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Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-29-102 (2026)

Petition and proof

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The proceeding for this purpose shall be by petition to the circuit court of the county in which the petitioner resides, or to the circuit court of the county in which the petitioner was convicted of an act depriving the petitioner of citizenship sustained by satisfactory proof that ever since the judgment of disqualification, the petitioner has sustained the character of a person of honesty, respectability and veracity, and is generally esteemed as such by the petitioner's neighbors.

Code 1858, § 1995 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 30, § 1); Shan., § 3656; Code 1932, § 7184; Acts 1969, ch. 316, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-3702.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1992–2024 · leading case: United States v. White, 808 F. Supp. 586 (M.D. Tenn. 1992).
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United States v. White, 808 F. Supp. 586 (M.D. Tenn. 1992). · cites it 4× “T.C.A. 40-29-102: Petition and Proof— The proceeding for this purpose shall be by petition to the circuit court of the county in which the petitioner resides, or to the circuit court of the county in which the petitioner was convicted of an act depriving him of citizenship…”
Tino C. Sutton v. State of Tennessee (Tenn. Ct. App. 2024). · cites it 7× “” See Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-29-102 (West 1969 to current).”
State v. David Black (Tenn. Ct. App. 2001). · cites it 4× “Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-29-102 (emphasis added); see also In re Curtis, 6 Tenn.”
State of Tennessee v. Jason Kevin Dedreux (Tenn. Ct. App. 2022). · cites it 2× “” See Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-29-102 (requiring that the petition be “sustained by satisfactory proof that ever since the judgment of disqualification, the petitioner has sustained the character of a person of honesty, respectability and veracity, and is generally esteemed as such…”
Ernest Falls v. Mark Goins (Dissent) (Tenn. 2023). · cites it 2× “” Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-29-102 (2018); see id.”
Gregory L. Smith v. State of Tennessee (Tenn. Ct. App. 2012). · cites it 3× “§ 40-29-101 and § 40-29-102. White, at 588. The procedure requires the filing of a petition in circuit court in the county of the felon's residence or conviction with proper notice to prosecutors and satisfactory proof of character.”
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