17-1-102 - Residence.

17-1-102. Residence.

Each judge and chancellor of a circuit, criminal or chancery court is required to reside in the judicial district or division for which the judge and chancellor is elected, and a removal from the judicial district or division creates a vacancy in the office.

[Code 1858, § 3914 (deriv. Acts 1809 (Sept.), ch. 49, § 7; 1835-1836, ch. 5, § 2); Shan., § 5707; Code 1932, § 9893; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 17-102.]