Tennessee Code Annotated

Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-3-101 (2026)

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A secretary of state shall be elected by joint vote of the general assembly, and commissioned for a term of four (4) years.

Code 1858, §§ 194, 812 (deriv. Const. 1834, art. 3, § 17); Shan., §§ 242, 1136; Code 1932, §§ 188, 1903; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-301.

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Cited in 1 case (1 in the last 5 years), 2021–2021 · leading case: Williams v. Mancini (W.D. Tenn. 2021).

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Williams v. Mancini (W.D. Tenn. 2021). · cites it 2× “” Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-3-101 . suit against Neil in his official capacity as analogous to a suit against the local entity.”

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