Tennessee Statutes
§ 41-21-303 — Return on failure to answer
Tennessee § 41-21-303
JurisdictionTennessee
Title41
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Bluebook
Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-21-303 (2026).
Text
If the inmate declines to answer the bill, petition or interrogatories after they have been read over and explained by the officer executing them, in the presence of the warden or the assistant warden, the officer may make the return accordingly, whereupon the bill, petition or interrogatories, so far as the inmate is concerned, shall be taken for confessed as true and proceedings had as usual in such cases.
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Legislative History
Code 1858, § 5551; Shan., § 7573; Code 1932, § 12171; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-603.
Nearby Sections
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§ 41-1-103
Oath of officers and employees§ 41-1-104
Warden - Duties§ 41-1-105
Reports to commissioner§ 41-1-106
Visits by commissioner§ 41-1-107
Examination of witnesses§ 41-1-108
Insurance on property§ 41-1-109
Repairs and improvements§ 41-1-111
Preservation of records§ 41-1-112
Actions by commissioner§ 41-1-113
Report to governor§ 41-1-114
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Bluebook (online)
Tennessee § 41-21-303, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/tn/41-21-303.