18-1-301 - Grounds for removal. - Tennessee Statutes

18-1-301. Grounds for removal.

The court may remove its clerk:

     (1)  Upon conviction of a misdemeanor in office or of a felony;

     (2)  For nonresidence in the county in which the court is held;

     (3)  For failing to give security as required by law;

     (4)  For failing to pay over public moneys or moneys collected officially;

     (5)  For incapacity, neglect of duty or misbehavior in office; and

     (6)  For any other cause to which the penalty of removal from office is attached by law.

[Code 1858, § 4061 (deriv. Acts 1801, ch. 17, § 1); Shan., § 5876; Code 1932, § 10076; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-119.]