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Civil E)8-21-409(a)(1)(F)8-21-409(a)(1)(G)Issuing order to sheriff to summon jurors or commissioners todivide landSummons to answer in city's or county's suit for taxes for eachdefendant 3.00 3.00 1.00 3.00Issuing forcible entry and detainer warrant, or any other civilwarrant in general sessions courts or trial justice courtsEach additional name on any state or civil warrant 4.00Issuing state's warrant with affidavitIssuing subpoena to bring in paper or record, etc., and issuingsubpoena to each ionalCircuit, criminal,chancery, generalsessions, trial justice,juvenile, and probatecourtsCircuit, criminal,chancery, generalsessions, trial justice,juvenile, and probatecourtsCircuit, criminal,chancery, generalsessions, trial justice,juvenile, and probatecourtsCircuit, criminal,chancery, generalsessions, trial justice,juvenile, and probatecourtsCircuit, criminal,chancery, generalsessions, trial justice,juvenile, and probatecourtsOptionalMandatory orOptionalCircuit, criminal,chancery, generalsessions, trial justice,juvenile, and probatecourtsCircuit, criminal,chancery, generalsessions, trial justice,juvenile, and probatecourtsCollecting courtAFTR 2.00 5.00Issuing summons each defendant, order of publication,attachment property or witness, replevin, injunction,refunding bonds in equity cases, any notice required by law,fieri facias, scire facias, venditioni exponas, writ ofpossession, distringas, capias, writ of error, writ of certiorari,writ of supersedeas, or any other writ, ancillary attachments,distress warrants, and criminal summonsDAmountPurposeKnox County Civil Circuit, Civil General Sessions, and Chancery Court FeesNoNoNoNoNoNoNoEarmark inStatute(Yes/No)Tennessee’s Court Fees and Taxes: Funding the Courts FairlyAppendix D: Knox County Civil Circuit, Civil General Sessions, andChancery Court Fees67
1)(H)8-21-409(a)(3)(D)Civil orcriminalStatuteD 1.50 each 2.00AmountEmpaneling a juryTaking a depositionAffixing the seal on any legal instrumentQualifying each surety on a bond or taking an affidavitFiling each bond, bill, complaint, motion or other pleading,document, exhibit, or article, affidavit, record or paper,presentment or indictment, criminal warrant pending actionfrom grand juryEach recognizance, bond or mittimus 2.00 5.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00AFTCopies when required by lawRPreparation and issuance of garnishment to onalOptionalCircuit, criminal,chancery, generalsessions, trial justice,juvenile, and probatecourtsCircuit, criminal,chancery, generalsessions, trial justice,juvenile, and probatecourtsCircuit, criminal,chancery, generalsessions, trial justice,juvenile, and probatecourtsCircuit, criminal,chancery, generalsessions, trial justice,juvenile, and probatecourtsCircuit, criminal,chancery, generalsessions, trial justice,juvenile, and probatecourtsCircuit, criminal,chancery, generalsessions, trial justice,juvenile, and probatecourtsOptionalOptionalCircuit, criminal,chancery, generalsessions, trial justice,juvenile, and probatecourtsCircuit, criminal,chancery, generalsessions, trial justice,juvenile, and probatecourtsMandatory orOptionalCollecting courtKnox County Civil Circuit, Civil General Sessions, and Chancery Court FeesNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoEarmark inStatute(Yes/No)Tennessee’s Court Fees and Taxes: Funding the Courts FairlyWWW.TN.GOV/TACIR
Civil -409(a)(3)( (E)8-21-409(a)(4)(F)D 2.00 5.00AmountEach probate of a witnessEntering order of appeal to any appellate courtEntering judgment against state or county, where defendant isinsolventEntering each judgmentMaking and entering on execution docket for each bill of costs 1.50 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00AFTEach order, bond, bill, complaint, motion or other pleading,document, exhibit, or article, affidavit, record or paper,presentment or indictment, criminal warrant, criminalsummons, pending action from grand jury and return ofprocess entered upon the rule, trial, or execution docketRExamining a party in onalOptionalOptionalCircuit, criminal,chancery, generalsessions, trial justice,juvenile, and probatecourtsCircuit, criminal,chancery, generalsessions, trial justice,juvenile, and probatecourtsCircuit, criminal,chancery, generalsessions, trial justice,juvenile, and probatecourtsCircuit, criminal,chancery, generalsessions, trial justice,juvenile, and probatecourtsCircuit, criminal,chancery, generalsessions, trial justice,juvenile, and probatecourtsOptionalCircuit, criminal,chancery, generalsessions, trial justice,juvenile, and probatecourtsCircuit, criminal,chancery, generalsessions, trial justice,juvenile, and probatecourtsMandatory orOptionalCollecting courtKnox County Civil Circuit, Civil General Sessions, and Chancery Court FeesNoNoNoNoNoNoNoEarmark inStatute(Yes/No)Tennessee’s Court Fees and Taxes: Funding the Courts Fairly69
