§ 8-12-101 Election
§ 8-12-102 Oath of office – Bond
§ 8-12-103 Term of office – Location of records
§ 8-12-104 Deputies
§ 8-12-105 Duty to execute surveys
§ 8-12-106 Oath of chain bearers – Plat
§ 8-12-107 Compensation fixed by county legislative body
§ 8-12-108 Compensation allowed by courts
§ 8-12-109 Fees as costs
§ 8-12-110 Establishment of meridian lines
§ 8-12-111 Testing of instruments – Notation of magnetic declination
§ 8-12-112 Report of tests
§ 8-12-113 Prior surveys undisturbed
§ 8-12-114 Interference with meridian markers – Penalty
§ 8-12-115 Liability for wrongful survey – Acts of deputy
§ 8-12-116 Delivery of records to successor
§ 8-12-117 Delivery after death of surveyor
§ 8-12-118 Compensation for records delivered

Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 8 > Chapter 12 - Surveyors

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lands: includes lands, tenements and hereditaments, and all rights thereto and interests therein, equitable as well as legal. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Oath: includes affirmation. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Personal representative: when applied to those who represent a decedent, includes executors and administrators, unless the context implies heirs and distributees. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • State: means the state of Tennessee. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Tennessee state museum: means the facility operated as the military branch of the Tennessee state museum in the War Memorial Building, the facility in the James K. See Tennessee Code 4-12-203
  • Tennessee state museum: means the facility operated as the military branch of the Tennessee state museum in the War Memorial Building, the facility located in the James K. See Tennessee Code 4-12-302
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • utility system: includes :
    (1) The water, wastewater, or natural gas systems of a county, metropolitan government, or incorporated town or city. See Tennessee Code 7-82-701
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105