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Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-19-102

Place of filing bonds — Copies of bonds as evidence

Acts 1957, ch. 289, §§ 2, 3; T.C.A., § 8-1902; Acts 1998, ch. 677, § 1; 2013, ch. 315, §§ 1, 2.

(1) The official bonds of county officials required by law to execute such bonds shall be transmitted to the office of county clerk for safekeeping immediately upon their execution, approval and recordation in the office of the county register of deeds.

(2) Where suit is necessary to enforce the obligation of any such bond or undertaking, the county clerk shall make such bond available to the proper authorities. A copy of the official bond duly certified by the county clerk is admissible as evidence in any suit on the bond to prove the execution of the bond and any condition thereof.

(3) The official bonds of state officials and state employees shall be lodged for safekeeping at an office designated by the governor.

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.