# Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-4-108: Security for costs - Service of process

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## Section

- **Citation:** Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-4-108
- **Heading:** Security for costs - Service of process
- **Jurisdiction:** Tennessee
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** TN Code / Title 36 / Chapter 4 / Section 36-4-108

## Text

(a) The complainant, upon giving security for costs, or otherwise complying with the law, shall have the usual process to compel the defendant to appear and answer the bill, or it may be taken for confessed, as in other chancery cases. (b) In actions for annulment of marriage, service on the defendant may be by subpoena or by publication as in divorce cases. Code 1858, § 2454 (deriv. Acts 1831, ch. 20, § 1; 1835-1836, ch. 26, §§ 3, 18; 1841-1842, ch. 133, § 3); Shan., § 4207; mod. Code 1932, § 8432; Acts 1957, ch. 100, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 36-807, 36-834.
(a) The complainant, upon giving security for costs, or otherwise complying with the law, shall have the usual process to compel the defendant to appear and answer the bill, or it may be taken for confessed, as in other chancery cases.
(b) In actions for annulment of marriage, service on the defendant may be by subpoena or by publication as in divorce cases.
Code 1858, § 2454 (deriv. Acts 1831, ch. 20, § 1; 1835-1836, ch. 26, §§ 3, 18; 1841-1842, ch. 133, § 3); Shan., § 4207; mod. Code 1932, § 8432; Acts 1957, ch. 100, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 36-807, 36-834.

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