Tennessee Statutes
§ 40-6-103 — Probable cause and affidavit
Tennessee § 40-6-103
JurisdictionTennessee
Title40
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Bluebook
Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-6-103 (2026).
Text
A search warrant can only be issued on probable cause, supported by affidavit, naming or describing the person, and particularly describing the property, and the place to be searched.
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State v. Keith
978 S.W.2d 861 (Tennessee Supreme Court, 1998)
State v. Moon
841 S.W.2d 336 (Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 1992)
State v. Meeks
867 S.W.2d 361 (Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 1993)
State v. Johnson
854 S.W.2d 897 (Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 1993)
State v. Smith
867 S.W.2d 343 (Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 1993)
State v. Bryan
769 S.W.2d 208 (Tennessee Supreme Court, 1989)
State v. Bostic
898 S.W.2d 242 (Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 1994)
State v. Meadows
745 S.W.2d 886 (Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 1987)
State v. Conatser
958 S.W.2d 357 (Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 1997)
State of Tennessee v. Keith Sales
393 S.W.3d 236 (Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 2012)
State v. MacK
188 S.W.3d 164 (Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 2004)
State v. Shelly Bragg, Kenneth Story and Craig Story
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 1999)
State v. William Haithcote
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 1998)
STATE OF TENNESSEE v. ALAN F. WATSON
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 2014)
State of Tennessee v. Christopher Douglas Smith-Dissenting
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 2017)
State of Tennessee v. Lemaricus Devall Davidson
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 2015)
State of Tennessee v. Donna Marie Chartrand
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 2015)
State of Tennessee v. Shawn Nelson Smoot
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 2018)
State of Tennessee v. Samantha Grissom Scott
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 2020)
State of Tennessee v. Brandon E. Banks
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 2019)
Legislative History
Code 1858, § 5319; Shan., § 7297; Code 1932, § 11899; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-503.
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Tennessee § 40-6-103, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/tn/40-6-103.