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Tenn. Code Ann. § 17-2-202

Duty to interchange

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Ferrell v. Cigna Property & Casualty Insurance Co. (2000)

Most recently applied in Maxwell Medical, Inc. v. Chumley (September 2008)

Acts 1859-1860, ch. 105, § 3; Shan., § 5713; mod

(1) Each state trial court judge has an affirmative duty to interchange if: A judge has died or is unable to hold court;

(2) Two (2) or more judges have agreed to a mutually convenient interchange; or

(3) [Deleted by 2012 amendment.]

(4) The chief justice of the supreme court has assigned by order a judge to another court pursuant to Tenn. Sup. Ct. R. 11.

(5) A failure to comply with an interchange order of the supreme court is a judicial offense under § 17-5-301(j)(1)(B). The chief justice shall report such failure to comply immediately to the presiding judge of the board of judicial conduct. The clerk of the supreme court shall maintain such reports for public inspection.

Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.