Tennessee Code Annotated

Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-26-105 (2026)

Jailers' fees - State subsidies

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(a) The county legislative body or governing body of each county has the authority to pass a resolution fixing the amount of jailers' fees which may be applied to misdemeanant prisoners. The rate fixed shall apply to such prisoners confined in the county jail or county workhouse or workhouses, but not meeting the conditions required for a state subsidy under title 41, chapter 8.

(b) In lieu of the reimbursement for jailers' fees allowed in § 8-26-106, the state shall provide a subsidy pursuant to title 41, chapter 8.

(c) References in other sections to jailers' fees for state prisoners specified in this section shall be deemed to be references to the subsidies specified in § 41-8-106(d).

Acts 1933, ch. 139, § 1; 1945, ch. 166, § 1; 1947, ch. 141, § 1; mod. C. Supp. 1950, § 10713; Acts 1953, ch. 177, § 1; 1963, ch. 319, §1; 1972, ch. 533, §§ 1-3; 1976, ch. 827, § 1; 1977, ch. 404, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 16, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-2507; Acts 1984, ch. 896, § 7; 1985, ch. 93, § 1.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1981–2000 · leading case: Brown v. Knox Cnty., 39 S.W.3d 585 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2000).

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Brown v. Knox Cnty., 39 S.W.3d 585 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2000). · cites it 18× “1988); and (2) the general jailer’s statute, T.C.A. § 8-26-105 (Supp.1987). 6 Id. at *1.”

Morris v. Snodgrass, 886 S.W.2d 761 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1994). “Such reimbursement shall be in the same amount as is provided by § 8-26-105, and shall not in any event be less than the actual cost of maintaining such person and shall be reimbursed in the manner provided by § 8-26-106.”

State v. McCammon, 623 S.W.2d 133 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1981). “Whenever any prisoner is confined to a county workhouse under provisions of this section, the state shall pay to the county a fee, the amount of which is fixed in accordance with provisions of § 8-26-105.”

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