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Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-8-205

Acting as attorney or security prohibited — Attorney as deputy

Code 1858, § 363; Shan., § 453; Code 1932, § 700; T.C.A

(1) No sheriff or deputy sheriff shall appear in any court as attorney or counsel for any party, nor become security for any party in any civil suit or criminal proceeding.

(2) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the sheriff shall be permitted to appoint a duly licensed attorney as a special deputy sheriff, reserve deputy sheriff, or as a deputy sheriff.

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.