70Civil 5)(E)8-21-409(a)(5)(F)D 1.00 2.00AmountCopy of commitment or acquittal to judicial cost accountantEvery certificate not included in some other serviceTranscript of judgment and bill of costs for comptroller ortreasurerCertified copy of sentence furnished to warden of penitentiaryand certified copies and statements of sentence to workhousesuperintendent of workhouse and county mayorCopy of indictment or presentment for a defendant in jail,copy of indictment in minute book, copy of indictment towarden of penitentiary 2.50 2.00 2.50 3.50 2.00AFTEntering minutes or a transcript of record, or copies of anypleadings, papers, and proceedings in a cause, per 100 wordsRFurnishing each bill of t, criminal,chancery, generalsessions, trial justice,juvenile, and probatecourtsCircuit, criminal,chancery, generalsessions, trial justice,juvenile, and probatecourtsCircuit, criminal,chancery, generalsessions, trial justice,juvenile, and probatecourtsCircuit, criminal,chancery, generalsessions, trial justice,juvenile, and probatecourtsOptionalCircuit, criminal,chancery, generalsessions, trial justice,juvenile, and probatecourtsOptionalOptionalCircuit, criminal,chancery, generalsessions, trial justice,juvenile, and probatecourtsCircuit, criminal,chancery, generalsessions, trial justice,juvenile, and probatecourtsMandatory orOptionalCollecting courtKnox County Civil Circuit, Civil General Sessions, and Chancery Court FeesNoNoNoNoNoNoNoEarmark inStatute(Yes/No)Tennessee’s Court Fees and Taxes: Funding the Courts FairlyWWW.TN.GOV/TACIR
Civil onalOptionalOptionalOptionalOptionalCircuit, criminal,chancery, generalsessions, trial justice,juvenile, and probatecourtsCircuit, criminal,chancery, generalsessions, trial justice,juvenile, and probatecourtsCircuit, criminal,chancery, generalsessions, trial justice,juvenile, and probatecourtsCircuit, criminal,chancery, generalsessions, trial justice,juvenile, and probatecourtsCircuit, criminal,chancery, generalsessions, trial justice,juvenile, and probatecourtsCircuit, criminal,chancery, generalsessions, trial justice,juvenile, and probatecourts 1.00 2.00Receiving and handling motor vehicle licenses or submittingabstracts on motor vehicle violations 2.00 3.00 2.00 20.00Each certificate as to tax bill, required to be made to thecounty trustee in such caseReceiving and recording a bank's sworn statement of capitalstock paid up, and its financial condition, executing trustsTax encumbrances report and services connected with thereport and servicesDeciding upon exceptions to answers, for each exceptionDrawing deed of conveyance under orders of the courtMandatory orOptionalOptionalCollecting court 2.00 for thefirst pageCircuit, criminal,and 1.00chancery, generalfor eachsessions, trial justice,additionaljuvenile, and probatepage, not tocourtsexceed 10.00AmountAFTFurnishing appointed attorneys and indigent defendants orpetitioners with copies of documentsRDPurposeKnox County Civil Circuit, Civil General Sessions, and Chancery Court FeesNoNoNoNoNoNoNoEarmark inStatute(Yes/No)Tennessee’s Court Fees and Taxes: Funding the Courts Fairly71
(H)8-21-409(a)(7)(M)(iii)Civil orcriminalStatuteD 75.00 2.00Amount 40.00 35.00 35.00The clerk has the option of charging a flat fee in lieu ofitemizing the fees for each convictionThe clerk has the option of charging a flat fee in lieu ofitemizing the fees in contempt cases.The clerk has the option of charging a flat fee in lieu ofitemizing the fees in child support enforcement cases. 75.00 250.00The clerk has the option of charging a flat fee in lieu ofitemizing the fees in misdemeanor and felony casesThe clerk has the option of charging a flat fee in lieu ofitemizing the fees for cases involving default judgments 40.00 75.00Expungement of public records or where an indictment,presentment or warrant was dismissed as a result of adiversion programProceedings in uncontested divorcesAFTProceedings in adoption and legitimation cases, change ofname, registration of citizenship casesRPreparing and mailing correspondence notifying defendantsand attorneys of record of the setting of criminal and civilcases on the court docketPurposeOptionalOptionalCircuit, criminal,chancery, generalsessions, trial justice,juvenile, and probatecourtsCircuit, criminal,chancery, generalsessions, trial