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Tenn. Code Ann. § 2-5-106

Certification of attorney on nominating petition

Known as the Anti-Skullduggery Act

The act spans §§ 2–2 (28 sections).

Acts 1989, ch. 590, § 10; 2014, ch. 724, § 3.

(1) Any person seeking election to any office that is required by law to be held by an attorney shall certify on the person's nominating petition for such office that such person is licensed to practice law in this state, and shall place on such petition the person's supreme court registration number.

(2) Any person failing to comply with this section shall be disqualified from having the person's name placed on the election ballot for such office.

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.