Tennessee Chancery Courts

Tennessee Chancery Courts are trial courts of general jurisdiction in Tennessee. In general, they share jurisdiction with the Circuit Courts. There is a Chancery Court in each of the state's 31 judicial districts.

Methods of selection and judge terms

The judge who presides over a Chancery Court is referred to as a "Chancellor". The chancellor are elected in partisan elections for eight year terms.

Courts

Chancery Court	Counties Served
First District Chancery Court	Carter, Johnson, Unicoi and Washington counties
Second District Chancery Court	Sullivan county
Third District Chancery Court	Greene, Hamblen, Hancock and Hawkins counties
Fourth District Chancery Court	Cocke, Grainger, Jefferson and Sevier counties
Fifth District Chancery Court	Blount county
Sixth District Chancery Court	Knox county
Seventh District Chancery Court	Anderson county
Eighth District Chancery Court	Campbell, Claiborne, Fentress, Scott and Union counties
Ninth District Chancery Court	Loudon, Meigs, Morgan and Roane counties
Tenth District Chancery Court	Bradley, McMinn, Monroe and Polk counties
Eleventh District Chancery Court	Hamilton county
Twelfth District Chancery Court	Bledsoe, Franklin, Grundy, Marion, Rhea and Sequatchie countries
Thirteenth District Chancery Court	Clay, Cumberland, Dekalb, Overton, Pickett, Putnam and White counties
Fourteenth District Chancery Court	Coffee county
Fifteenth District Chancery Court	Jackson, Macon, Smith, Trousdale and Wilson counties
Sixteenth District Chancery Court	Cannon and Rutherford counties
Seventeenth District Chancery Court	Bedford, Lincoln, Marshall and Moore counties
Eighteenth District Chancery Court	Sumner county
Nineteenth District Chancery Court	Montgomery and Robertson counties
Twentieth District Chancery Court	Davidson county
Twenty First District Chancery Court	Hickman, Lewis, Perry and Williamson counties
Twenty Second District Chancery Court	Giles, Lawrence, Maury and Wayne counties
Twenty Third District Chancery Court	Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys and Stewart counties
Twenty Fourth District Chancery Court	Benton, Carroll, Decatur, Hardin and Henry counties
Twenty Fifth District Chancery Court	Fayette, Hardeman, Lauderdale, McNairy and Tipton counties
Twenty Sixth District Chancery Court	Chester, Henderson and Madison counties
Twenty Seventh District Chancery Court	Obion and Weakley counties
Twenty Eighth District Chancery Court	Crockett, Gibson and Haywood counties
Twenty Ninth District Chancery Court	Dyer and Lake counties
Thirtieth District Chancery Court	Shelby county
Thirty First District Chancery Court	Van Buren and Warren counties

See also

• Courts in Tennessee
• Tennessee counties

External links

• TN Courts.gov: Trial Court Judges
• Tennessee Courts Online Guide

References