§ 10-7-201 Clerks, registers, and other officers to index records – Indexing in name of trust
§ 10-7-202 Register’s book to be indexed, direct and reverse – Maintenance of indices by electronic means
§ 10-7-203 Names in deeds of realty to be entered alphabetically in the direct and reverse indices – Other facts to be shown
§ 10-7-204 Direct and reverse indices to personalty – Manner of making
§ 10-7-205 Time of making indices – One or more indices – Mortgages and deeds of trust
§ 10-7-206 Former indices may be made in addition to required indices
§ 10-7-207 Failure to make index – Forfeiture – Qui tam action
§ 10-7-208 Penalty for failure to index records
§ 10-7-209 Cross index as to all parties in minute books and execution dockets
§ 10-7-210 Violations of preceding section a misdemeanor
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 10 > Chapter 7 > Part 2 - Index of Public Records

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Arraignment: A proceeding in which an individual who is accused of committing a crime is brought into court, told of the charges, and asked to plead guilty or not guilty.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC
  • 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
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.