As used in this chapter, “shall” is mandatory and “may” is permissive.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 6-1-102
Use of “shall” and “may.”
Acts 1991, ch. 154, § 1.
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.