Tenn. Code Ann. § 18-1-204
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Preservation of historical records
Official statutory text
Before the clerk destroys or otherwise disposes of, pursuant to § 18-1-202 , any records, dockets, books, papers, ledgers and documents, when so authorized by the court, the clerk shall give ninety (90) days' notice to the state librarian and archivist, whereupon the state librarian and archivist, or the state librarian and archivist's representative, shall examine and remove and take into the state librarian and archivist's possession for preservation any document, book, ledger or record that the state librarian and archivist believes to be of value for historical or other scholarly purposes. Acts 1953, ch. 207, § 4 (Williams, § 10074.4); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-113.
Before the clerk destroys or otherwise disposes of, pursuant to § 18-1-202 , any records, dockets, books, papers, ledgers and documents, when so authorized by the court, the clerk shall give ninety (90) days' notice to the state librarian and archivist, whereupon the state librarian and archivist, or the state librarian and archivist's representative, shall examine and remove and take into the state librarian and archivist's possession for preservation any document, book, ledger or record that the state librarian and archivist believes to be of value for historical or other scholarly purposes.
Acts 1953, ch. 207, § 4 (Williams, § 10074.4); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-113.
Before the clerk destroys or otherwise disposes of, pursuant to § 18-1-202 , any records, dockets, books, papers, ledgers and documents, when so authorized by the court, the clerk shall give ninety (90) days' notice to the state librarian and archivist, whereupon the state librarian and archivist, or the state librarian and archivist's representative, shall examine and remove and take into the state librarian and archivist's possession for preservation any document, book, ledger or record that the state librarian and archivist believes to be of value for historical or other scholarly purposes.
Acts 1953, ch. 207, § 4 (Williams, § 10074.4); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-113.
Status: in_force
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