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Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-6-102 (2026)

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There is created a legal department of the state, of which the attorney general and reporter shall be the executive head, and who, with assistants, shall constitute such department. The department shall maintain offices at Nashville, which shall be furnished and provided by the state under the supervision of the department of finance and administration.

Acts 1929, ch. 22, § 1; Code 1932, § 9950; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1961, ch. 97, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-602.

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Cited in 1 case, 2001–2001 · leading case: State Ex Rel. Comm'r of Transp. v. Med. Bird Black Bear White Eagle, 63 S.W.3d 734 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2001).
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State Ex Rel. Comm'r of Transp. v. Med. Bird Black Bear White Eagle, 63 S.W.3d 734 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2001). · cites it 2× “§ 4-3-111, -1502; Tenn.Code Ann. § 8-6-102 (1993). In this role, the Attorney General has both extensive statutory power and the broad common-law powers of the office except where these powers have been limited by statute.”
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