Tennessee Code Annotated

Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-21-809 (2026)

Hearings - Video communications

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The court may hold a hearing under this part at a county jail or a facility operated by the department or may conduct the hearing with video communications technology that permits the court to see and hear the inmate and that permits the inmate to see and hear the court and any other witnesses.

Acts 1996, ch. 913, § 1.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 6 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1999–2024 · leading case: Hawkins v. Tennessee Dep't of Corr., 127 S.W.3d 749 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2002).

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Hawkins v. Tennessee Dep't of Corr., 127 S.W.3d 749 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2002). · cites it 2× “The clear language of Tenn.Code Ann. § 41-21-803 is that a civil action accruing while the inmate is incarcerated is to be brought in the county where the facility in which he or she is housed is located.”

Knight v. Knight, 11 S.W.3d 898 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1999). · cites it 2× “” T.C.A. § 41-21-809 (1997). In considering the various alternatives to a stay, the trial court also may consider the point to which the case has progressed.”

Hamid Houbbadi v. Chase T. Smith (Tenn. Ct. App. 2024). · cites it 4× “” Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-21-809 . A trial court is required to consider an incarcerated litigant’s pending motion(s) before proceeding with the merits of a case.”

Anthony Travis Richards v. Veronica Denise Richards (Tenn. Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 6× “Husband also filed a “motion for leave of court to appear by means of video communications technology or, in the alternative, by telephone in lieu of personal attandence” in accordance with Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-21-809 (2014). The trial court did not address Husband’s motion.”

Naomi Marie Jones v. Donnie Frank Jones, Jr. (Tenn. Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 2× “See Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-21-809 (“The court may hold a hearing under this part at a county jail or a facility operated by the department or may conduct the hearing with video communications technology that permits the court to see and hear the inmate and that permits the inmate…”

Barton Hawkins v. Dept of Corr. (Tenn. Ct. App. 2002). · cites it 2× “We also note that Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-21-809 authorizes the court to hold a hearing at the department’s facility wherein the plaintiff inmate is housed.”

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