justice,juvenile, and it, criminal,chancery, generalsessions, trial justice,juvenile, and probatecourtsCircuit, criminal,chancery, generalsessions, trial justice,juvenile, and probatecourtsCircuit, criminal,chancery, generalsessions, trial justice,juvenile, and probatecourtsOptionalGeneral sessions courtsCourts of recordOptionalOptionalCircuit, criminal,chancery, generalsessions, trial justice,juvenile, and probatecourtsCircuit, criminal, andgeneral sessions courtsMandatory orOptionalCollecting courtKnox County Civil Circuit, Civil General Sessions, and Chancery Court FeesNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoEarmark inStatute(Yes/No)Tennessee’s Court Fees and Taxes: Funding the Courts FairlyWWW.TN.GOV/TACIR
Civil (b)(4)(A)8-21-409(b)(4)(B)DWWW.TN.GOV/TACIR 75.00 75.00Amount 66.00 66.00Filing petition to probate will of three pages or less in length,entering order, issuing original letters testamentary whenbond is waived, recording willFiling petition to probate will of more than three pages inlength, entering order, issuing original letters testamentarywhen bond is waived 1.00 48.00Filing petition to probate will and entering order, withoutissuing letters testamentaryFiling each additional page of will in excess of three pages 60.00 35.00 75.00 75.00Filing petition, entering order, recording bond and issuingoriginal letters of administration in intestacy casesProceedings in claims abandoned mineral interests casesFiling and docketing petitions and orders not otherwiseprovidedPetitions to enter a foreign judgmentAFTPetitions for custody or change of custody of minor childRPetitions for visitation of a minor t, criminal,chancery, generalsessions, trial justice,juvenile, and probatecourtsCircuit, criminal,chancery, generalsessions, trial justice,juvenile, and probatecourtsCircuit, criminal,chancery, generalsessions, trial justice,juvenile, and probatecourtsCircuit, criminal,chancery, generalsessions, trial justice,juvenile, and probatecourtsOptionalOptionalCourts handlingprobate casesOptionalOptionalCourts handlingprobate casesCourts handlingprobate casesCourts handlingprobate casesOptionalOptionalCircuit, criminal,chancery, generalsessions, trial justice,juvenile, and probatecourtsCourts handlingprobate casesMandatory orOptionalCollecting courtKnox County Civil Circuit, Civil General Sessions, and Chancery Court FeesNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoEarmark inStatute(Yes/No)Tennessee’s Court Fees and Taxes: Funding the Courts Fairly73
74Civil (b)(17)8-21-409(b)(18)8-21-409(b)(19)(A) 30.00 30.00 30.00 60.00Filing petition for removal of disabilities of minority, andentering orderFiling petition for removal of disabilities of insanity, filingaffidavits and entering orderFiling petition for allowing year's support to spouses andentering all orders and reportsFiling petition to legitimate person, entering order, issuingcertificates to be warded to the Tennessee office of vitalrecords 60.00 30.00Filing and recording annual settlement of guardians,conservators, administrators and executors and entering orderapproving settlement only 12.00 10.00Filing petition for habeas corpus, filing cost bond, issuingprocess, and entering orderEntering each order not otherwise providedFiling inventory and recording same in inventory record book 60.00 60.00Filing petition of letters of guardianship, issuing process andcost bond, entering order, and issuing original certificate ofguardianship, not including fee of the sheriffFiling petition for change of name, and entering order 4.00 4.00Giving notice to creditors of the qualification of a personalrepresentativeEach notice of claim against estate 6.00Forwarding by mail the notice to the commissionerAFTFiling each additional page of will in excess of three pagesR 72.00Filing petition to probate will of more than three pages inlength, entering order, issuing original letters testamentary ororiginal letters of administration c.t.a., recording bond 1.00 72.00Filing petition to probate will of three pages or less in length,entering order, issuing original letters testamentary or originalletters of administration c.t.a., recording bondDAmountPurposeOptionalCourts handlingprobate casesCourts handlingprobate casesCourts handlingprobate casesOptionalOptionalOptionalOptionalCourts handlingprobate casesCourts handlingprobate s handlingprobate casesCourts handlingprobate casesCourts handlingprobate casesCourts handlingprobate casesCourts handlingprobate casesOptionalCourts handlingprobate casesOptionalCourts handlingprobate casesOptionalOptionalCourts handlingprobate casesCourts handlingprobate casesOptionalOptionalMandatory orOptionalCourts handlingprobate casesCourts handlingprobate casesCollecting courtKnox County Civil Circuit, Civil General Sessions, and Chancery Court FeesNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoEarmark inStatute(Yes/No)Tennessee’s Court Fees and Taxes: Funding the Courts FairlyWWW.TN.GOV/TACIR
