Tennessee Statutes
§ 40-9-105 — Commitment awaiting extradition
Tennessee § 40-9-105
JurisdictionTennessee
Title40
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Bluebook
Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-9-105 (2026).
Text
If, from the examination before the judge or magistrate, it appears that the person held is the person charged with having committed the crime alleged and that the person probably committed the crime, and, except in cases arising under § 40-9-113 , that the person has fled from justice, the judge or magistrate must commit the person to jail by a warrant reciting the accusation for a time specified in the warrant as will enable the arrest of the accused to be made under a warrant of the governor on a requisition of the executive authority of the state having jurisdiction of the offense, unless the accused gives bail as provided in § 40-9-106 , or until the accused is legally discharged.
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Related
Elliott v. Johnson
816 S.W.2d 332 (Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 1991)
Alberto Eddie Deleon v. State of Tennessee
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 2012)
Legislative History
Acts 1951, ch. 240, § 15 (Williams, § 11935.15); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-1005.
Nearby Sections
15
§ 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
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Bluebook (online)
Tennessee § 40-9-105, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/tn/40-9-105.