Tennessee Statutes
§ 40-9-116 — Issuance of warrant of arrest
Tennessee § 40-9-116
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Bluebook
Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-9-116 (2026).
Text
If the governor decides that the demand should be complied with, the governor shall sign a warrant of arrest, which shall be sealed with the state seal, and be directed to a sheriff, marshal, coroner or other person whom the governor may think fit to entrust with the execution of the arrest warrant. The warrant must substantially recite the facts necessary to the validity of its issuance.
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Related
State ex rel. Young v. Rose
670 S.W.2d 238 (Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 1984)
Legislative History
Acts 1951, ch. 240, § 7 (Williams, § 11935.7); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-1016.
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Tennessee § 40-9-116, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/tn/40-9-116.