Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-13-110: Copies of minutes - New indictment

(a) A copy of the minutes shall be as good and valid as the originals if, at any time, the latter are lost, destroyed, misplaced or purloined.

(b) In the absence of the entry provided for in § 40-13-109 , the court may, in any of the contingencies mentioned in subsection (a), on proof of the fact, direct a new indictment to be preferred at the term at which the proof is made or at a subsequent term.