{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-16-16-101","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 16-16-101","heading":"Establishment","body":"(a) A court is established in each county for the dispatch of probate and other business entrusted to it, to be called the county court. (b) Subsection (a) shall only apply in counties having a population, according to the 2000 federal census or any subsequent federal census, of: not less than not more than 12,800 12,900 27,100 27,200 43,100 43,200 62,300 62,400 182,000 182,100 (c) In counties having a population of not less than thirty-nine thousand fifty (39,050) nor more than thirty-nine thousand one hundred fifty (39,150), according to the 2000 federal census or any subsequent federal census, the circuit court clerk, who also serves as the general sessions court clerk, shall serve as the clerk of the court with probate jurisdiction in any such counties. Code 1858, § 127 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 6, § 1); Shan., § 221; Code 1932, § 161; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 16-701; Acts 2003, ch. 310, §§ 1, 6-10; 2005, ch. 245, §§ 1, 2.\n(a) A court is established in each county for the dispatch of probate and other business entrusted to it, to be called the county court.\n(b) Subsection (a) shall only apply in counties having a population, according to the 2000 federal census or any subsequent federal census, of: not less than not more than 12,800 12,900 27,100 27,200 43,100 43,200 62,300 62,400 182,000 182,100\nnot less than not more than 12,800 12,900 27,100 27,200 43,100 43,200 62,300 62,400 182,000 182,100\nnot less than\nnot more than\n12,800\n12,900\n27,100\n27,200\n43,100\n43,200\n62,300\n62,400\n182,000\n182,100\n(c) In counties having a population of not less than thirty-nine thousand fifty (39,050) nor more than thirty-nine thousand one hundred fifty (39,150), according to the 2000 federal census or any subsequent federal census, the circuit court clerk, who also serves as the general sessions court clerk, shall serve as the clerk of the court with probate jurisdiction in any such counties.","path":["TN Code","Title 16","Chapter 16"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_tn_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:26Z","sha256":"c71e9394f55c9310e6fc5ad92e06be380cb81e28889e4e3a7060c3cbd8fcdc72","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-16-15-905","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-16-16-102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}