provisions of T.C.A. § 27-8-106. The petition recites a history of the prior proceedings in the Trial Justice Court and asserts as his grounds for certiorari the conclusory statement that…”
In Re Hooker, 340 S.W.3d 389 (Tenn. 2011). “§ 27-8-106 (2000) and that petitions that fail to comply with these requirements deprive the reviewing court of jurisdiction to hear the appeal.”
Woods v. Metro. Dev. & Hous. Auth. Bd. of Commissioners, 345 S.W.3d 903 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2011). “Woods amended his petition because the original petition failed to state that it was the first application for the writ as required by Tenn.Code Ann. § 27-8-106. 3 . MDHA also contends that Mr.”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the
Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and
treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.