Tennessee Code Title 41. Correctional Institutions and Inmates § 41-21-105

(a)(1) Clerks of the criminal and circuit courts of the state are required to furnish the wardens of the state prisons certified copies of all indictments against persons convicted in those courts and sentenced to state prison, at the same time the clerk furnishes the warden copies of the judgment and commitment papers on the convicted person.

(2) For every certified copy of an indictment furnished the warden by the clerks, they shall be paid a fee of one dollar and twenty-five cents ($1.25), which shall be taxed and paid as other criminal costs are taxed and paid in criminal cases.