{"county":"fayette","description":"The Fayette County Clerk's office handles motor-vehicle registrations and license plates, issues marriage licenses, and processes business-tax registrations. In a smaller county the Clerk's office also handles duties that in larger counties may be split among specialized offices. Separate elected office from the Register of Deeds. Limited to two consecutive four-year terms.","district":"fayette","districtgroup":"county","id":397,"key":"county_clerk","lastchangeby":null,"name":null,"next_election":null,"notes":null,"officegroup":null,"partisan":1,"party":null,"qualities":"- Administration of motor-vehicle registration, license plates, marriage licenses, and business-tax registrations.\n- Working knowledge of Tennessee statutes governing each of those functions, which change regularly.\n- Customer-service capacity: the Clerk's office is one of the most-visited county offices by ordinary residents.\n- Financial controls for collecting state and local fees and remitting them accurately.\n- Supervision of a small office staff handling high transaction volume.","quantity":1,"source":null,"state":"TN","term_end":null,"term_start":null,"term_years":4,"terms":[],"title":"County Clerk","type":"executive","url":null,"whenchanged":"2026-04-24 19:51:24"}