18-6-101 - Election Term of office Clerk of county legislative body.
18-6-101. Election Term of office Clerk of county legislative body.
(a) The county clerks are elected by the qualified voters of the respective counties over which the local jurisdiction of the county legislative body, respectively, extends.
(b) Their term of office is four (4) years.
(c) The county clerk shall be the clerk of the county legislative body.
(d) If any vacancy occurs in the office of county clerk, the vacancy shall be filled as provided for in § 5-1-104(b).
[Code 1858, § 324 (deriv. Const. 1834, art. 6, § 13); Shan., § 400; mod. Code 1932, § 650; modified; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, § 7; Acts 1978, ch. 934, § 22; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-601; modified; Acts 1981, ch. 318, § 8.]