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Tenn. Code Ann. § 16-15-402

General duties

Code 1858, § 4126 (deriv

It is the duty of a general sessions court judge:

(1) To return all marriage licenses under which the judge has solemnized the rites of matrimony to the office of the county clerk within thirty (30) days;

(2) To deliver over, in case of resignation, removal, or expiration of the judge's term of office, all the judge's official books and papers, according to law; and

(3) Not to sign a warrant or summons or any other leading process, attachment or document until written out in full.

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