Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-26-106 (2026)
Reimbursement of jailer for keeping state prisoners
✓ current as of May 2026
Upon the adoption by the county legislative body of a resolution fixing jailers' fees, it is made the duty of the county clerk to promptly transmit to the judicial cost accountant a certified copy of the resolution. The judicial cost accountant shall allow jailers' fees for that particular county for state prisoners at the amount fixed by the resolution on the same terms as the county according to § 8-26-105.
Acts 1933, ch. 139, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1937, ch. 33, §§ 24, 29; Acts 1945, ch. 166, § 1; 1947, ch. 141, § 1; mod. C. Supp. 1950, § 10713.2; Acts 1953, ch. 177, § 1; 1963, ch. 319, § 2; 1972, ch. 522, §1; 1976, ch. 827, § 2; 1977, ch. 404, § 2; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 22, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-2508.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1994–2000 · leading case: Brown v. Knox Cnty., 39 S.W.3d 585 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2000).
Brown v. Knox Cnty., 39 S.W.3d 585 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2000). “T.C.A. § 8-26-106 Upon the adoption by the county legislative body of a resolution fixing jailers' fees, it is made the duty of the county clerk to promptly transmit to the judicial cost accountant a certified copy of the resolution.”
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. T.C.A. Section 40-25-129 provides in part as follows:…”
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