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18-4-101 - Election Tenure.

18-4-101. Election Tenure.

(a)  The clerks of the circuit and criminal courts and other special courts are elected by the qualified voters of the respective circuits and districts over which the local jurisdiction of the courts, respectively, extends.

(b)  The clerks' terms of office are four (4) years.

[Code 1858, § 324; Shan., § 400; mod. Code 1932, § 650; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-401.]