18-1-301 - Grounds for removal.
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.
[Code 1858, § 4061 (deriv. Acts 1801, ch. 17, § 1); Shan., § 5876; Code 1932, § 10076; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-119.]