Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-21-808 (2026)
Award of costs - Requirement of payment of costs - Withdrawal from inmate's trust account - Separate from other methods of collection - Additional payments
✓ current as of May 2026
- (a) Judgment may be rendered for costs at the conclusion of the suit, action, claim or appeal as in other proceedings. If the judgment against the inmate includes the payment of costs, the inmate shall be required to pay the full amount of costs ordered.
- (b) The clerk of the court shall mail a copy of the court's judgment taxing costs against the inmate to the department or county jail, as appropriate. On receipt of a copy of the judgment, the department or county jail shall withdraw funds from the inmate's trust account in the amounts provided by § 41-21-807(b) for the collection of filing fees and shall forward the collected funds to the clerk of the court until the costs are paid in full or the inmate is released from confinement.
- (c) This section establishes an additional method for collecting costs separate from an execution or garnishment under title 26. The provisions of title 26, chapter 2 relative to exemptions and garnishments shall not apply to collections made pursuant to this section. In addition to collecting costs under this section, the clerk of the court may pursue any other means of collection provided for by law.
- (d) An inmate may authorize payments to the clerk of the court in addition to those payments authorized by this section.
Acts 1996, ch. 913, § 1; 2001, ch. 76, § 3; 2002, ch. 607, § 1.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2006–2022 · leading case: Sandy Eugene Womack v. Corr. Corp. Of Am. D/B/A Whiteville Corr. Facility, 448 S.W.3d 362 (Tenn. 2014).
Sandy Eugene Womack v. Corr. Corp. Of Am. D/B/A Whiteville Corr. Facility, 448 S.W.3d 362 (Tenn. 2014). “Thus, we conclude that the legislative history of the 1996 and 2001 acts lends no support to the proposition that Tenn.Code Ann. § 41-21-808 localizes venue for actions that accrued while an inmate was housed in a correctional facility operated by a private corporation pursuant…”
Reginald Dion Hughes v. Tennessee Bd. of Prob. & Parole, 514 S.W.3d 707 (2017). “Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-21-808 (2014) (emphasis added).”
Reginald Dion Hughes v. Tennessee Bd. of Prob. & Parole (Dissent) (2017). “Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-21-808 (2014) (emphasis added).”
State of Tennessee v. Joe Clark Mitchell (Tenn. Crim. App. 2016). “T.C.A. § 41-21-808(a) (2014), 41-21-802 (2014).”
Jabari Issa Mandela a/k/a John Wooden v. Tennessee Dep't of Corr. (Tenn. Ct. App. 2022). “” In support, Appellant cites Tennessee Code Annotated section 41-21-808(a), which provides that “[j]udgment may be rendered for costs at the conclusion of the suit, action, claim or appeal as in other proceedings.”
Michael Mosby v. Roland Colson (Tenn. Ct. App. 2006). “§ 41-21-808(a) (2003) (emphasis added). Regarding frivolous appeals, the legislature provides: 6 Mosby never alleged in his complaint that he was facing threat of imminent danger or serious physical injury.”
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-21-808(a) — 3 cases
State of Tennessee v. Joe Clark Mitchell (Tenn. Crim. App. 2016). “T.C.A. § 41-21-808(a) (2014), 41-21-802 (2014).”
Jabari Issa Mandela a/k/a John Wooden v. Tennessee Dep't of Corr. (Tenn. Ct. App. 2022). “” In support, Appellant cites Tennessee Code Annotated section 41-21-808(a), which provides that “[j]udgment may be rendered for costs at the conclusion of the suit, action, claim or appeal as in other proceedings.”
Michael Mosby v. Roland Colson (Tenn. Ct. App. 2006). “§ 41-21-808(a) (2003) (emphasis added). Regarding frivolous appeals, the legislature provides: 6 Mosby never alleged in his complaint that he was facing threat of imminent danger or serious physical injury.”
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