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Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-1-107 (2026)

Courts vested with original jurisdiction

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Original jurisdiction of criminal actions is committed to the courts of general sessions, city judges of certain towns and cities, the circuit courts, the criminal courts and the court for the trial of impeachments.

Amended by 2018 Tenn. Acts, ch. 1046, s 3, eff. 7/1/2018.

Code 1858, §4965; Shan., § 6926; Code 1932, §11466; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-115; Acts 1993, ch. 115, § 4.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1997–2019 · leading case: State v. Booher, 978 S.W.2d 953 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1997).
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State v. Booher, 978 S.W.2d 953 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1997). · cites it 2× “See also Tenn.Code Ann. § 40-1-107 (1993 Supp.); Tenn.”
City of McMinnville v. Steven Erich Hubbard (Tenn. Crim. App. 2019). · cites it 2× “Tennessee Code Annotated section 40-1-107 grants “[o]riginal jurisdiction of criminal actions” to “city judges of certain towns and cities.”
Jerry L. Johns v. State (Tenn. Crim. App. 2010). · cites it 2× “” Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-1-107 . The trial court obviously had jurisdiction over the subject matter of the petitioner’s case.”
State of Tennessee v. Elke Babette Paster (Tenn. Crim. App. 2015). · cites it 2× “See Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-1-107 (providing that “[o]riginal jurisdiction of criminal actions is committed to the .”
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