Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-24-111 (2026)
Ex officio services of sheriff
✓ current as of May 2026
The county legislative bodies of the different counties shall, at their first session in each and every year, make such allowance as they, in their discretion, think sufficient to compensate their sheriffs for ex officio service.
Code 1858, § 4564; Acts 1870-1871, ch. 38, § 1; Shan., § 6404; Code 1932, § 10708; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§7, 36; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-2413.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 1992–2011 · leading case: Smith v. Plummer, 834 S.W.2d 311 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1992).
Smith v. Plummer, 834 S.W.2d 311 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1992). “The authority of the courts to authorize expense of conducting the conduct of a sheriffs office is limited to those activities related to the performance of statutory duties for which the collection of a fee is authorized. That is to say, the courts have power to authorize the…”
William Dorning, Sheriff of Lawrence Cnty., Tennessee v. Ametra Bailey, Cnty. Mayor of Lawrence Cnty., Tennessee (Tenn. Ct. App. 2005). ““Accordingly, Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-24-111 (1988)4 gives the county legislative body complete control over the budget for the sheriff’s ex officio services.”
David Ramey, Former Perry Cnty. Sheriff v. Perry Cnty., Tennessee (Tenn. Ct. App. 2009). “§§ 8-20-101 (2) and 8-20-1205 harmoniously with Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-24-111 . When read together, these statutes stand for the proposition that sheriffs can invoke the procedures in Tenn.”
David Ramey v. John Carroll, Cnty. Mayor of Perry Cnty., Tennessee (Tenn. Ct. App. 2011). “Accordingly, Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-24-111 (1988) gives the county legislative body complete control over the budget for the sheriff's ex officio services.”
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