{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-16-17-101","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 16-17-101","heading":"Establishment of city courts","body":"(a) In each home rule municipality that does not have a city court ordained and established by the general assembly, a city court is created to try violations of municipal ordinances. The governing body of the municipality may increase the number of divisions of the court created by this subsection (a).\n(b) The governing bodies of all home-rule municipalities may also decrease the number of divisions of city courts by ordinance, but no division shall be eliminated except when a term of a city court judge expires or when a vacancy in the office of city court judge exists.","path":["TN Code","Title 16","Chapter 17"],"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":"648ecce52ceac3d07f3d86fd16c44776d3990bd353f0a53cb0cf67be30d3ae5f","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-16-16-202","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-16-17-102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}