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Tenn. Code Ann. § 5-1-103 (2026)

Corporate capacity

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Every county is a corporation and the members of the legislative body of each county assembled are the representatives of the county and authorized to act for it.

Code 1858, § 402; Shan., § 493; Code 1932, § 739; Acts 1978, ch. 934, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 5-103.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1982–1991 · leading case: State v. Keller, 813 S.W.2d 146 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1991).
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State v. Keller, 813 S.W.2d 146 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1991). · cites it 2× “T.C.A. § 5-1-103. Maury County v. Lewis County, 31 Tenn.”
Lane v. Lincoln Cnty. Hosp., 537 F. Supp. 114 (E.D. Tenn. 1982). · cites it 2× “It is a corporate- or quasi-corporate-entity, T.C.A. § 5-1-103, suable for any just claim against it in the same manner in which lawsuits may be maintained against other Tennessee corporations.”
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