Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 5-1-203 (2026)
Authority to adopt charter form
✓ current as of May 2026
- (a) Each county in this state may adopt a charter form of government as provided in this part.
- (b) Such charter when complete shall result in the creation and establishment of an alternate form of county government to perform all the governmental and corporate functions previously performed by the county.
- (c) Such charter form of government shall replace the existing form if approved by a majority of the voters in a referendum.
Acts 1979, ch. 402, § 3; T.C.A., § 5-123.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 2005–2007 · leading case: Jordan v. Knox Cnty., 213 S.W.3d 751 (Tenn. 2007).
Jordan v. Knox Cnty., 213 S.W.3d 751 (Tenn. 2007). “Tenn.Code Ann. §§ 5-1-203 to -215. He reasoned that if these offices were not mandated by paragraph three in article VII of the state constitution, the offices and their corresponding responsibilities were abolished when the charter as drafted took effect in 1990.”
Bailey v. Cnty. of Shelby, 188 S.W.3d 539 (Tenn. 2006). “” Tenn.Code Ann. § 5-1-203(c). Pursuant to these statutes, Shelby County adopted a charter form of government effective September 1,1986.”
Walter Bailey v. Cnty. of Shelby - Dissenting (Tenn. Ct. App. 2005). “T.C.A. § 5-1-203 provides: Authority to adopt charter form.”
Tenn. Code Ann. § 5-1-203(b): 1 case
Jordan v. Knox Cnty., 213 S.W.3d 751 (Tenn. 2007). “Tenn.Code Ann. §§ 5-1-203 to -215. He reasoned that if these offices were not mandated by paragraph three in article VII of the state constitution, the offices and their corresponding responsibilities were abolished when the charter as drafted took effect in 1990.”
Tenn. Code Ann. § 5-1-203(b)(2005): 1 case
Jordan v. Knox Cnty., 213 S.W.3d 751 (Tenn. 2007). “Tenn.Code Ann. §§ 5-1-203 to -215. He reasoned that if these offices were not mandated by paragraph three in article VII of the state constitution, the offices and their corresponding responsibilities were abolished when the charter as drafted took effect in 1990.”
Tenn. Code Ann. § 5-1-203(c): 1 case
Bailey v. Cnty. of Shelby, 188 S.W.3d 539 (Tenn. 2006). “” Tenn.Code Ann. § 5-1-203(c). Pursuant to these statutes, Shelby County adopted a charter form of government effective September 1,1986.”
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