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Tenn. Code Ann. § 2-17-114

Certification of judgment

Known as the Election Code

The act spans §§ 2–2 (475 sections).

Acts 1972, ch. 740, § 1; T.C.A., § 2-1714.

(1) A judgment confirming an election or declaring a person elected to an office commissioned by the governor shall be certified to the secretary of state. In all other cases, the judgment shall be certified to the tribunal before which the officer is required to qualify.

(2) A judgment declaring a tie shall be certified to the officer or body entitled to cast the deciding vote, if any, and, if none, to the officer or body authorized to fill the vacancy or order a new election.

(3) A judgment declaring an election void shall be certified to the officer or body authorized to fill the vacancy or order a new election.

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.