{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-6-1-209","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 6-1-209","heading":"Sample petition for adoption","body":"Petitions for adoption of this charter shall be in substantially the following form: PETITION FOR INCORPORATION ELECTION FOR TOWN (CITY) OF ______________, TENNESSEE TO: The County Election Commission, ______________ County, Tennessee We the undersigned, being registered voters and residents of the territory herein proposed for incorporation, and being in number in excess of thirty-three and one-third percent (33 1 / 3 %) of the registered voters of the herein described territory, hereby request the county election commission to hold an election on the question of whether or not the herein described territory shall be incorporated under the terms of Tennessee Code Annotated, title 6, chapters 1-4, and be known by the name and style of the \"Town (City) of ______________, Tennessee,\" all as prescribed in Tennessee Code Annotated, title 6, chapters 1-4. The territory in question, being part of the ______________, Civil District(s) of ______________ County, Tennessee, is further described as: (Here insert a description of boundaries with references to tax maps) The wards of the Town (City) shall be as follows: (Here insert a description of wards, and if there is only one (1) ward state that the boundaries are as described above) Wards that will carry an initial two-year term: (For those municipalities incorporating with more than four (4) wards.) The proposed plan of services is as follows: (Here insert a description of the plan of services as defined in Tennessee Code Annotated, § 6-1-203 ). PETITIONERS' SIGNATURES ______________ ____________________ ______________ Name Residence Address Date (List name and residence as on registration records) Certificate I, ______________, hereby certify that I personally solicited the signatures of the persons appearing on this page and that they, in fact, signed their names to this petition in my presence. ____________________ Name ____________________ Address ____________________ Date STATE OF TENNESSEE COUNTY OF ______________ On this ____________________ day of ______________, 20 ____________________, before me personally appeared ______________, to me known to be the person described in, and who executed, the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged that such person executed it as such person's free act and deed. ____________________ Signature and Seal of Notary Public My commission expires: ______________ Acts 1991, ch. 154, § 1; 1993, ch. 320, § 4.\nPetitions for adoption of this charter shall be in substantially the following form:\nPETITION FOR INCORPORATION ELECTION FOR TOWN (CITY) OF ______________, TENNESSEE\nTO: The County Election Commission,\n______________ County, Tennessee\nWe the undersigned, being registered voters and residents of the territory herein proposed for incorporation, and being in number in excess of thirty-three and one-third percent (33 1 / 3 %) of the registered voters of the herein described territory, hereby request the county election commission to hold an election on the question of whether or not the herein described territory shall be incorporated under the terms of Tennessee Code Annotated, title 6, chapters 1-4, and be known by the name and style of the \"Town (City) of ______________, Tennessee,\" all as prescribed in Tennessee Code Annotated, title 6, chapters 1-4.\nThe territory in question, being part of the ______________, Civil District(s) of ______________ County, Tennessee, is further described as:\n(Here insert a description of boundaries with references to tax maps)\nThe wards of the Town (City) shall be as follows:\n(Here insert a description of wards, and if there is only one (1) ward state that the boundaries are as described above)\nWards that will carry an initial two-year term:\n(For those municipalities incorporating with more than four (4) wards.)\nThe proposed plan of services is as follows: (Here insert a description of the plan of services as defined in Tennessee Code Annotated, § 6-1-203 )\nas follows:\n(Here insert a description of wards, and if there is only one (1) ward state that the boundaries are as described above)\nWards that will carry an initial two-year term:\n(For those municipalities incorporating with more than four (4) wards.)\nThe proposed plan of services is as follows: (Here insert a description of the plan of services as defined in Tennessee Code Annotated, § 6-1-203 ).\nPETITIONERS' SIGNATURES\n______________ ____________________ ______________\nName Residence Address Date\n(List name and residence as on registration records)\nCertificate\nI, ______________, hereby certify that I personally solicited the signatures of the persons appearing on this page and that they, in fact, signed their names to this petition in my presence.\n____________________\nName\n____________________\nAddress\n____________________\nDate\nSTATE OF TENNESSEE\nCOUNTY OF ______________\nOn this ____________________ day of ______________, 20 ____________________, before me personally appeared ______________, to me known to be the person described in, and who executed, the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged that such person executed it as such person's free act and deed.\n____________________\nSignature and Seal of Notary Public\nMy commission expires: ______________","path":["TN Code","Title 6","Chapter 1"],"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":"ee313686f5603aa214b9822469cecc398de9a71aab5dbb6d1c259b4b16f687ed","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-6-1-208","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-6-1-210"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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