(a) Commissioners to make partition of land, and for other similar services, when no compensation is fixed by law, are entitled to demand and receive:

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 8-21-802

  • Service: means service as a general employee, a teacher, a state police officer, a wildlife officer, a firefighter, a police officer, a state judge, a county judge, an attorney general, a commissioner or a county official which is paid for by an employer, and also includes service for which a former member of the general assembly is entitled to under former §. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
(1) For each day’s actual service in partitioning land and in performing other services ……………….. $1.00
(2) For every mile of necessary travel ……………….. 0.05
(b) It is lawful for all courts appointing commissioners to make partition of land and for other similar services to allow, in addition to the above fees, such additional compensation as the services of such commissioners may be reasonably worth.