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Tenn. Code Ann. § 20-4-201

Cases in which venue changeable

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Woodson v. Porter Brown Limestone Co. (1996)

Most recently applied in State v. Kiser (May 2009)

Code 1858, § 2835 (deriv

In all civil cases at law where the issue is to be tried by jury, and in all cases of issues in courts of equity directed to be tried by jury, either in the circuit or chancery court, in all civil cases before a judge of the court of general sessions, and in all criminal cases:

(1) The venue may be changed, at any time before trial, upon good cause shown, as prescribed in this part; or

(2) A court may issue an order for a special venire of jurors from another county if in its discretion it determines the action to be necessary to ensure a fair trial.

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.