Garnishments and Executions - As enacted, clarifies that the sheriff or other person authorized by law to serve garnishments is authorized to demand that the fee for performing service of a garnishment be paid in advance, the official text

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                             PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 692

                                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1637

                                                             By Johnson

                                           Substituted for: House Bill No. 1798

                                                   By McCalmon, Reeves

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8, Chapter 21, Part 9, relative to fees for
         services rendered.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 8-21-901 (a)(2)(B)(ii), is amended by
deleting the subdivision and substituting:

                   (ii) For purposes of the payment of fees for garnishments as provided in this
          subdivision (a)(2)(B), all garnishments are deemed to be original garnishments and the
          sheriff or other person authorized by law to serve garnishments is entitled to the fee provided
          for in this subdivision (a)(2)(B) for each such garnishment served. The sheriff or other
          authorized person may demand that the fee for performing service of the garnishment be
          paid in advance of such performance.

          SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
         SENATE BILL NO. 1637

PASSED:  March 30, 2026

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                                  SPEAKER OF TH

                         CAMERONSEXTON,SPEAKER

                         HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

/J,Jrn APPROVED this fl/~ day of  2026

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         BILL LEE, GOVERNOR