Tennessee Code Annotated

Tenn. Code Ann. § 4-3-601 (2026)

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There is hereby created the department of correction.

Acts 1923, ch. 7, § 1; Shan. Supp., § 373a30; Code 1932, § 255; Acts 1937, ch. 33, § 1; 1939, ch. 11, § 1; 1955, ch. 102, § 1; modified.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2001–2024 · leading case: Danny A. Stewart v. Derrick D. Schofield, Comm'r, Tennessee Dep't of Corr., 368 S.W.3d 457 (Tenn. 2012).

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Danny A. Stewart v. Derrick D. Schofield, Comm'r, Tennessee Dep't of Corr., 368 S.W.3d 457 (Tenn. 2012). · cites it 2× “Compare Tenn.Code Ann. § 4-3-601 (2011) (creating a "department of correction”), with Tenn.”

Buster Chandler v. Maria M. Salas (Tenn. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 2× “DINKINS, JUDGE 3 The Department of Corrections is created and its duties and responsibilities specified at Tennessee Code Annotated section 4-3-601, et seq. 3”

Trivette v. Tennessee Dep't of Corr. (M.D. Tenn. 2023). · cites it 2× “See Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 4-3-601 to -612. On March 31, 2020, DRT and Ernest Kevin Trivette filed a Complaint pleading claims under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act related to several aspects of TDOC’s treatment of…”

Christopher Guy v. City of Memphis (Memphis Police Dep't) (W.D. Tenn. 2024). · cites it 2× “See Tenn. Code Ann. § 4-3-601 et seq.; Hawkins v.”

Woodrow Wilson v. Sentence Info. Servs. (Tenn. Ct. App. 2001). · cites it 2× “Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 4-3-601 , -606, 4-6-102 (1998); Tenn.”

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