Tennessee Code Annotated

Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-22-101 (2026)

Clerks and county officers made salaried officers

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The clerks and masters of the chancery courts, the county clerks and clerks of the probate, criminal, circuit and special courts, county trustees, registers of deeds, general sessions court clerks, juvenile court clerks, and sheriffs shall be deprived of all their fees, commissions, emoluments and perquisites that shall accrue, or be received by virtue of their respective offices, except payment for special services as trustee or receiver and payment for special services as special commissioner; and they shall be compensated for their services by salaries in the manner provided in chapter 24 of this title, which salaries shall be in lieu of all other compensation.

Acts 1921, ch. 101, § 1; Shan. Supp., § 6428a38; Code 1932, § 10725; Acts 1955, ch. 116, § 1; 1969, ch. 332, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 22, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-2201; Acts 1990, ch. 1035, § 14.


Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1982–2012 · leading case: Spurlock v. Sumner Cnty., 42 S.W.3d 75 (Tenn. 2001).
Spurlock v. Sumner Cnty., 42 S.W.3d 75 (Tenn. 2001). · cites it 2× “For example, Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-22-101 (1993), which restricts fees for services performed by clerks and county officers, lists sheriffs as among the “county officers” to whom the statute applies, and Tenn.”
Brenda W. Sneyd v. Washington Cnty., Tennessee, 387 S.W.3d 1 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2012). · cites it 4× “…of a Special Commissioner are charged a fee that the Special Commissioner is statutorily permitted to retain. See Tenn.Code Ann. § 8-22-101.”
Stone v. Halsell, 648 S.W.2d 949 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1982). · cites it 4× “It therefore appears that § 8-22-108 applies only to officials enumerated in T.C.A. § 8-22-101 which reads as follows: Applies only to officials of counties of more than 600,000 population.”
Lee Hayes v. Gibson Cnty., Tennessee (Tenn. Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 3× “Section 8-24-102 as it existed in the 1993 code similarly set the compensation level of “clerks and county officers,” as enumerated in § 8-22-101, based on county population according to the 1970 federal census.”
Turner v. Moss, 872 S.W.2d 185 (Tenn. 1994). “§ 8-22-104(a)(3) states that: The legislative body in any county of the State may make the necessary appropriation and pay to any officer of its county as enumerated in § 8-22-101, to whom this section is applicable, the maximum salary as fixed by § 8-24-102 and the authorized…”
Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-22-101(1993): 1 case
Lee Hayes v. Gibson Cnty., Tennessee (Tenn. Ct. App. 2008). “Section 8-24-102 as it existed in the 1993 code similarly set the compensation level of “clerks and county officers,” as enumerated in § 8-22-101, based on county population according to the 1970 federal census.”
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