Tennessee Code 8-19-108 – County official prohibited as sureties for other county officials
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 8-19-108
- County official: means a county clerk, a clerk of a circuit court, a criminal court, or a probate court, a clerk and master of a chancery court, a clerk of a general sessions court where such general sessions court has an independent clerk who serves such court only, a register of deeds, a county trustee, a sheriff, a county road superintendent elected by a county legislative body, by a county road commission or commissioners, or by popular vote, and an assessor of property, any county commissioner elected by popular vote, serving in a county having a county commission form of government. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
- Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
- signed: includes a mark, the name being written near the mark and witnessed, or any other symbol or methodology executed or adopted by a party with intention to authenticate a writing or record, regardless of being witnessed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
No county official shall sign as surety an official bond for any other county official; provided, that when any person has signed as surety any bond of any county official, and is thereafter elected to or appointed to fill any public office, such official shall not be deemed to have violated this section and such bond signed by such official prior to such election or appointment shall continue to be good and valid for the duration of the term of office for which the principal of such bond was elected.