Bureau of Ethics and Campaign Finance
Tennessee Ethics Commission

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Disclosure of Interests State Office Holders, Appointees & Candidates

Under T.C.A. §8-50-501 and §8-50-502 certain listed public officials and candidates must file either a "long form" Statement of Disclosure of Interests (Form No. SS-8004), or a "short form" Statement of Disclosure of Interests (Form No. SS-8005). The following officials must file a "short form" Disclosure with the Ethics Commission by January 31st of each year:

  • District attorneys general and public defenders for each judicial district and the Executive Director of the District Attorneys General Conference as well as the Attorney General and reporter;
  • Each supreme court justice, each judge of the court of criminal appeals, each judge of the court of appeals and the administrative director of the courts;
  • Each member of the state election commission, the state election coordinator and members of the registry of election finance;
  • Each director of the Tennessee regulatory authority;
  • Each delegate to a constitutional convention called to consider a new constitution or amendments to the Constitution of Tennessee;
  • Members of the Board of Probation and Parole, members and the Executive Director of the Alcoholic Beverage Commission and Members of the Tennessee Ethics Commission; and
  • The Chancellor of the Board of Regents and the president of each college or university governed by the Board of Regents (excluding directors of Tennessee technology centers) and the President of the University of Tennessee and the chancellor of each separate branch or campus of the University of Tennessee.

Filed Statements of Disclosure of Interests