Tenn. Code Ann. § 6-54-136: Archives and record management fee

(a) Any city or town may establish and collect, through all entities creating public records, except for the office of the county register, an archives and record management fee not to exceed five dollars ($5.00) per record filed.

(b) Any city or town may establish and collect through the clerks of court, an archives and record management fee not to exceed five dollars ($5.00) per public record for the purpose of initiating a legal proceeding.

(c) Funds collected though these fees must be designated exclusively for duplicating, storing and maintaining any records required by law to be permanently kept.