Civil 1)(A)8-21-409(b)(31)(B)8-21-409(b)(32) 36.00 1.00 50.00 22.00 6.00Filing and recording final settlement of guardians,conservators, administrators and executors and entering orderapproving settlement onlyFiling each additional page in excess of three pages whenqualifying each surety on a bond or taking an affidavitFiling petition under the mental health law, issuing notices ofhearing, entering returns, and entering judgments afterhearingEntering order increasing bonds of guardians, conservators,executors, and administrators and recording bondIssuing each additional copy of letters of administration,testamentary, guardianships, and conservatorships 36.00 5.00Filing petition delayed or corrected birth certificate, andentering orderFiling and docketing claims against decedent's estate, eachclaimFiling and docketing petition and order not otherwise provided 30.00 2.00 42.00Filing exceptions to claims against estates, mailing notices andentering ordersFiling release of each claim 1.00 2.00 2.00 6.00 6.00 4.00Making photocopies of documents, per pageIssuing certificate verifying it is a certified copyMaking certified copies of documents, per pageIssuing supplemental certificate showing letters to be in forceEach certificate issued under acts of congressEach certificate issuedAFTR 1.00Filing and recording each additional page in excess of urts handlingprobate casesCourts handlingprobate casesCourts handlingprobate casesOptionalOptionalCourts handlingprobate casesOptionalOptionalCourts handlingprobate casesCourts handlingprobate casesCourts handlingprobate casesOptionalOptionalCourts handlingprobate casesCourts handlingprobate casesOptionalOptionalCourts handlingprobate casesCourts handlingprobate nalMandatory orOptionalCourts handlingprobate casesCourts handlingprobate casesCourts handlingprobate casesCourts handlingprobate casesCourts handlingprobate casesCourts handlingprobate casesCollecting courtKnox County Civil Circuit, Civil General Sessions, and Chancery Court FeesNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoEarmark inStatute(Yes/No)Tennessee’s Court Fees and Taxes: Funding the Courts Fairly75
3)8-21-409(g)(2)Civil orcriminalStatuteDAnnually providing to the county trustee the list of delinquenttaxpayersDelinquent property tax casesEntering each continuanceIn each new case filed, the clerk may, at the clerk's option,charge an additional fee for data entryEntering final orderEntering order appointing guardian ad litemFiling each amended petitionIssuing and entering order of publicationEntering orders pro confessoIssuing summons and returnsFiling reportsFiling answersOptionalOptionalOptionalCourts handlingprobate casesCourts handlingprobate casesCourts handlingprobate cases 5.00Not specified in statuteMandatoryMandatoryTo bespecified byNot specified in statuteorder of thecourtsOptionalOptionalNot specified in statuteOptionalOptionalCourts handlingprobate casesCourts handlingprobate casesOptionalOptionalCourts handlingprobate casesCourts handlingprobate casesOptionalCourts handlingprobate casesOptionalCourts handlingprobate casesOptionalOptionalCourts handlingprobate casesCourts handlingprobate casesOptionalCourts handlingprobate casesMandatory orOptionalNot specified in statute 5.00 4.00 12.00 12.00 10.00 7.00 7.00 11.00 7.00 7.00AFT 18.00Filing petition and cost bond in causes involving sale of realestateR 2.00Filing each additional copy of small estate affidavits 30.00 11.00Issuing summons, subpoenas, citations, writs and notices,including copies of process when required by lawFiling small estate affidavits, including certifying one copyAmountPurposeCollecting courtKnox County Civil Circuit, Civil General Sessions, and Chancery Court FeesNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoEarmark inStatute(Yes/No)Tennessee’s Court Fees and Taxes: Funding the Courts FairlyWWW.TN.GOV/TACIR
Knox County Civil Circuit, Civil General Sessions, and Chancery Court Fees Statute Civil or criminal Purpose Amount Collecting court Mandatory or Optional Earmark in Statute (Yes/No) 8-21-409(a)(4)(G) Both Furnishing each bill of costs 2.00 Circuit, criminal, chancery, general sessions, trial justice, juvenile, and probate courts Optional No
