Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-47-110 (2026)
Petition in name of state - Filing by relators
✓ current as of May 2026
The petition or complaint shall be in the name of the state and may be filed upon the relation of the attorney general and reporter, or the district attorney general for the state, or the county attorney in the case of county officers, and of the city attorney, or the district attorney general, in the case of municipal officers; and in all cases it may be filed, without the concurrence of any of such officers, upon the relation of ten (10) or more citizens and freeholders of the state, county, or city, as the case may be, upon their giving the usual security for costs.
Acts 1915, ch. 11, § 3; Shan., § 1135a3; Code 1932, § 1879; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-2710.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 12
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1998–2025 · leading case: State Ex Rel. DeSelm v. Owings, 310 S.W.3d 353 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2009).
State Ex Rel. DeSelm v. Owings, 310 S.W.3d 353 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2009). “§ 29-35-110 Citizens; as T.C.A. § 8-47-110 Citizens; and as Politically Associated Persons.”
State Ex Rel. Jones v. Looper, 86 S.W.3d 189 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2000). “§ 8-47-110 (1993). For the following reasons, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.”
State Ex Rel. DeSelm v. Knox Cnty. Comm'n, 342 S.W.3d 1 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2010). “§ 29-35-110 Citizens; as T.C.A. § 8-47-110 Citizens; and as Politically Associated Persons.”
State Ex Rel. Carney v. Crosby, 255 S.W.3d 593 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2008). “Tenn.Code Ann. § 8-47-110. The petition must state the charges against the official with reasonable certainty.”
State Ex Rel Adolphus Pelley v. Bo Perkinson (Tenn. Ct. App. 2025). “As a resident of the City of Athens, Tennessee, it is my desire to be included as one of the ten or more individual “freeholders” required to file the above-entitled petition, pursuant to T.C.A. § 8-47-110. 4. My address, as set forth below my signature, is correct as of the…”
State of Tennessee ex rel. Robert L. Wolfenbarger, III. v. Scott Moore (Tenn. Ct. App. 2010). “Alternatively, plaintiffs argue that they had standing to bring the suit pursuant to Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-47-110 . The record does not show that the issue was raised below, however, this Court can sua sponte consider the standing issue on appeal.”
State of Tennessee, ex rel., Marlinee Iverson, Cnty. Attorney for Shelby Cnty., Tennessee v. Wanda Halbert (Tenn. Ct. App. 2025). “Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-47-110 . Ostensibly under the authority of the ouster statutes, a petition was filed in this case seeking to oust Appellee for alleged dereliction of duty.”
State ex re. Herbert S. Moncier v. Nancy S. Jones (Tenn. Ct. App. 2013). “§ 8-47-110 , governing ouster proceedings initiated by relators, states: The petition or complaint shall be in the name of the state and may be filed upon the relation of the attorney general and reporter, or the district attorney general for the state, or the county attorney in…”
Jefferson Cnty., Tennessee v. Margaret Smith (Tenn. Ct. App. 2011). “Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-47-110 . Section 39-16-504, which is at issue in the present case, does not have such a requirement.”
Bee Deselm v. Tennessee Peace Officers Standards & Training Comm'n (Tenn. Ct. App. 2010). “12, 2010) (quoting T.C.A. § 8-47-110), perm. to app. granted and denied, Aug.”
State of Tennessee ex rel. Arlie \Max\" Watson v. Larry Waters" (Tenn. Ct. App. 2010). “and Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-47-110 , which gave them statutory standing to bring their claims.”
State v. Looper (Tenn. Ct. App. 1998). “See Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-47-110 (1993). For the following reasons, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.”
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