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§ 17-1-103. Election; vacancies
TN ST § 17-1-103West's Tennessee Code AnnotatedTitle 17. Judges and ChancellorsEffective: January 28, 2016 (Approx. 2 pages)
§ 17-1-103. Election; vacancies
TN ST § 17-1-103West's Tennessee Code AnnotatedTitle 17. Judges and ChancellorsEffective: January 28, 2016 (Approx. 2 pages)
West's Tennessee Code Annotated
Title 17. Judges and Chancellors
Chapter 1. General Provisions (Refs & Annos)
Part 1. Qualifications and Selection
Effective: January 28, 2016
T. C. A. § 17-1-103
§ 17-1-103. Election; vacancies
(a) The judges of the supreme court, the court of appeals, and the court of criminal appeals shall be elected by the qualified voters of the state in a statewide retention election conducted in accordance with chapter 4, part 1 of this title, and any appointments to fill a vacancy or a full eight-year term shall be made in accordance with chapter 4, part 1 of this title.
(b) The chancellors, circuit court judges, criminal court judges, and judges of any other state trial court of record shall be elected by the qualified voters of their respective judicial districts, as provided in the general election law set forth in title 2, and any appointments due to a vacancy in any of these offices shall be made in accordance with chapter 4, part 3 of this title.
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Impl. am. by 1967 Pub.Acts, c. 226, § 3; 2016 Pub.Acts, c. 528, § 6, eff. Jan. 28, 2016.
Formerly Const. 1834, art. 6, §§ 3, 4; 1858 Code, §§ 307, 308; Shannon's Code, § 374; mod. 1932 Code, § 631; § 17-103.
T. C. A. § 17-1-103, TN ST § 17-1-103
Current with effective legislation through Chapter 925 of the 2024 Regular Session of the 113th Tennessee General Assembly. Some sections may be more current; see credits for details. Pursuant to §§ 1-1-110, 1-1-111, and 1-2-114, the Tennessee Code Commission certifies the final, official version of the Tennessee Code and, until then, may make editorial changes to the statutes. References to the updates made by the most recent legislative session should be to the Public Chapter and not to the T.C.A. until final revisions have been made to the text, numbering, and hierarchical headings on Westlaw to conform to the official text. Unless legislatively provided, section name lines are prepared by the publisher.
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