(a) This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Municipal Court Reform Act of 2004.”

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 16-18-301

  • Municipal court: includes the city, town, mayor's, recorder's or municipal court, or other similarly functioning court, however designated, for any city, town, municipality or metropolitan government, whether the court exists pursuant to general statute, local law, private act, charter provision, municipal law, municipal ordinance or other legal authorization. See Tennessee Code 16-18-301
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
(b) As used in this part:

(1) “Any law to the contrary” includes, but is not limited to, any conflicting provision of any general statute, local law, private act, charter provision, municipal law or municipal ordinance; and
(2) “Municipal court” includes the city, town, mayor’s, recorder’s or municipal court, or other similarly functioning court, however designated, for any city, town, municipality or metropolitan government, whether the court exists pursuant to general statute, local law, private act, charter provision, municipal law, municipal ordinance or other legal authorization.
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