Tennessee § 40-13-112 Disclosure of indictment before arrest

Tennessee Statutes

§ 40-13-112 — Disclosure of indictment before arrest

Tennessee § 40-13-112

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Bluebook

Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-13-112 (2026).

Text

(a)No judge, attorney, clerk, other officer of the court or grand juror shall disclose the fact of any indictment found until the defendant has been arrested or given bail for appearance to answer the indictment; however, nothing in this section shall preclude law enforcement from releasing information contained within the indictment or the fact of the indictment for the purpose of apprehending the subject of the indictment.

(b)A violation of subsection (a) is a Class A misdemeanor punishable, on conviction, as a Class A misdemeanor.

(c)This section does not apply to any disclosure by the issuance of process.

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(a) No judge, attorney, clerk, other officer of the court or grand juror shall disclose the fact of any indictment found until the defendant has been arrested or given bail for appearance to answer the indictment; however, nothing in this section shall preclude law enforcement from releasing information contained within the indictment or the fact of the indictment for the purpose of apprehending the subject of the indictment. (b) A violation of subsection (a) is a Class A misdemeanor punishable, on conviction, as a Class A misdemeanor. (c) This section does not apply to any disclosure by the issuance of process.

Legislative History

Code 1858, §§ 5100, 5101; Shan., §§ 7062, 7063; Code 1932, §§ 11606, 11607; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-1715; Acts 1989, ch. 591, §§ 1, 6; 2008, ch. 643, § 1.