Tennessee Statutes
§ 40-5-201 — Creation of position - Duties
Tennessee·Title 40
(a)The legislative body of any county having a metropolitan form of government may, by ordinance, create the position of one (1) or more judicial commissioners.
(b)The duties of the commissioner or commissioners include, but are not limited to, the following:
(1)The issuance of arrest warrants upon a finding of probable cause;
(2)The setting of bonds and recognizances in accordance with the procedures outlined in this chapter and chapter 6 of this title; and (3) The issuance of mittimus following compliance with the procedures prescribed by § 40-5-103 .
(c)The legislative body of any county having a population of not less than twenty-one thousand five hundred (21,500) nor more than twenty-one thousand seven hundred (21,700), according to the 1980 federal census or any subsequent feder
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Related
State v. Pennington
952 S.W.2d 420 (Tennessee Supreme Court, 1997)
Nashville Community Bail Fund, The v. Howard Gentry
(M.D. Tennessee, 2020)
Legislative History
Acts 1983, ch. 86, § 1; 1986, ch. 901, § 1.
Nearby Sections
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§ 40-1-104
Fraudulent sale of pledged property§ 40-1-106
Officials defined as magistrates§ 40-1-107
Courts vested with original jurisdiction§ 40-1-109
Jurisdiction of general sessions courts§ 40-1-110
Judicial acts of general sessions judges§ 40-10-101
Notice of charge and right to counsel§ 40-10-102
Time allowed to procure counsel§ 40-10-103
Separation and exclusion of witnesses§ 40-10-104
Bail§ 40-10-105
Election by prisoner to perform hard labor§ 40-10-106
Reports on elections to perform hard labor§ 40-10-107
Bond of witnesses