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Contest for Criminal Court Clerk
County
general - Partisan - Criminal Court Clerk
About this office
The Criminal Court Clerk maintains the records of the Criminal Court, which hears felony cases and appeals from General Sessions Court misdemeanors. Duties include receiving and indexing indictments and filings, preparing dockets and case files for the judges, managing the court's fine-and-cost collection, and maintaining public records of criminal dispositions.
Term length: 4 years.
This role calls for
- Maintains records of the Criminal Court (felony trial court). Manages the criminal docket, bond paperwork, and jury orders for criminal trials.
- Records management for the court served by this clerk's office, in conformity with Tennessee Rules of Civil/Criminal Procedure and the orders of the assigned judges.
- Working knowledge of the relevant court's docket, fee schedule, and pleading requirements.
- Financial controls for collecting and disbursing court costs, fines, restitution, bonds, and trust funds — with public accountability.
- Supervision of a clerical staff handling high case volume and frequent statutory deadlines.
- Administrative reliability — the office's filings are legally binding and its records are evidence.
Derived from the office's statutory duties and operational reality. Candidate summaries below map each candidate's documented experience to these requirements.
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