Tennessee Statutes
§ 40-6-212 — Execution outside county
Tennessee § 40-6-212
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Bluebook
Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-6-212 (2026).
Text
When the sheriff, deputy sheriff, coroner or any other officer of any county in this state has possession of a warrant or capias for the arrest of any person charged with the commission of a crime, it is lawful for the sheriff, deputy sheriff, coroner or any other officer to execute that process, and arrest the person so charged in any county in this state. "Sheriff" also includes "constable" in those counties enumerated in § 40-6-210 .
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Legislative History
Acts 1871, ch. 50, § 1; Shan., § 6989; Code 1932, § 11528; Acts 1969, ch. 160, § 3; 1969, ch. 319, §§ 3, 4; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-713.
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Bluebook (online)
Tennessee § 40-6-212, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/tn/40-6-212.