Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-48-110 (2026)
Emergency interim successors to local offices where vacancy filled by legislative body
✓ current as of May 2026
With respect to local offices for which the legislative bodies of cities, towns, villages, townships, and counties may enact resolutions or ordinances relative to the manner in which vacancies will be filled or temporary appointments to office made, such legislative bodies are hereby authorized to enact resolutions or ordinances providing for emergency interim successors to offices of the aforementioned governmental units. Such resolutions and ordinances shall not be inconsistent with this section and § 8-48-111.
Acts 1961, ch. 318, § 1; T.C.A., § 8-2819.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case (1 in the last 5 years), 2025–2025 · leading case: Thomas Patterson v. Tennessee Dep't of Saf. & Homeland Sec., No. M2022-00740-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. Ct. App. Feb. 12, 2025).
Thomas Patterson v. Tennessee Dep't of Saf. & Homeland Sec., No. M2022-00740-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. Ct. App. Feb. 12, 2025). “§ 8-48-111 (“This section shall be applicable to officers of political subdivisions, including, but not limited to, cities, towns, villages, townships and counties, as well as school, fire, power and drainage districts, not included in § 8-48-110. Such officers, subject to such…”
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