(a) The costs chargeable to the state or county in criminal cases tried in criminal courts, circuit courts or general sessions courts shall be made out so as to show the specific terms, and be examined, entered of record, and certified to be correct by the clerk of the court or judge before whom the case was tried or by whom it was disposed.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 40-25-136

  • Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) The clerks of the courts are granted full power, and it is made their duty to examine into, inspect and audit all bills of costs, as above provided, accruing against the state or county, and disallow any part or all of the bills of costs that may be illegally or wrongfully taxed against the state or county.
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