Tenn. Code § 18-1-301

Current through Acts 2023-2024, ch. 1069

Section 18-1-301 - Grounds for removal

The court may remove its clerk:

(1) Upon conviction of a misdemeanor in office or of a felony;

(2) For nonresidence in the county in which the court is held;

(3) For failing to give security as required by law;

(4) For failing to pay over public moneys or moneys collected officially;

(5) For incapacity, neglect of duty or misbehavior in office; and

(6) For any other cause to which the penalty of removal from office is attached by law.

T.C.A. § 18-1-301

Code 1858, § 4061 (deriv. Acts 1801, ch. 17, § 1); Shan., § 5876; Code 1932, § 10076; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-119.