If it is determined that the charges against a judge are frivolous or unfounded, or beyond the permissible scope of the board's inquiry, the matter will be closed and all documents, records, and papers pertaining to the charges must be destroyed and the board's docket must recite the investigation and dismissal of a groundless complaint.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 17-5-304
Investigation and dismissal of groundless complaint
Acts 2019, ch. 496, § 1.
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