Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-8-401 (2026)
Short title
✓ current as of May 2026
This part shall be known as the "County Sheriff's Civil Service Law of 1974."
Acts 1974, ch. 751, § 1; T.C.A., § 8-840.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 1985–2013 · leading case: Shelby Cnty. Civil Serv. Merit Bd. v. Lively, 692 S.W.2d 15 (Tenn. 1985).
Shelby Cnty. Civil Serv. Merit Bd. v. Lively, 692 S.W.2d 15 (Tenn. 1985). “751, now codified as T.C.A. §§ 8-8-401 to -419, county legislative bodies have been authorized to adopt the “County Sheriff’s Civil Service Law of 1974.”
Jim Hammond, Sheriff of Hamilton Cnty. v. Chris Harvey, 410 S.W.3d 306 (Tenn. 2013). “The Board receives its powers from a statutory grant of authority under the County Sheriffs Civil Service Law of 1974, Tenn.Code Ann. §§ 8-8-401 to -419 (2011), which was adopted by Hamilton County in 1980.”
Jim Hammond, Sheriff of Hamilton Cnty. v. Chris Harvey (Tenn. Ct. App. 2012). “The County Sheriff’s Civil Law of 1974 is codified at Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 8-8-401 through 8-8-419 (2011)(“the Act”).”
Noel & Josephine Crawley v. Hamilton Cnty., Tennessee (Tenn. Ct. App. 2005). “The Court concluded there was no question of law or fact, and that Hamilton County was entitled to summary judgment because it had not accepted the provisions of the workers comp law, but had adopted rules and regulations determining all fringe benefits to employees pursuant to…”
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